org.apache.bval.model

Class MetaBean

java.lang.Object

org.apache.bval.model.FeaturesCapable

org.apache.bval.model.MetaBean

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Features.Bean

Direct Known Subclasses:

DynamicMetaBean

public class MetaBean
extends FeaturesCapable
implements Cloneable, Features.Bean

Description: the meta description of a bean or class. the class/bean itself can have a map of features and an array of metaproperties.

See Also:

MetaProperty, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.bval.model.FeaturesCapable

features, validations

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.bval.model.Features.Bean

DOMAIN, MAIN_KEY, UNIQUE_KEY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MetaBean()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	copyInto(FeaturesCapable target) Copy this FeaturesCapable into another FeaturesCapable instance.
Class<?>	getBeanClass() Get the beanClass.
String	getId() Get the id.
String	getName() Get the name.
MetaProperty[]	getProperties() Get the properties.
MetaProperty	getProperty(String name) Get the specified MetaProperty.
boolean	hasProperties() Learn whether there are any known properties.
boolean	hasRelationships() Learn whether any known property is a relationship.
void	putProperty(String name, MetaProperty property) bidirectional - set the relationship between a MetaProperty and its parentMetaBean
MetaBean	resolveMetaBean(Object bean) If this MetaBean is compatible with bean, return this, else null.
void	setBeanClass(Class<?> beanClass) Set the beanClass.
void	setId(String id) Set the id.
void	setName(String name) Set the name.
void	setProperties(MetaProperty[] properties) Set the properties.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.apache.bval.model.FeaturesCapable

addValidation, copy, createFeaturesMap, getFeature, getFeature, getFeatures, getValidations, hasValidation, optimizeRead, putFeature, setValidations

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MetaBean

public MetaBean()

Method Detail

getId

public String getId()

Get the id.

Returns:

String

setId

public void setId(String id)

Set the id.

Parameters:

id - the String to set

getName

public String getName()

Get the name.

Returns:

String

setName

public void setName(String name)

Set the name.

Parameters:

name - the String to set

getBeanClass

public Class<?> getBeanClass()

Get the beanClass.

Returns:

Class

setBeanClass

public void setBeanClass(Class<?> beanClass)

Set the beanClass.

Parameters:

beanClass - the Class to set

getProperties

public MetaProperty[] getProperties()

Get the properties.

Returns:

MetaProperty[]

setProperties

public void setProperties(MetaProperty[] properties)

Set the properties.

Parameters:

properties - the MetaProperty[] to set

getProperty

public MetaProperty getProperty(String name)

Get the specified MetaProperty.

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

MetaProperty found or null

hasRelationships

public boolean hasRelationships()

Learn whether any known property is a relationship.

Returns:

true when at least one of the properties is a relationship

See Also:

MetaProperty.isRelationship()

hasProperties

public boolean hasProperties()

Learn whether there are any known properties.

Returns:

boolean

putProperty

public void putProperty(String name,
               MetaProperty property)

bidirectional - set the relationship between a MetaProperty and its parentMetaBean

Parameters:

name -

property - if null, remove

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

copyInto

protected void copyInto(FeaturesCapable target)

Copy this FeaturesCapable into another FeaturesCapable instance.

Overrides:

copyInto in class FeaturesCapable

resolveMetaBean

public MetaBean resolveMetaBean(Object bean)

If this MetaBean is compatible with bean, return this, else null.

Compatibility is satisfied in one of the following ways:

• bean is null
• bean is an instance of our beanClass
• bean is our beanClass itself

Parameters:

bean -

Returns:

this or null