pl.edu.agh.cast.data.model.property
Class PropertyHelper

java.lang.Object
  pl.edu.agh.cast.data.model.property.PropertyHelper

public final class PropertyHelper
extends Object

A helper class for manipulating properties.

Author:

AGH CAST Team

Constructor Summary

PropertyHelper()

Method Summary

static MetaPropertyManager	constructMetaPropertyManagerForClass(Class<? extends Identifiable> clazz) Returns a MetaPropertyManager initialized with MetaPermanentProperty'ies and MetaTransientProperty'ies defined (annotated) in given class.
static Collection<MetaPermanentProperty>	extractMetaPermanentProperties(Class<? extends Identifiable> clazz) Returns a collection of MetaPermanentProperty'ies defined for given class.
static Collection<MetaTransientProperty>	extractMetaTransientProperties(Class<? extends Identifiable> clazz) Returns a collection of MetaTransientProperty'ies defined for given class.
static boolean	isValidPropertyName(String name) Checks if given name is a valid Property name.
static boolean	verifyGetterSignature(Method method, Class<?> type) Checks if given method has valid getter signature for given type.
static boolean	verifySetterSignature(Method method, Class<?> type) Checks if given method has valid setter signature for given type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyHelper

public PropertyHelper()

Method Detail

isValidPropertyName

public static boolean isValidPropertyName(String name)

Checks if given name is a valid Property name.

Parameters:

name - the name to check

Returns:

true if the name is valid for a property, false otherwise

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if given name is null

extractMetaPermanentProperties

public static Collection<MetaPermanentProperty> extractMetaPermanentProperties(Class<? extends Identifiable> clazz)
                                                                        throws PropertyAnnotationException

Returns a collection of MetaPermanentProperty'ies defined for given class.

Parameters:

clazz - class to extract permanent properties from

Returns:

collection of meta permanent properties

Throws:

PropertyAnnotationException - when property annotations are invalid

extractMetaTransientProperties

public static Collection<MetaTransientProperty> extractMetaTransientProperties(Class<? extends Identifiable> clazz)
                                                                        throws PropertyAnnotationException

Returns a collection of MetaTransientProperty'ies defined for given class.

Parameters:

clazz - class to extract transient properties from

Returns:

collection of meta transient properties

Throws:

PropertyAnnotationException - when property annotations are invalid

constructMetaPropertyManagerForClass

public static MetaPropertyManager constructMetaPropertyManagerForClass(Class<? extends Identifiable> clazz)
                                                                throws PropertyAnnotationException

Returns a MetaPropertyManager initialized with MetaPermanentProperty'ies and MetaTransientProperty'ies defined (annotated) in given class.

Parameters:

clazz - class to extract permanent and transient properties from

Returns:

MetaPropertyManager with permanent and transient properties from clazz

Throws:

PropertyAnnotationException - when property annotations are invalid

verifyGetterSignature

public static boolean verifyGetterSignature(Method method,
                                            Class<?> type)

Checks if given method has valid getter signature for given type.

Parameters:

method - the method to check

type - the expected return type

Returns:

true if method is a getter of type

verifySetterSignature

public static boolean verifySetterSignature(Method method,
                                            Class<?> type)

Checks if given method has valid setter signature for given type.

Parameters:

method - the method to check

type - the type to set

Returns:

true if method is a setter of type