org.springframework.data.rest.core.util

Class FluentBeanUtils

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.data.rest.core.util.FluentBeanUtils

public abstract class FluentBeanUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Helper methods for dealing with the metadata of "fluent" beans.

Author:

Jon Brisbin

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	FluentBeanUtils.Metadata

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FluentBeanUtils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.Object	get(java.lang.String property, java.lang.Object bean) Get the value of a property.
static boolean	isFluentBean(java.lang.Class<?> type) Determines whether a given type looks like a fluent bean.
static FluentBeanUtils.Metadata	metadata(java.lang.Class<?> targetType) Interrogate a bean and collect FluentBeanUtils.Metadata on it.
static java.lang.Object	set(java.lang.String property, java.lang.Object value, java.lang.Object bean) Set the property of a fluent bean.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FluentBeanUtils

public FluentBeanUtils()

Method Detail

metadata

public static FluentBeanUtils.Metadata metadata(java.lang.Class<?> targetType)

Interrogate a bean and collect FluentBeanUtils.Metadata on it.

Parameters:

targetType - The type to interrogate.

Returns:

FluentBeanUtils.Metadata for the fluent bean.

set

public static java.lang.Object set(java.lang.String property,
                   java.lang.Object value,
                   java.lang.Object bean)

Set the property of a fluent bean.

Parameters:

property - Name of the property to set.

value - Value of the property.

bean - Bean on which to set this property.

Returns:

Usually null but will return whatever the "setter" returns, which could be or something else.

get

public static java.lang.Object get(java.lang.String property,
                   java.lang.Object bean)

Get the value of a property.

Parameters:

property - Name of the property.

bean - Bean of which to get the property.

Returns:

Value of the property. Could be null

isFluentBean

public static boolean isFluentBean(java.lang.Class<?> type)

Determines whether a given type looks like a fluent bean. That means it has methods whose names exactly correspond to a field of the same name. A "getter" is that method which is named the same as the field and has 0 parameters. The "setter" is that method which is named the same as the field and has a single argument.

Parameters:

type - The class to inspect.

Returns:

true if this looks like a fluent bean, false otherwise.