org.apache.commons.beanutils
public interface DynaClass
A DynaClass is a simulation of the functionality of
java.lang.Class
for classes implementing the
DynaBean
interface. DynaBean instances that share the same
DynaClass all have the same set of available properties, along with any
associated data types, read-only states, and write-only states.
Version: $Revision: 555824 $ $Date: 2007-07-13 01:27:15 +0100 (Fri, 13 Jul 2007) $
Method Summary | |
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DynaProperty[] | getDynaProperties() Return an array of |
DynaProperty | getDynaProperty(String name)
Return a property descriptor for the specified property, if it exists;
otherwise, return null .
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String | getName()
Return the name of this DynaClass (analogous to the
getName() method of java.lang.Class DynaClass implementation class to support
different dynamic classes, with different sets of properties.
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DynaBean | newInstance()
Instantiate and return a new DynaBean instance, associated
with this DynaClass.
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Return an array of ProperyDescriptors
for the properties
currently defined in this DynaClass. If no properties are defined, a
zero-length array will be returned.
FIXME - Should we really be implementing
getBeanInfo()
instead, which returns property descriptors
and a bunch of other stuff?
Returns: the set of properties for this DynaClass
null
.
Parameters: name Name of the dynamic property for which a descriptor is requested
Returns: The descriptor for the specified property
Throws: IllegalArgumentException if no property name is specified
getName()
method of java.lang.Class
DynaClass implementation class to support
different dynamic classes, with different sets of properties.
Returns: the name of the DynaClass
Returns: A new DynaBean
instance
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the Class or the appropriate constructor is not accessible InstantiationException if this Class represents an abstract class, an array class, a primitive type, or void; or if instantiation fails for some other reason