groovy.lang
Class MetaProperty

java.lang.Object
  groovy.lang.MetaProperty

Direct Known Subclasses:

CachedField, MetaArrayLengthProperty, MetaBeanProperty, MetaExpandoProperty

public abstract class MetaProperty
extends java.lang.Object

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

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	name
static java.lang.String	PROPERTY_SET_PREFIX
protected java.lang.Class	type

Constructor Summary

MetaProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class type)

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getGetterName(java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.Class type)
int	getModifiers()
java.lang.String	getName()
abstract java.lang.Object	getProperty(java.lang.Object object)
static java.lang.String	getSetterName(java.lang.String propertyName)
java.lang.Class	getType()
abstract void	setProperty(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.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 java.lang.String name

type

protected java.lang.Class type

PROPERTY_SET_PREFIX

public static final java.lang.String PROPERTY_SET_PREFIX

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MetaProperty

public MetaProperty(java.lang.String name,
                    java.lang.Class type)

Method Detail

getProperty

public abstract java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.Object object)

Returns:

the property of the given object

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if the property could not be evaluated

setProperty

public abstract void setProperty(java.lang.Object object,
                                 java.lang.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:

java.lang.RuntimeException - if the property could not be set

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

getType

public java.lang.Class getType()

Returns:

the type of the property

getModifiers

public int getModifiers()

getGetterName

public static java.lang.String getGetterName(java.lang.String propertyName,
                                             java.lang.Class type)

getSetterName

public static java.lang.String getSetterName(java.lang.String propertyName)