Class BeanMetaData

java.lang.Object

org.dom4j.bean.BeanMetaData

public class BeanMetaData
extends Object

BeanMetaData contains metadata about a bean class.

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private Class<?>	beanClass	The class of the bean
private static final DocumentFactory	DOCUMENT_FACTORY
private Map<Object,Integer>	nameMap	Index of names and QNames to indices Keys are type of QName and String
protected static final Object[]	NULL_ARGS	Empty arguments for reflection calls
private PropertyDescriptor[]	propertyDescriptors	Property descriptors for the bean
private QName[]	qNames	QNames for the attributes
private Method[]	readMethods	Read methods used for getting properties
private static Map<Class<?>, BeanMetaData>	singletonCache	Singleton cache
private Method[]	writeMethods	Write methods used for setting properties

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BeanMetaData(Class<?> beanClass)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	attributeCount()	DOCUMENT ME!
BeanAttributeList	createAttributeList(BeanElement parent)
static BeanMetaData	get(Class<?> beanClass)	Static helper method to find and cache meta data objects for bean types
Object	getData(int index, Object bean)
int	getIndex(String name)
int	getIndex(QName qName)
QName	getQName(int index)
protected void	handleException(Exception e)
void	setData(int index, Object bean, Object data)

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

NULL_ARGS

protected static final Object[] NULL_ARGS

Empty arguments for reflection calls

singletonCache

private static Map<Class<?>, BeanMetaData> singletonCache

Singleton cache

DOCUMENT_FACTORY

private static final DocumentFactory DOCUMENT_FACTORY

beanClass

private Class<?> beanClass

The class of the bean

propertyDescriptors

private PropertyDescriptor[] propertyDescriptors

Property descriptors for the bean

qNames

private QName[] qNames

QNames for the attributes

readMethods

private Method[] readMethods

Read methods used for getting properties

writeMethods

private Method[] writeMethods

Write methods used for setting properties

nameMap

private Map<Object,Integer> nameMap

Index of names and QNames to indices Keys are type of QName and String

Constructor Details

BeanMetaData

public BeanMetaData(Class<?> beanClass)

Method Details

get

public static BeanMetaData get(Class<?> beanClass)

Static helper method to find and cache meta data objects for bean types

Parameters:

beanClass - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!

attributeCount

public int attributeCount()

DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

the number of attribtutes for this bean type

createAttributeList

public BeanAttributeList createAttributeList(BeanElement parent)

getQName

public QName getQName(int index)

getIndex

public int getIndex(String name)

getIndex

public int getIndex(QName qName)

getData

public Object getData(int index,
 Object bean)

setData

public void setData(int index,
 Object bean,
 Object data)

handleException

protected void handleException(Exception e)