com.vaadin.addon.jpacontainer.metadata
Class PropertyMetadata

java.lang.Object
  com.vaadin.addon.jpacontainer.metadata.PropertyMetadata

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

PersistentPropertyMetadata

public class PropertyMetadata
extends Object
implements Serializable

This class represents the metadata of a property. If the property is transient, this is an ordinary JavaBean property consisting of a getter method and optionally a setter method. If the property is persistent, additional information is provided by the PersistentPropertyMetadata interface.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Petter Holmström (Vaadin Ltd)

See Also:

ClassMetadata, Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected Class<?>	getterDeclaringClass
protected String	getterName
protected Class<?>	setterDeclaringClass
protected String	setterName

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj)
<T extends Annotation> T	getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass) Gets the annotation of the specified annotation class, if available.
Annotation[]	getAnnotations() The annotations of the property, if any.
String	getName() The name of the property.
PropertyKind	getPropertyKind()
Class<?>	getType() The type of the property.
int	hashCode()
boolean	isWritable() Returns whether the property is writable or not.
Object	readResolve()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

getterName

protected final String getterName

setterName

protected final String setterName

getterDeclaringClass

protected final Class<?> getterDeclaringClass

setterDeclaringClass

protected final Class<?> setterDeclaringClass

Method Detail

readResolve

public Object readResolve()
                   throws ObjectStreamException

Throws:

ObjectStreamException

getName

public String getName()

The name of the property.

getType

public Class<?> getType()

The type of the property.

getAnnotations

public Annotation[] getAnnotations()

The annotations of the property, if any.

See Also:

getAnnotation(java.lang.Class)

getAnnotation

public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)

Gets the annotation of the specified annotation class, if available.

Parameters:

annotationClass - the annotation class.

Returns:

the annotation, or null if not found.

See Also:

getAnnotations(), Class.getAnnotation(java.lang.Class)

isWritable

public boolean isWritable()

Returns whether the property is writable or not. Transient properties (i.e. JavaBean properties) are only writable if they have a setter method.

Returns:

true if the property is writable, false if it is not.

getPropertyKind

public PropertyKind getPropertyKind()

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object