Class PropertySetter


  • public class PropertySetter
    extends Object
    General purpose Object property setter. Clients repeatedly invokes setProperty(name,value) in order to invoke setters on the Object specified in the constructor. This class relies on the JavaBeans Introspector to analyze the given Object Class using reflection.

    Usage:

     PropertySetter ps = new PropertySetter(anObject);
     ps.set("name", "Joe");
     ps.set("age", "32");
     ps.set("isMale", "true");
     
    will cause the invocations anObject.setName("Joe"), anObject.setAge(32), and setMale(true) if such methods exist with those signatures. Otherwise an IntrospectionException are thrown.
    • Constructor Detail

      • PropertySetter

        public PropertySetter​(Object obj)
        Create a new PropertySetter for the specified Object. This is done in prepartion for invoking setProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) one or more times.
        Parameters:
        obj - the object for which to set properties
    • Method Detail

      • setProperties

        public static void setProperties​(Object obj,
                                         Properties properties,
                                         String prefix)
        Set the properties of an object passed as a parameter in one go. The properties are parsed relative to a prefix.
        Parameters:
        obj - The object to configure.
        properties - A java.util.Properties containing keys and values.
        prefix - Only keys having the specified prefix will be set.
      • introspect

        protected void introspect()
        Uses JavaBeans Introspector to computer setters of object to be configured.
      • setProperties

        public void setProperties​(Properties properties,
                                  String prefix)
        Set the properites for the object that match the prefix passed as parameter.
      • setProperty

        public void setProperty​(String name,
                                String value)
        Set a property on this PropertySetter's Object. If successful, this method will invoke a setter method on the underlying Object. The setter is the one for the specified property name and the value is determined partly from the setter argument type and partly from the value specified in the call to this method.

        If the setter expects a String no conversion is necessary. If it expects an int, then an attempt is made to convert 'value' to an int using new Integer(value). If the setter expects a boolean, the conversion is by new Boolean(value).

        Parameters:
        name - name of the property
        value - String value of the property
      • convertArg

        protected Object convertArg​(String val,
                                    Class type)
        Convert val a String parameter to an object of a given type.
      • activate

        public void activate()