org.formaria.registry
Class ReflectionAdapter

java.lang.Object
  org.formaria.registry.ComponentAdapter
      org.formaria.registry.ReflectionAdapter

Direct Known Subclasses:

PojoAdapter

public class ReflectionAdapter
extends ComponentAdapter

An adapter of component properties and settings for use with registered components. The class maintains a list of getter and setter methods and helps with invocation of those methods, if a getter or setter is not available then reflection is used to try and find an appropriate method.

Copyright (c) Formaria Ltd., 2008

License: see License.txt

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.formaria.registry.ComponentAdapter

className, clazz, getters, setters, UI

Constructor Summary

ReflectionAdapter(java.lang.ClassLoader cl, java.lang.String clazzName, java.lang.String ui)
Construct a new adapter for the specified class.

ReflectionAdapter(java.lang.Class clazz, java.lang.String ui)
Construct a new adapter for the specified class.

ReflectionAdapter(java.lang.String clazzName, java.lang.String ui)
Construct a new adapter for the specified class.

Method Summary

java.lang.reflect.Method	addProperty(java.lang.String type, java.lang.String propertyName) Try to get and register a method
java.lang.Object	getProperty(java.lang.Object comp, java.lang.String propertyName) Get a property value.
int	setProperty(java.lang.Object comp, java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.String content, java.lang.String paramType) Set a property value.

Methods inherited from class org.formaria.registry.ComponentAdapter

addProperty, getAdapterClass, getAdapterClassName, getUI

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ReflectionAdapter

public ReflectionAdapter(java.lang.Class clazz,
                         java.lang.String ui)

Construct a new adapter for the specified class.

Parameters:

clazz - the class being adapter

ui - the type of user interface this component supports, e.g. "swing"

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - Could not find the class

Since:

3.0

ReflectionAdapter

public ReflectionAdapter(java.lang.String clazzName,
                         java.lang.String ui)
                  throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Construct a new adapter for the specified class.

Parameters:

clazzName - the class name e.g. com.myorg.MyClass

ui - the type of user interface this component supports, e.g. "swing"

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - Could not find the class

ReflectionAdapter

public ReflectionAdapter(java.lang.ClassLoader cl,
                         java.lang.String clazzName,
                         java.lang.String ui)
                  throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Construct a new adapter for the specified class.

Parameters:

cl - the class loader to use to load the class

clazzName - the class name e.g. com.myorg.MyClass

ui - the type of user interface this component supports, e.g. "swing"

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - Could not find the class

Method Detail

setProperty

public int setProperty(java.lang.Object comp,
                       java.lang.String propertyName,
                       java.lang.String content,
                       java.lang.String paramType)

Set a property value. If the method has not been registered an attempt will be made to get the method using the bean naming convention.

Overrides:

setProperty in class ComponentAdapter

Parameters:

comp - the comp whose property is set

propertyName - the name of the property

paramType - the type of parameter (String, int, double, boolean, Object) or null for no parameter

content - the value to set

Returns:

0 if all is well, otherwise -1 is returned to indicate an error

getProperty

public java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.Object comp,
                                    java.lang.String propertyName)

Get a property value. If the method has not been registered an attempt will be made to get the method using the bean naming convention.

Overrides:

getProperty in class ComponentAdapter

Parameters:

comp - the comp whose property is to be retrieved

propertyName - the name of the property

Returns:

the property value

addProperty

public java.lang.reflect.Method addProperty(java.lang.String type,
                                            java.lang.String propertyName)

Try to get and register a method

Parameters:

type - either "get" or "set"

propertyName - the method name

Returns:

the method or null if not found