Package org.apache.commons.beanutils
Interface BeanIntrospector
- All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultBeanIntrospector
,FluentPropertyBeanIntrospector
,SuppressPropertiesBeanIntrospector
public interface BeanIntrospector
Definition of an interface for components that can perform introspection on bean classes.
Before PropertyUtils
can be used for interaction with a specific Java
class, the class's properties have to be determined. This is called
introspection and is initiated automatically on demand.
PropertyUtils
does not perform introspection on its own, but
delegates this task to one or more objects implementing this interface. This
makes it possible to customize introspection which may be useful for certain
code bases using non-standard conventions for accessing properties.
- Since:
- 1.9
- Version:
- $Id$
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionvoid
introspect
(IntrospectionContext icontext) Performs introspection on a Java class.
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Method Details
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introspect
Performs introspection on a Java class. The current class to be inspected can be queried from the passed inIntrospectionContext
object. A typical implementation has to obtain this class, determine its properties according to the rules it implements, and add them to the passed in context object.- Parameters:
icontext
- the context object for interaction with the initiator of the introspection request- Throws:
IntrospectionException
- if an error occurs during introspection
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