org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy
Interface PluralStemmer

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultPluralStemmer

public interface PluralStemmer

A plugin Strategy pattern which will detect the plural property which maps to a singular property name. This Strategy is used when composite properties (such as properties of type Collection, List, Iterator, Enumeration) are used as we need to match the adder-method, which typically uses a singular name. This interface allows a variety of different implementations to be used.

Version:

$Revision: 438373 $

Author:

James Strachan

Method Summary

ElementDescriptor

findPluralDescriptor(java.lang.String propertyName, java.util.Map map) Find the plural descriptor for a singular property.

Method Detail

findPluralDescriptor

ElementDescriptor findPluralDescriptor(java.lang.String propertyName,
                                       java.util.Map map)

Find the plural descriptor for a singular property.

Parameters:

propertyName - is the singular property name, from the adder method

map - is a map with the keys are the property names of the available descriptors and the values are the descriptors. This may not be null.

Returns:

the plural descriptor for the given singular property name or null is no matching descriptor can be found