Package org.fest.reflect.beanproperty

Class PropertyType<T>

java.lang.Object

org.fest.reflect.beanproperty.PropertyType<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type of the property.

public class PropertyType<T>
extends Object

Understands the type of a property to access using Bean Instrospection.

The following is an example of proper usage of this class:

   // Retrieves the value of the property "name"
   String name = property("name").ofType(String.class).in(person).get();

   // Sets the value of the property "name" to "Yoda"
   property("name").ofType(String.class).in(person).set("Yoda");
 

Since:

1.2

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private final String	name
private final Class<T>	type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	PropertyType(String name, Class<T> type)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Invoker<T>	in(Object target)	Returns a new property invoker.
(package private) static <T> PropertyType<T>	newPropertyType(String name, Class<T> type)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

name

private final String name

type

private final Class<T> type

Constructor Details

PropertyType

private PropertyType(String name,
 Class<T> type)

Method Details

newPropertyType

static <T> PropertyType<T> newPropertyType(String name,
 Class<T> type)

in

public Invoker<T> in(Object target)

Returns a new property invoker. A property invoker is capable of accessing (read/write) the underlying property.

Parameters:

target - the object containing the property of interest.

Returns:

the created property invoker.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the given target is null.

ReflectionError - if a property with a matching name and type cannot be found.