org.globus.cog.gui.grapheditor.properties
Class Introspector

java.lang.Object
  org.globus.cog.gui.grapheditor.properties.Introspector

public class Introspector

extends Object

An introspection helper. It includes support for user defined properties too, when it comes to graph components.

Constructor Summary

Introspector()

Method Summary

static boolean	_isWritable(Object o, String property)
static List	getCommonProperties(Collection objects)
static List	getProperties(Object o) If the object is not a graph component, introspective properties will be automatically generated.
static Object	getProperty(Object o, String pname) Gets a property value using introspection
static Class	getPropertyClass(Class c, String name) determines the class of a property using instrospection.
static Class	getPropertyClass(Object o, String name)
static List	getPropertyHolderProperties(PropertyHolder o)
static String	getPropertyName(String getterName)
static void	setProperty(Object o, String pname, Object value, Class valueClass) sets a property using introspection

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Introspector

public Introspector()

Method Detail

getProperties

public static List getProperties(Object o)

If the object is not a graph component, introspective properties will be automatically generated.

Parameters:

o -

Returns:

a list of properties for the object

getPropertyHolderProperties

public static List getPropertyHolderProperties(PropertyHolder o)

getPropertyName

public static String getPropertyName(String getterName)

_isWritable

public static boolean _isWritable(Object o,
                                  String property)

getCommonProperties

public static List getCommonProperties(Collection objects)

Parameters:

objects -

Returns:

a list of common properties for all the specified objects

getProperty

public static Object getProperty(Object o,
                                 String pname)

Gets a property value using introspection

Parameters:

o -

pname -

Returns:

setProperty

public static void setProperty(Object o,
                               String pname,
                               Object value,
                               Class valueClass)

sets a property using introspection

Parameters:

o -

pname -

value -

valueClass -

getPropertyClass

public static Class getPropertyClass(Object o,
                                     String name)

getPropertyClass

public static Class getPropertyClass(Class c,
                                     String name)

determines the class of a property using instrospection. It looks at the parameter the setter takes for that property

Parameters:

name -

Returns: