Constructor Detail

• MetadataTarget

  public MetadataTarget()

Method Detail

• getProperty

  public abstract java.beans.PropertyDescriptor getProperty(java.lang.String name)

  Return a beans PropertyDescriptor for the property with name given by argument name.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the property for which the PropertyDescriptor must be returned.

  Returns:

  the PropertyDescriptor.

• isTargetInstanceOf

  public abstract boolean isTargetInstanceOf(java.lang.Class type)

  Return true if the target for this metadata element is an instance of the argument type.

  Parameters:

  type - the Class to test for the instance of.

  Returns:

  true if the type is a target instance, false otherwise.

• getTargetClass

  public abstract java.lang.Class getTargetClass()

  Return the Class of the metadata target.

  Returns:

  the target Class.

• getPropertyType

  public abstract java.lang.Class getPropertyType(java.lang.String name)

  Return a Class for the property with name given by argument name.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the property for which the Class must be returned.

  Returns:

  the Class of the property.

• getWriteMethod

  public abstract java.lang.reflect.Method getWriteMethod(java.lang.String name)

  Return a Method for the setter of the property with name given by argument name.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the property for which the Method must be returned.

  Returns:

  the write Method.

• getReadMethod

  public abstract java.lang.reflect.Method getReadMethod(java.lang.String name)

  Return a Method for the getter of the property with name given by argument name.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the property for which the Method must be returned.

  Returns:

  the read Method.