Field Detail

• NULL_ARGUMENTS

  public static final Object[] NULL_ARGUMENTS

  Deprecated. 
  An empty array. Used to invoke accessors via reflection.

• defaultTransformers

  public static HashMap defaultTransformers

  Deprecated. 
  Maps primitive Class types to transformers. The transformer transform strings into the appropriate primitive wrapper.

Constructor Detail

• BeanMap

  public BeanMap()

  Deprecated. 
  Constructs a new empty BeanMap.

• BeanMap

  public BeanMap(Object bean)

  Deprecated. 
  Constructs a new BeanMap that operates on the specified bean. If the given bean is null, then this map will be empty.

  Parameters:

  bean - the bean for this map to operate on

Method Detail

• toString

  public String toString()

  Deprecated. 

  Overrides:

  toString in class AbstractMap

• clone

  public Object clone()
               throws CloneNotSupportedException

  Deprecated. 
  Clone this bean map using the following process:

  • If there is no underlying bean, return a cloned BeanMap without a bean.
  • Since there is an underlying bean, try to instantiate a new bean of the same type using Class.newInstance().
  • If the instantiation fails, throw a CloneNotSupportedException
  • Clone the bean map and set the newly instantiated bean as the underlying bean for the bean map.
  • Copy each property that is both readable and writable from the existing object to a cloned bean map.
  • If anything fails along the way, throw a CloneNotSupportedException.

  Overrides:

  clone in class AbstractMap

  Throws:

  CloneNotSupportedException

• putAllWriteable

  public void putAllWriteable(BeanMap map)

  Deprecated. 
  Puts all of the writable properties from the given BeanMap into this BeanMap. Read-only and Write-only properties will be ignored.

  Parameters:

  map - the BeanMap whose properties to put

• clear

  public void clear()

  Deprecated. 
  This method reinitializes the bean map to have default values for the bean's properties. This is accomplished by constructing a new instance of the bean which the map uses as its underlying data source. This behavior for clear() differs from the Map contract in that the mappings are not actually removed from the map (the mappings for a BeanMap are fixed).

  Specified by:

  clear in interface Map

  Overrides:

  clear in class AbstractMap

• containsKey

  public boolean containsKey(Object name)

  Deprecated. 
  Returns true if the bean defines a property with the given name.

  The given name must be a String; if not, this method returns false. This method will also return false if the bean does not define a property with that name.

  Write-only properties will not be matched as the test operates against property read methods.

  Specified by:

  containsKey in interface Map

  Overrides:

  containsKey in class AbstractMap

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the property to check

  Returns:

  false if the given name is null or is not a String; false if the bean does not define a property with that name; or true if the bean does define a property with that name

• containsValue

  public boolean containsValue(Object value)

  Deprecated. 
  Returns true if the bean defines a property whose current value is the given object.

  Specified by:

  containsValue in interface Map

  Overrides:

  containsValue in class AbstractMap

  Parameters:

  value - the value to check

  Returns:

  false true if the bean has at least one property whose current value is that object, false otherwise

• get

  public Object get(Object name)

  Deprecated. 
  Returns the value of the bean's property with the given name.

  The given name must be a String and must not be null; otherwise, this method returns null. If the bean defines a property with the given name, the value of that property is returned. Otherwise, null is returned.

  Write-only properties will not be matched as the test operates against property read methods.

  Specified by:

  get in interface Map

  Overrides:

  get in class AbstractMap

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the property whose value to return

  Returns:

  the value of the property with that name

• put

  public Object put(Object name,
           Object value)
             throws IllegalArgumentException,
                    ClassCastException

  Deprecated. 
  Sets the bean property with the given name to the given value.

  Specified by:

  put in interface Map

  Overrides:

  put in class AbstractMap

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the property to set

  value - the value to set that property to

  Returns:

  the previous value of that property

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if the given name is null; if the given name is not a String; if the bean doesn't define a property with that name; or if the bean property with that name is read-only

  ClassCastException

• size

  public int size()

  Deprecated. 
  Returns the number of properties defined by the bean.

  Specified by:

  size in interface Map

  Overrides:

  size in class AbstractMap

  Returns:

  the number of properties defined by the bean

• keySet

  public Set keySet()

  Deprecated. 
  Get the keys for this BeanMap.

  Write-only properties are not included in the returned set of property names, although it is possible to set their value and to get their type.

  Specified by:

  keySet in interface Map

  Overrides:

  keySet in class AbstractMap

  Returns:

  BeanMap keys. The Set returned by this method is not modifiable.

• entrySet

  public Set entrySet()

  Deprecated. 
  Gets a Set of MapEntry objects that are the mappings for this BeanMap.

  Each MapEntry can be set but not removed.

  Specified by:

  entrySet in interface Map

  Specified by:

  entrySet in class AbstractMap

  Returns:

  the unmodifiable set of mappings

• values

  public Collection values()

  Deprecated. 
  Returns the values for the BeanMap.

