org.springframework.richclient.widget.table
Class ClassUtils

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java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.richclient.widget.table.ClassUtils

public class ClassUtils
extends Object

A number of helper classes to retrieve getter and setter methods.

Since:

0.5.0

Author:

Jan Hoskens

Method Summary

static String	capitalize(String s) Small helper method to capitalize the first character of the given string.
static Accessor	getAccessorForProperty(Class<?> clazz, String propertyName) Create an Accessor for the given property.
static Method	getReadMethod(Class<?> clazz, String propertyName) Lookup the getter method for the given property.
static Class<?>	getTypeForProperty(Method getter) Returns the type of the property checking if it actually does return something and wrapping primitives if needed.
static Method	getWriteMethod(Class<?> clazz, String propertyName, Class<?> propertyType) Lookup the setter method for the given property.
static Writer	getWriterForProperty(Class<?> beanClass, String propertyName) Create a Writer for the given property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getReadMethod

public static Method getReadMethod(Class<?> clazz,
                                   String propertyName)
                            throws NoSuchMethodError

Lookup the getter method for the given property. This can be a getXXX() or a isXXX() method.

Parameters:

clazz - type which contains the property.

propertyName - name of the property.

Returns:

a Method with read-access for the property.

Throws:

NoSuchMethodError

getTypeForProperty

public static Class<?> getTypeForProperty(Method getter)

Returns the type of the property checking if it actually does return something and wrapping primitives if needed.

Parameters:

getter - the method to access the property.

Returns:

the type of the property.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the method has a Void return type.

getWriteMethod

public static final Method getWriteMethod(Class<?> clazz,
                                          String propertyName,
                                          Class<?> propertyType)

Lookup the setter method for the given property.

Parameters:

clazz - type which contains the property.

propertyName - name of the property.

propertyType - type of the property.

Returns:

a Method with write-access for the property.

capitalize

public static String capitalize(String s)

Small helper method to capitalize the first character of the given string.

Parameters:

s - string to capitalize

Returns:

a string starting with a capital character.

getAccessorForProperty

public static Accessor getAccessorForProperty(Class<?> clazz,
                                              String propertyName)

Create an Accessor for the given property. A property may be nested using the dot character.

Parameters:

clazz - the type containing the property.

propertyName - the name of the property.

Returns:

an Accessor for the property.

getWriterForProperty

public static Writer getWriterForProperty(Class<?> beanClass,
                                          String propertyName)

Create a Writer for the given property. A property may be nested using the dot character.

Parameters:

clazz - the type containing the property.

propertyName - the name of the property.

Returns:

a Writer for the property.