org.apache.commons.beanutils
public class BeanUtilsBean extends Object
JavaBean property population methods.
This class provides implementations for the utility methods in BeanUtils. Different instances can be used to isolate caches between classloaders and to vary the value converters registered.
Since: 1.7
Version: $Revision: 834031 $ $Date: 2009-11-09 12:26:52 +0000 (Mon, 09 Nov 2009) $
See Also: BeanUtils
Constructor Summary | |
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BeanUtilsBean() Constructs an instance using new property and conversion instances. | |
BeanUtilsBean(ConvertUtilsBean convertUtilsBean) Constructs an instance using given conversion instances and new PropertyUtilsBean instance. | |
BeanUtilsBean(ConvertUtilsBean convertUtilsBean, PropertyUtilsBean propertyUtilsBean) Constructs an instance using given property and conversion instances. |
Method Summary | |
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Object | cloneBean(Object bean) Clone a bean based on the available property getters and setters, even if the bean class itself does not implement Cloneable. Note: this method creates a shallow clone. |
protected Object | convert(Object value, Class type) Convert the value to an object of the specified class (if possible). |
void | copyProperties(Object dest, Object orig) Copy property values from the origin bean to the destination bean for all cases where the property names are the same. |
void | copyProperty(Object bean, String name, Object value) Copy the specified property value to the specified destination bean, performing any type conversion that is required. |
Map | describe(Object bean) Return the entire set of properties for which the specified bean provides a read method. |
String[] | getArrayProperty(Object bean, String name)
Return the value of the specified array property of the specified
bean, as a String array.
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ConvertUtilsBean | getConvertUtils()
Gets the ConvertUtilsBean instance used to perform the conversions.
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String | getIndexedProperty(Object bean, String name)
Return the value of the specified indexed property of the specified
bean, as a String. |
String | getIndexedProperty(Object bean, String name, int index)
Return the value of the specified indexed property of the specified
bean, as a String. |
static BeanUtilsBean | getInstance()
Gets the instance which provides the functionality for BeanUtils.
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String | getMappedProperty(Object bean, String name)
Return the value of the specified indexed property of the specified
bean, as a String. |
String | getMappedProperty(Object bean, String name, String key)
Return the value of the specified mapped property of the specified
bean, as a String. |
String | getNestedProperty(Object bean, String name)
Return the value of the (possibly nested) property of the specified
name, for the specified bean, as a String.
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String | getProperty(Object bean, String name)
Return the value of the specified property of the specified bean,
no matter which property reference format is used, as a String.
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PropertyUtilsBean | getPropertyUtils()
Gets the PropertyUtilsBean instance used to access properties.
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String | getSimpleProperty(Object bean, String name)
Return the value of the specified simple property of the specified
bean, converted to a String.
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boolean | initCause(Throwable throwable, Throwable cause)
If we're running on JDK 1.4 or later, initialize the cause for the given throwable.
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void | populate(Object bean, Map properties) Populate the JavaBeans properties of the specified bean, based on the specified name/value pairs. |
static void | setInstance(BeanUtilsBean newInstance)
Sets the instance which provides the functionality for BeanUtils.
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void | setProperty(Object bean, String name, Object value) Set the specified property value, performing type conversions as required to conform to the type of the destination property. If the property is read only then the method returns without throwing an exception. If WARNING - The logic of this method is customized
to meet the needs of |
Constructs an instance using new property and conversion instances.
Constructs an instance using given conversion instances and new PropertyUtilsBean instance.
Parameters: convertUtilsBean use this ConvertUtilsBean
to perform conversions from one object to another
Since: 1.8.0
Constructs an instance using given property and conversion instances.
Parameters: convertUtilsBean use this ConvertUtilsBean
to perform conversions from one object to another propertyUtilsBean use this PropertyUtilsBean
to access properties
Clone a bean based on the available property getters and setters, even if the bean class itself does not implement Cloneable.
Note: this method creates a shallow clone. In other words, any objects referred to by the bean are shared with the clone rather than being cloned in turn.
Parameters: bean Bean to be cloned
Returns: the cloned bean
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have access to the property accessor method InstantiationException if a new instance of the bean's class cannot be instantiated InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method throws an exception NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this property cannot be found
Convert the value to an object of the specified class (if possible).
Parameters: value Value to be converted (may be null) type Class of the value to be converted to
Returns: The converted value
Throws: ConversionException if thrown by an underlying Converter
Since: 1.8.0
Copy property values from the origin bean to the destination bean for all cases where the property names are the same. For each property, a conversion is attempted as necessary. All combinations of standard JavaBeans and DynaBeans as origin and destination are supported. Properties that exist in the origin bean, but do not exist in the destination bean (or are read-only in the destination bean) are silently ignored.
If the origin "bean" is actually a Map
, it is assumed
to contain String-valued simple property names as the keys, pointing at
the corresponding property values that will be converted (if necessary)
and set in the destination bean. Note that this method
is intended to perform a "shallow copy" of the properties and so complex
properties (for example, nested ones) will not be copied.
This method differs from populate()
, which
was primarily designed for populating JavaBeans from the map of request
parameters retrieved on an HTTP request, is that no scalar->indexed
or indexed->scalar manipulations are performed. If the origin property
is indexed, the destination property must be also.
If you know that no type conversions are required, the
copyProperties()
method in PropertyUtils will
execute faster than this method.
FIXME - Indexed and mapped properties that do not have getter and setter methods for the underlying array or Map are not copied by this method.