  Specified by:

  values in interface Map

  Overrides:

  values in class AbstractMap

  Returns:

  values for the BeanMap. The returned collection is not modifiable.

• getType

  public Class getType(String name)

  Deprecated. 
  Returns the type of the property with the given name.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the property

  Returns:

  the type of the property, or null if no such property exists

• keyIterator

  public Iterator keyIterator()

  Deprecated. 
  Convenience method for getting an iterator over the keys.

  Write-only properties will not be returned in the iterator.

  Returns:

  an iterator over the keys

• valueIterator

  public Iterator valueIterator()

  Deprecated. 
  Convenience method for getting an iterator over the values.

  Returns:

  an iterator over the values

• entryIterator

  public Iterator entryIterator()

  Deprecated. 
  Convenience method for getting an iterator over the entries.

  Returns:

  an iterator over the entries

• getBean

  public Object getBean()

  Deprecated. 
  Returns the bean currently being operated on. The return value may be null if this map is empty.

  Returns:

  the bean being operated on by this map

• setBean

  public void setBean(Object newBean)

  Deprecated. 
  Sets the bean to be operated on by this map. The given value may be null, in which case this map will be empty.

  Parameters:

  newBean - the new bean to operate on

• getReadMethod

  public Method getReadMethod(String name)

  Deprecated. 
  Returns the accessor for the property with the given name.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the property

  Returns:

  the accessor method for the property, or null

• getWriteMethod

  public Method getWriteMethod(String name)

  Deprecated. 
  Returns the mutator for the property with the given name.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the property

  Returns:

  the mutator method for the property, or null

• getReadMethod

  protected Method getReadMethod(Object name)

  Deprecated. 
  Returns the accessor for the property with the given name.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the property

  Returns:

  null if the name is null; null if the name is not a String; null if no such property exists; or the accessor method for that property

• getWriteMethod

  protected Method getWriteMethod(Object name)

  Deprecated. 
  Returns the mutator for the property with the given name.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the

  Returns:

  null if the name is null; null if the name is not a String; null if no such property exists; null if the property is read-only; or the mutator method for that property

• reinitialise

  protected void reinitialise()

  Deprecated. 
  Reinitializes this bean. Called during setBean(Object). Does introspection to find properties.

• firePropertyChange

  protected void firePropertyChange(Object key,
                        Object oldValue,
                        Object newValue)

  Deprecated. 
  Called during a successful put(Object,Object) operation. Default implementation does nothing. Override to be notified of property changes in the bean caused by this map.

  Parameters:

  key - the name of the property that changed

  oldValue - the old value for that property

  newValue - the new value for that property

• createWriteMethodArguments

  protected Object[] createWriteMethodArguments(Method method,
                                    Object value)
                                         throws IllegalAccessException,
                                                ClassCastException

  Deprecated. 
  Creates an array of parameters to pass to the given mutator method. If the given object is not the right type to pass to the method directly, it will be converted using convertType(Class,Object).

  Parameters:

  method - the mutator method

  value - the value to pass to the mutator method

  Returns:

  an array containing one object that is either the given value or a transformed value

  Throws:

  IllegalAccessException - if convertType(Class,Object) raises it

  IllegalArgumentException - if any other exception is raised by convertType(Class,Object)

  ClassCastException

• convertType

  protected Object convertType(Class newType,
                   Object value)
                        throws InstantiationException,
                               IllegalAccessException,
                               IllegalArgumentException,
                               InvocationTargetException

  Deprecated. 
  Converts the given value to the given type. First, reflection is is used to find a public constructor declared by the given class that takes one argument, which must be the precise type of the given value. If such a constructor is found, a new object is created by passing the given value to that constructor, and the newly constructed object is returned.

  If no such constructor exists, and the given type is a primitive type, then the given value is converted to a string using its toString() method, and that string is parsed into the correct primitive type using, for instance, Integer.valueOf(String) to convert the string into an int.

  If no special constructor exists and the given type is not a primitive type, this method returns the original value.

  Parameters:

  newType - the type to convert the value to

  value - the value to convert

  Returns:

  the converted value

  Throws:

  NumberFormatException - if newType is a primitive type, and the string representation of the given value cannot be converted to that type

  InstantiationException - if the constructor found with reflection raises it

  InvocationTargetException - if the constructor found with reflection raises it

  IllegalAccessException - never

  IllegalArgumentException - never

• getTypeTransformer

  protected Transformer getTypeTransformer(Class aType)

  Deprecated. 
  Returns a transformer for the given primitive type.

  Parameters:

  aType - the primitive type whose transformer to return

  Returns:

  a transformer that will convert strings into that type, or null if the given type is not a primitive type

• logInfo

  protected void logInfo(Exception ex)

  Deprecated. 
  Logs the given exception to System.out. Used to display warnings while accessing/mutating the bean.

  Parameters:

  ex - the exception to log

• logWarn

  protected void logWarn(Exception ex)

  Deprecated. 
  Logs the given exception to System.err. Used to display errors while accessing/mutating the bean.

  Parameters:

  ex - the exception to log