org.apache.bval
Class IntrospectorMetaBeanFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.bval.IntrospectorMetaBeanFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

MetaBeanFactory

public class IntrospectorMetaBeanFactory
extends Object
implements MetaBeanFactory

Description: use information from java.beans.Introspector in MetaBeans. The PropertyDescriptor can contain info about HIDDEN, PREFERRED, READONLY and other features
NOTE: THIS IS AN OPTIONAL CLASS, TO ENABLE IT, SET Factory Property apache.bval.enable-introspector="true"

Constructor Summary

IntrospectorMetaBeanFactory()

Method Summary

void	buildMetaBean(MetaBean meta) Initialize the specified MetaBean.
protected MetaProperty	buildMetaProperty(PropertyDescriptor pd) Deprecated.
protected MetaProperty	buildMetaProperty(PropertyDescriptor pd, MetaProperty existing) Create a MetaProperty from the specified PropertyDescriptor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IntrospectorMetaBeanFactory

public IntrospectorMetaBeanFactory()

Method Detail

buildMetaBean

public void buildMetaBean(MetaBean meta)
                   throws Exception

Initialize the specified MetaBean.

Specified by:

buildMetaBean in interface MetaBeanFactory

Throws:

Exception

buildMetaProperty

@Deprecated
protected MetaProperty buildMetaProperty(PropertyDescriptor pd)

Deprecated.

Create a MetaProperty from the specified PropertyDescriptor.

Parameters:

pd -

Returns:

MetaProperty

buildMetaProperty

protected MetaProperty buildMetaProperty(PropertyDescriptor pd,
                                         MetaProperty existing)

Create a MetaProperty from the specified PropertyDescriptor.

Parameters:

pd -

existing -

Returns:

MetaProperty