org.hamcrest.beans

Class PropertyUtil

java.lang.Object

org.hamcrest.beans.PropertyUtil

public class PropertyUtil
extends Object

Utility class for accessing properties on JavaBean objects.

See http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/docs/index.html for more information on JavaBeans.

Since:

1.1.0

Author:

Iain McGinniss, Steve Freeman

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Object[]	NO_ARGUMENTS

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PropertyUtil()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static PropertyDescriptor	getPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Object fromObj) Returns the description of the property with the provided name on the provided object's interface.
static PropertyDescriptor[]	propertyDescriptorsFor(Object fromObj, Class<Object> stopClass) Returns all the property descriptors for the class associated with the given object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NO_ARGUMENTS

public static final Object[] NO_ARGUMENTS

Constructor Detail

PropertyUtil

public PropertyUtil()

Method Detail

getPropertyDescriptor

public static PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName,
                                       Object fromObj)
                                                throws IllegalArgumentException

Returns the description of the property with the provided name on the provided object's interface.

Returns:

the descriptor of the property, or null if the property does not exist.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if there's a introspection failure

propertyDescriptorsFor

public static PropertyDescriptor[] propertyDescriptorsFor(Object fromObj,
                                          Class<Object> stopClass)
                                                   throws IllegalArgumentException

Returns all the property descriptors for the class associated with the given object

Parameters:

fromObj - Use the class of this object

stopClass - TODO

Returns:

Property descriptors

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if there's a introspection failure