MappedPropertyDescriptor (Apache Commons BeanUtils 1.9.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- java.beans.FeatureDescriptor
- - java.beans.PropertyDescriptor
  - - org.apache.commons.beanutils.MappedPropertyDescriptor

```
public class MappedPropertyDescriptor
extends PropertyDescriptor
```
A MappedPropertyDescriptor describes one mapped property. Mapped properties are multivalued properties like indexed properties but that are accessed with a String key instead of an index. Such property values are typically stored in a Map collection. For this class to work properly, a mapped value must have getter and setter methods of the form
getProperty(String key) and
setProperty(String key, Object value),
where Property must be replaced by the name of the property.

Version:

$Id: MappedPropertyDescriptor.java 1540504 2013-11-10 18:22:57Z niallp $

See Also:
PropertyDescriptor

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`MappedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass)` Constructs a MappedPropertyDescriptor for a property that follows the standard Java convention by having getFoo and setFoo accessor methods, with the addition of a String parameter (the key).
`MappedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass, String mappedGetterName, String mappedSetterName)` This constructor takes the name of a mapped property, and method names for reading and writing the property.
`MappedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Method mappedGetter, Method mappedSetter)` This constructor takes the name of a mapped property, and Method objects for reading and writing the property.

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`Class<?>`	`getMappedPropertyType()` Gets the Class object for the property values.
`Method`	`getMappedReadMethod()` Gets the method that should be used to read one of the property value.
`Method`	`getMappedWriteMethod()` Gets the method that should be used to write one of the property value.
`void`	`setMappedReadMethod(Method mappedGetter)` Sets the method that should be used to read one of the property value.
`void`	`setMappedWriteMethod(Method mappedSetter)` Sets the method that should be used to write the property value.

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyDescriptor
createPropertyEditor, equals, getPropertyEditorClass, getPropertyType, getReadMethod, getWriteMethod, hashCode, isBound, isConstrained, setBound, setConstrained, setPropertyEditorClass, setReadMethod, setWriteMethod

Methods inherited from class java.beans.FeatureDescriptor
attributeNames, getDisplayName, getName, getShortDescription, getValue, isExpert, isHidden, isPreferred, setDisplayName, setExpert, setHidden, setName, setPreferred, setShortDescription, setValue, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - MappedPropertyDescriptor
```
public MappedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName,
                        Class<?> beanClass)
                         throws IntrospectionException
```
    Constructs a MappedPropertyDescriptor for a property that follows the standard Java convention by having getFoo and setFoo accessor methods, with the addition of a String parameter (the key). Thus if the argument name is "fred", it will assume that the writer method is "setFred" and the reader method is "getFred". Note that the property name should start with a lower case character, which will be capitalized in the method names.
    
    Parameters:
    propertyName - The programmatic name of the property.
    beanClass - The Class object for the target bean. For example sun.beans.OurButton.class.
    
    Throws:
    
    IntrospectionException - if an exception occurs during introspection.
  - MappedPropertyDescriptor
```
public MappedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName,
                        Class<?> beanClass,
                        String mappedGetterName,
                        String mappedSetterName)
                         throws IntrospectionException
```
    This constructor takes the name of a mapped property, and method names for reading and writing the property.
    
    Parameters:
    propertyName - The programmatic name of the property.
    beanClass - The Class object for the target bean. For example sun.beans.OurButton.class.
    mappedGetterName - The name of the method used for reading one of the property values. May be null if the property is write-only.
    mappedSetterName - The name of the method used for writing one of the property values. May be null if the property is read-only.
    
    Throws:
    
    IntrospectionException - if an exception occurs during introspection.
  - MappedPropertyDescriptor
```
public MappedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName,
                        Method mappedGetter,
                        Method mappedSetter)
                         throws IntrospectionException
```
    This constructor takes the name of a mapped property, and Method objects for reading and writing the property.
    
    Parameters:
    propertyName - The programmatic name of the property.
    mappedGetter - The method used for reading one of the property values. May be be null if the property is write-only.
    mappedSetter - The method used for writing one the property values. May be null if the property is read-only.
    
    Throws:
    
    IntrospectionException - if an exception occurs during introspection.
- Method Detail
  - getMappedPropertyType
```
public Class<?> getMappedPropertyType()
```
    Gets the Class object for the property values.
    
    Returns:
    The Java type info for the property values. Note that the "Class" object may describe a built-in Java type such as "int". The result may be "null" if this is a mapped property that does not support non-keyed access.
    This is the type that will be returned by the mappedReadMethod.
  - getMappedReadMethod
```
public Method getMappedReadMethod()
```
    Gets the method that should be used to read one of the property value.
    
    Returns:
    The method that should be used to read the property value. May return null if the property can't be read.
  - setMappedReadMethod
```
public void setMappedReadMethod(Method mappedGetter)
                         throws IntrospectionException
```
    Sets the method that should be used to read one of the property value.
    
    Parameters:
    mappedGetter - The mapped getter method.
    
    Throws:
    
    IntrospectionException - If an error occurs finding the mapped property
  - getMappedWriteMethod
```
public Method getMappedWriteMethod()
```
    Gets the method that should be used to write one of the property value.
    
    Returns:
    The method that should be used to write one of the property value. May return null if the property can't be written.
  - setMappedWriteMethod
```
public void setMappedWriteMethod(Method mappedSetter)
                          throws IntrospectionException
```
    Sets the method that should be used to write the property value.
    
    Parameters:
    mappedSetter - The mapped setter method.
    
    Throws:
    
    IntrospectionException - If an error occurs finding the mapped property

Class MappedPropertyDescriptor

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyDescriptor

Methods inherited from class java.beans.FeatureDescriptor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

MappedPropertyDescriptor

MappedPropertyDescriptor

MappedPropertyDescriptor

Method Detail

getMappedPropertyType

getMappedReadMethod

setMappedReadMethod

getMappedWriteMethod

setMappedWriteMethod