echopointng.stylesheet
Class CssObjectIntrospector

java.lang.Object
  echopointng.stylesheet.CssObjectIntrospector

public class CssObjectIntrospector
extends java.lang.Object

CssObjectIntrospector is a replacement for ComponentIntrospector that reports JavaBeans that have getters without setters as properties.

Method Summary

static CssObjectIntrospector	forName(java.lang.String typeName, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader) Creates a new CssObjectIntrospector for a type of Object
java.util.Iterator	getConstantNames() Retrieves the names of all constants.
java.lang.Object	getConstantValue(java.lang.String constantName) Retrieves the value of the constant with the specified name.
java.lang.reflect.Constructor	getConstructor(java.lang.Object[] propertyValues) This will return a Constructor that can be called with the specified array of properties as parameters.
java.lang.Class	getIntrospectedClass()
java.lang.Class	getPropertyClass(java.lang.String propertyName)
java.beans.PropertyDescriptor	getPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String propertyName)
java.lang.reflect.Method	getWriteMethod(java.lang.String propertyName)
boolean	isIndexedProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

forName

public static CssObjectIntrospector forName(java.lang.String typeName,
                                            java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
                                     throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Creates a new CssObjectIntrospector for a type of Object

Parameters:

typeName - the type name of the Object

classLoader - the class loader from which the type class may be retrieved

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

getIntrospectedClass

public java.lang.Class getIntrospectedClass()

Returns:

the class of the object being introspected.

getConstantNames

public java.util.Iterator getConstantNames()

Retrieves the names of all constants. A constant is defined to be any public static final variable declared in the introspected class.

Returns:

an iterator over the constant names

getConstantValue

public java.lang.Object getConstantValue(java.lang.String constantName)

Retrieves the value of the constant with the specified name.

Parameters:

constantName - the name of the constant (unqualified)

Returns:

the constant value, or null if no such constant exists

See Also:

getConstantNames()

getPropertyClass

public java.lang.Class getPropertyClass(java.lang.String propertyName)

See Also:

ComponentIntrospector.getPropertyClass(String)

getPropertyDescriptor

public java.beans.PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String propertyName)

See Also:

ComponentIntrospector.getPropertyDescriptor(String)

getWriteMethod

public java.lang.reflect.Method getWriteMethod(java.lang.String propertyName)

See Also:

ComponentIntrospector.getWriteMethod(String)

isIndexedProperty

public boolean isIndexedProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)

See Also:

ComponentIntrospector.isIndexedProperty(String)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.toString()

getConstructor

public java.lang.reflect.Constructor getConstructor(java.lang.Object[] propertyValues)

This will return a Constructor that can be called with the specified array of properties as parameters. Its returns null if it can find an appopriate Contructor.

Parameters:

propertyValues - - an array of objects. The types of these objects will be used to find an appropriate Constructor

Returns:

a Contructor or null if one cant be found