org.apache.commons.beanutils
Class DynaProperty

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class DynaProperty

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

The metadata describing an individual property of a DynaBean.

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $ $Date: 2003/01/15 21:59:38 $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

private static int	BOOLEAN_TYPE
private static int	BYTE_TYPE
private static int	CHAR_TYPE
private static int	DOUBLE_TYPE
private static int	FLOAT_TYPE
private static int	INT_TYPE
private static int	LONG_TYPE
protected java.lang.String	name The name of this property.
private static int	SHORT_TYPE
protected java.lang.Class	type The Java class representing the data type of the underlying property values.

Constructor Summary

DynaProperty(java.lang.String name)
Construct a property that accepts any data type.

DynaProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class type)
Construct a property of the specified data type.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName()
java.lang.Class	getType()
boolean	isIndexed() Does this property represent an indexed value (ie an array or List)?
boolean	isMapped() Does this property represent a mapped value (ie a Map)?
private void	readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in) Reads field values for this object safely.
java.lang.String	toString() Return a String representation of this Object.
private void	writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream out) Writes this object safely.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

BOOLEAN_TYPE

private static final int BOOLEAN_TYPE

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Constant Field Values

BYTE_TYPE

private static final int BYTE_TYPE

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Constant Field Values

CHAR_TYPE

private static final int CHAR_TYPE

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Constant Field Values

DOUBLE_TYPE

private static final int DOUBLE_TYPE

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Constant Field Values

FLOAT_TYPE

private static final int FLOAT_TYPE

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Constant Field Values

INT_TYPE

private static final int INT_TYPE

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Constant Field Values

LONG_TYPE

private static final int LONG_TYPE

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Constant Field Values

SHORT_TYPE

private static final int SHORT_TYPE

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Constant Field Values

name

protected java.lang.String name

The name of this property.

type

protected transient java.lang.Class type

The Java class representing the data type of the underlying property values.

There are issues with serializing primitive class types on certain JVM versions (including java 1.3). Therefore, this field must not be serialized using the standard methods.

Please leave this field as transient

Constructor Detail

DynaProperty

public DynaProperty(java.lang.String name)

Construct a property that accepts any data type.

Parameters:

name - Name of the property being described

DynaProperty

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

Construct a property of the specified data type.

Parameters:

name - Name of the property being described

type - Java class representing the property data type

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

getType

public java.lang.Class getType()

isIndexed

public boolean isIndexed()

Does this property represent an indexed value (ie an array or List)?

isMapped

public boolean isMapped()

Does this property represent a mapped value (ie a Map)?

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a String representation of this Object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

writeObject

private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream out)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Writes this object safely. There are issues with serializing primitive class types on certain JVM versions (including java 1.3). This method provides a workaround.

java.io.IOException

readObject

private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in)
                 throws java.io.IOException,
                        java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Reads field values for this object safely. There are issues with serializing primitive class types on certain JVM versions (including java 1.3). This method provides a workaround.

Throws:

java.io.StreamCorruptedException - when the stream data values are outside expected range

java.io.IOException

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException