groovy.lang
Class MetaProperty

java.lang.Object
  groovy.lang.MetaProperty

Direct Known Subclasses:

CachedField, MetaArrayLengthProperty, MetaBeanProperty, MetaExpandoProperty

public abstract class MetaProperty
extends Object

Represents a property on a bean which may have a getter and/or a setter

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

James Strachan

Field Summary

protected String	name
static String	PROPERTY_SET_PREFIX
protected Class	type

Constructor Summary

MetaProperty(String name, Class type)

Method Summary

static String	getGetterName(String propertyName, Class type)
int	getModifiers()
String	getName()
abstract Object	getProperty(Object object)
static String	getSetterName(String propertyName)
Class	getType()
abstract void	setProperty(Object object, Object newValue) Sets the property on the given object to the new value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

protected final String name

type

protected Class type

PROPERTY_SET_PREFIX

public static final String PROPERTY_SET_PREFIX

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MetaProperty

public MetaProperty(String name,
                    Class type)

Method Detail

getProperty

public abstract Object getProperty(Object object)

Returns:

the property of the given object

Throws:

Exception - if the property could not be evaluated

setProperty

public abstract void setProperty(Object object,
                                 Object newValue)

Sets the property on the given object to the new value

Parameters:

object - on which to set the property

newValue - the new value of the property

Throws:

RuntimeException - if the property could not be set

getName

public String getName()

getType

public Class getType()

Returns:

the type of the property

getModifiers

public int getModifiers()

getGetterName

public static String getGetterName(String propertyName,
                                   Class type)

getSetterName

public static String getSetterName(String propertyName)