net.sf.japaki.beans
Class ArrayProperty<B>

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.japaki.beans.ArrayProperty<B>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Property<B,Object[]>

public class ArrayProperty<B>
extends Object
implements Property<B,Object[]>

Maps the contents of an array to a list of properties.

Method Summary

Class<Object[]>	getType() Returns Object[].
Object[]	getValue(B bean) Retrieves the value of each property in the specified bean and stores them in an array.
static <B> Property<B,Object[]>	newInstance(List<Property<? super B,?>> properties) Factory method for instances of this class.
void	setValue(B bean, Object[] value) Stores the values of the specified array in the properties with the corresponding index in the specified bean.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

newInstance

public static <B> Property<B,Object[]> newInstance(List<Property<? super B,?>> properties)

Factory method for instances of this class.

Parameters:

properties - the target properties of the getValue(B) getValue and setValue(B,Object[]) setValue methods.

Returns:

a new instances of this class

Throws:

NullPointerException - if properties is null.

getValue

public Object[] getValue(B bean)

Retrieves the value of each property in the specified bean and stores them in an array.

Specified by:

getValue in interface Property<B,Object[]>

Parameters:

bean - source of the properties' values

Returns:

an array of the values of all properties

Throws:

ClassCastException - if the class of the bean cannot be handled by this property

NullPointerException - if bean is null.

IllegalArgumentException - depending on the element properties

setValue

public void setValue(B bean,
                     Object[] value)

Stores the values of the specified array in the properties with the corresponding index in the specified bean.

Specified by:

setValue in interface Property<B,Object[]>

Parameters:

bean - target bean for the values

value - new values of the bean's properties

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - depending on the element properties

ClassCastException - depending on the element properties

NullPointerException - if bean is null or if the specified value is null and the bean does not permit null values

IllegalArgumentException - depending on the element properties

IllegalStateException - depending on the element properties

getType

public Class<Object[]> getType()

Returns Object[].

Specified by:

getType in interface Property<B,Object[]>

Returns:

Object[]