com.bradmcevoy.property
Class BeanPropertySource

java.lang.Object
  com.bradmcevoy.property.BeanPropertySource

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertySource

public class BeanPropertySource
extends java.lang.Object
implements PropertySource

A read/write source of properties which uses getter/setter style properties on the resource class. This is similar in concept to form variable binding in web frameworks like struts and MVC.

Author:

brad

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.bradmcevoy.property.PropertySource

PropertySource.PropertyAccessibility, PropertySource.PropertyMetaData, PropertySource.PropertySetException

Constructor Summary

BeanPropertySource()

Method Summary

void	clearProperty(javax.xml.namespace.QName name, Resource r) Remove the given property.
java.util.List<javax.xml.namespace.QName>	getAllPropertyNames(Resource r)
java.lang.Object	getProperty(javax.xml.namespace.QName name, Resource r)
PropertySource.PropertyMetaData	getPropertyMetaData(javax.xml.namespace.QName name, Resource r) Check to see if the property is known, and if it is writable.
void	setProperty(javax.xml.namespace.QName name, java.lang.Object value, Resource r)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BeanPropertySource

public BeanPropertySource()

Method Detail

getProperty

public java.lang.Object getProperty(javax.xml.namespace.QName name,
                                    Resource r)
                             throws NotAuthorizedException

Specified by:

getProperty in interface PropertySource

Throws:

NotAuthorizedException

setProperty

public void setProperty(javax.xml.namespace.QName name,
                        java.lang.Object value,
                        Resource r)
                 throws NotAuthorizedException,
                        PropertySource.PropertySetException

Specified by:

setProperty in interface PropertySource

Throws:

NotAuthorizedException

PropertySource.PropertySetException

getPropertyMetaData

public PropertySource.PropertyMetaData getPropertyMetaData(javax.xml.namespace.QName name,
                                                           Resource r)

Description copied from interface: PropertySource

Check to see if the property is known, and if it is writable. The returned value also contains a class which is the most specific known class of the values which can be contained in this property. This class must be sufficient to locate a ValueWriter to parse the textual representation sent in PROPPATCH requests.

Specified by:

getPropertyMetaData in interface PropertySource

Parameters:

name - - the qualified name of the property

r - - the resource which might contain the property

Returns:

- never null, contains an enum value indicating if the property is known to this source, and if it is writable, and a class indicating the type of the property.

clearProperty

public void clearProperty(javax.xml.namespace.QName name,
                          Resource r)
                   throws NotAuthorizedException

Description copied from interface: PropertySource

Remove the given property. There may be a semantic difference in some cases between setting a property to a null value vs removing the property. Generally this should completely the remove the property if possible.

Specified by:

clearProperty in interface PropertySource

Throws:

NotAuthorizedException

getAllPropertyNames

public java.util.List<javax.xml.namespace.QName> getAllPropertyNames(Resource r)

Specified by:

getAllPropertyNames in interface PropertySource

Parameters:

r - - the resource which may contain properties

Returns:

- all properties known by this source on the given resource. This list should be exclusive. Ie only return properties not returned by any other source