Package groovy.lang

Class MetaProperty

java.lang.Object

groovy.lang.MetaProperty

All Implemented Interfaces:

MetaMember

Direct Known Subclasses:

CachedField, MetaArrayLengthProperty, MetaBeanProperty, MetaExpandoProperty, MethodMetaProperty, MultipleSetterProperty

public abstract class MetaProperty
extends Object
implements MetaMember

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

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final String	name
static final String	PROPERTY_SET_PREFIX
protected Class	type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MetaProperty(String name, Class type)	Constructor that sets the property name and type (class)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	getGetterName(String propertyName, Class type)	Gets the name for the getter for this property
int	getModifiers()	Returns the access modifiers.
String	getName()	Returns the name of the property.
abstract Object	getProperty(Object object)
static String	getSetterName(String propertyName)	Gets the setter for the getter for this property.
Class	getType()	Returns the ntypeame of the property.
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

Methods inherited from interface groovy.lang.MetaMember

isFinal, isPackagePrivate, isPrivate, isProtected, isPublic, isStatic, isSynthetic

Field Details

PROPERTY_SET_PREFIX

public static final String PROPERTY_SET_PREFIX

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

name

protected final String name

type

protected Class type

Constructor Details

MetaProperty

public MetaProperty(String name,
 Class type)

Constructor that sets the property name and type (class)

Method Details

getProperty

public abstract Object getProperty(Object object)

Returns:

the property of the given object

Throws:

RuntimeException - 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()

Returns the name of the property.

Specified by:

getName in interface MetaMember

Returns:

the name of the property

getType

public Class getType()

Returns the ntypeame of the property.

Returns:

the type of the property

getModifiers

public int getModifiers()

Returns the access modifiers.

Specified by:

getModifiers in interface MetaMember

Returns:

Modifier.PUBLIC

getGetterName

public static String getGetterName(String propertyName,
 Class type)

Gets the name for the getter for this property

Returns:

The name of the property. The name is "get" + the capitalized propertyName or, in the case of boolean values, "is" + the capitalized propertyName

getSetterName

public static String getSetterName(String propertyName)

Gets the setter for the getter for this property.

Returns:

The name of the property. The name is "set"+ the capitalized propertyName.