Parameters: dest Destination bean whose properties are modified orig Origin bean whose properties are retrieved
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
access to the property accessor method IllegalArgumentException if the dest
or
orig
argument is null or if the dest
property type is different from the source type and the relevant
converter has not been registered. InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
throws an exception
Copy the specified property value to the specified destination bean,
performing any type conversion that is required. If the specified
bean does not have a property of the specified name, or the property
is read only on the destination bean, return without
doing anything. If you have custom destination property types, register
Converters for them by calling the register()
method of ConvertUtils.
IMPLEMENTATION RESTRICTIONS:
Parameters: bean Bean on which setting is to be performed name Property name (can be nested/indexed/mapped/combo) value Value to be set
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have access to the property accessor method InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method throws an exception
Return the entire set of properties for which the specified bean
provides a read method. This map contains the to String
converted property values for all properties for which a read method
is provided (i.e. where the getReadMethod() returns non-null).
This map can be fed back to a call to
BeanUtils.populate()
to reconsitute the same set of
properties, modulo differences for read-only and write-only
properties, but only if there are no indexed properties.
Warning: if any of the bean property implementations
contain (directly or indirectly) a call to this method then
a stack overflow may result. For example:
will result in an infinite regression when
class MyBean
{
public Map getParameterMap()
{
BeanUtils.describe(this);
}
}
getParametersMap
is called. It is recommended that such methods are given alternative
names (for example, parametersMap
).
Parameters: bean Bean whose properties are to be extracted
Returns: Map of property descriptors
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have access to the property accessor method InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method throws an exception NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this property cannot be found
Parameters: bean Bean whose property is to be extracted name Name of the property to be extracted
Returns: The array property value
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have access to the property accessor method InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method throws an exception NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this property cannot be found
ConvertUtilsBean
instance used to perform the conversions.
Returns: The ConvertUtils bean instance
IllegalArgumentException
will be
thrown.
Parameters: bean Bean whose property is to be extracted name propertyname[index]
of the property value
to be extracted
Returns: The indexed property's value, converted to a String
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have access to the property accessor method InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method throws an exception NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this property cannot be found
Parameters: bean Bean whose property is to be extracted name Simple property name of the property value to be extracted index Index of the property value to be extracted
Returns: The indexed property's value, converted to a String
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have access to the property accessor method InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method throws an exception NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this property cannot be found
Returns: The (pseudo-singleton) BeanUtils bean instance
IllegalArgumentException
will be
thrown.
Parameters: bean Bean whose property is to be extracted name propertyname(index)
of the property value
to be extracted
Returns: The mapped property's value, converted to a String
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have access to the property accessor method InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method throws an exception NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this property cannot be found
Parameters: bean Bean whose property is to be extracted name Simple property name of the property value to be extracted key Lookup key of the property value to be extracted
Returns: The mapped property's value, converted to a String
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have access to the property accessor method InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method throws an exception NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this property cannot be found
Parameters: bean Bean whose property is to be extracted name Possibly nested name of the property to be extracted
Returns: The nested property's value, converted to a String
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have access to the property accessor method IllegalArgumentException if a nested reference to a property returns null InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method throws an exception NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this property cannot be found
Parameters: bean Bean whose property is to be extracted name Possibly indexed and/or nested name of the property to be extracted
Returns: The property's value, converted to a String
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have access to the property accessor method InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method throws an exception NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this property cannot be found
PropertyUtilsBean
instance used to access properties.
Returns: The ConvertUtils bean instance
Parameters: bean Bean whose property is to be extracted name Name of the property to be extracted
Returns: The property's value, converted to a String
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have access to the property accessor method InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method throws an exception NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this property cannot be found
Parameters: throwable The throwable. cause The cause of the throwable.
Returns: true if the cause was initialized, otherwise false.
Since: 1.8.0
Populate the JavaBeans properties of the specified bean, based on
the specified name/value pairs. This method uses Java reflection APIs
to identify corresponding "property setter" method names, and deals
with setter arguments of type String
, boolean
,
int
, long
, float
, and
double
. In addition, array setters for these types (or the
corresponding primitive types) can also be identified.
The particular setter method to be called for each property is determined using the usual JavaBeans introspection mechanisms. Thus, you may identify custom setter methods using a BeanInfo class that is associated with the class of the bean itself. If no such BeanInfo class is available, the standard method name conversion ("set" plus the capitalized name of the property in question) is used.
NOTE: It is contrary to the JavaBeans Specification to have more than one setter method (with different argument signatures) for the same property.
WARNING - The logic of this method is customized
for extracting String-based request parameters from an HTTP request.
It is probably not what you want for general property copying with
type conversion. For that purpose, check out the
copyProperties()
method instead.
Parameters: bean JavaBean whose properties are being populated properties Map keyed by property name, with the corresponding (String or String[]) value(s) to be set
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have access to the property accessor method InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method throws an exception
Parameters: newInstance The (pseudo-singleton) BeanUtils bean instance
Set the specified property value, performing type conversions as required to conform to the type of the destination property.
If the property is read only then the method returns without throwing an exception.
If null
is passed into a property expecting a primitive value,
then this will be converted as if it were a null
string.
WARNING - The logic of this method is customized
to meet the needs of populate()
, and is probably not what
you want for general property copying with type conversion. For that
purpose, check out the copyProperty()
method instead.
WARNING - PLEASE do not modify the behavior of this method without consulting with the Struts developer community. There are some subtleties to its functionality that are not documented in the Javadoc description above, yet are vital to the way that Struts utilizes this method.
Parameters: bean Bean on which setting is to be performed name Property name (can be nested/indexed/mapped/combo) value Value to be set
Throws: IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have access to the property accessor method InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method throws an exception