Class BeanProvider

java.lang.Object

com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.javabean.BeanProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

JavaBeanProvider

public class BeanProvider
extends Object
implements JavaBeanProvider

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static interface	BeanProvider.Visitor	Deprecated. As of 1.4 use JavaBeanProvider.Visitor

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected static final Object[]	NO_PARAMS	Deprecated. As of 1.4.6
protected PropertyDictionary	propertyDictionary

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BeanProvider()	Construct a BeanProvider that will process the bean properties in their natural order.
BeanProvider(PropertyDictionary propertyDictionary)	Construct a BeanProvider with a provided property dictionary.
BeanProvider(Comparator propertyNameComparator)	Construct a BeanProvider with a comparator to sort the bean properties by name in the dictionary.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	canInstantiate(Class type)	Returns true if the Bean provider can instantiate the specified class
protected boolean	canStreamProperty(PropertyDescriptor descriptor)
protected Constructor	getDefaultConstrutor(Class type)	Deprecated. As of 1.4.6 use newInstance(Class) or canInstantiate(Class) directly.
protected PropertyDescriptor	getProperty(String name, Class type)
Class	getPropertyType(Object object, String name)
protected PropertyDescriptor[]	getSerializableProperties(Object object)
Object	newInstance(Class type)
boolean	propertyDefinedInClass(String name, Class type)
boolean	propertyWriteable(String name, Class type)
void	visitSerializableProperties(Object object, JavaBeanProvider.Visitor visitor)
void	writeProperty(Object object, String propertyName, Object value)

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

NO_PARAMS

protected static final Object[] NO_PARAMS

Deprecated.

As of 1.4.6

propertyDictionary

protected PropertyDictionary propertyDictionary

Constructor Details

BeanProvider

public BeanProvider()

Construct a BeanProvider that will process the bean properties in their natural order.

BeanProvider

public BeanProvider(Comparator propertyNameComparator)

Construct a BeanProvider with a comparator to sort the bean properties by name in the dictionary.

Parameters:

propertyNameComparator - the comparator

BeanProvider

public BeanProvider(PropertyDictionary propertyDictionary)

Construct a BeanProvider with a provided property dictionary.

Parameters:

propertyDictionary - the property dictionary to use

Since:

1.4

Method Details

newInstance

public Object newInstance(Class type)

Specified by:

newInstance in interface JavaBeanProvider

visitSerializableProperties

public void visitSerializableProperties(Object object,
 JavaBeanProvider.Visitor visitor)

Specified by:

visitSerializableProperties in interface JavaBeanProvider

writeProperty

public void writeProperty(Object object,
 String propertyName,
 Object value)

Specified by:

writeProperty in interface JavaBeanProvider

getPropertyType

public Class getPropertyType(Object object,
 String name)

Specified by:

getPropertyType in interface JavaBeanProvider

propertyDefinedInClass

public boolean propertyDefinedInClass(String name,
 Class type)

Specified by:

propertyDefinedInClass in interface JavaBeanProvider

canInstantiate

public boolean canInstantiate(Class type)

Returns true if the Bean provider can instantiate the specified class

Specified by:

canInstantiate in interface JavaBeanProvider

getDefaultConstrutor

protected Constructor getDefaultConstrutor(Class type)

Deprecated.

As of 1.4.6 use newInstance(Class) or canInstantiate(Class) directly.

Returns the default constructor, or null if none is found

Parameters:

type -

getSerializableProperties

protected PropertyDescriptor[] getSerializableProperties(Object object)

canStreamProperty

protected boolean canStreamProperty(PropertyDescriptor descriptor)

propertyWriteable

public boolean propertyWriteable(String name,
 Class type)

getProperty

protected PropertyDescriptor getProperty(String name,
 Class type)