oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.descriptors

Class MethodAttributeAccessor

java.lang.Object

oracle.toplink.essentials.mappings.AttributeAccessor

oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.descriptors.MethodAttributeAccessor

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class MethodAttributeAccessor
extends AttributeAccessor

Purpose: A wrapper class for handling cases when the domain object attributes are to be accessed thru the accessor methods. This could happen if the variables are not defined public in the domain object.

Since:

TOPLink/Java 1.0

Author:

Sati

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected java.lang.reflect.Method	getMethod
protected java.lang.String	getMethodName
protected java.lang.reflect.Method	setMethod
protected java.lang.String	setMethodName

Fields inherited from class oracle.toplink.essentials.mappings.AttributeAccessor

attributeName

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MethodAttributeAccessor()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Class	getAttributeClass() Return the return type of the method accessor.
java.lang.Object	getAttributeValueFromObject(java.lang.Object anObject) Gets the value of an instance variable in the object.
protected java.lang.reflect.Method	getGetMethod() Return the accessor method for the attribute accessor.
java.lang.String	getGetMethodName() Return the name of theh accessor method for the attribute accessor.
java.lang.Class	getGetMethodReturnType()
protected java.lang.reflect.Method	getSetMethod() Return the set method for the attribute accessor.
java.lang.String	getSetMethodName() Return the name of the set method for the attribute accessor.
java.lang.Class	getSetMethodParameterType()
void	initializeAttributes(java.lang.Class theJavaClass) Set get and set method after creating these methods by using get and set method names
boolean	isMethodAttributeAccessor()
void	setAttributeValueInObject(java.lang.Object domainObject, java.lang.Object attributeValue) Sets the value of the instance variable in the object to the value.
protected void	setGetMethod(java.lang.reflect.Method getMethod) Set the accessor method for the attribute accessor.
void	setGetMethodName(java.lang.String getMethodName) Set the name of the accessor method for the attribute accessor.
protected void	setSetMethod(java.lang.reflect.Method setMethod) Set the set method for the attribute accessor.
void	setSetMethodName(java.lang.String setMethodName) Set the name of the set method for the attribute accessor.

Methods inherited from class oracle.toplink.essentials.mappings.AttributeAccessor

clone, getAttributeName, setAttributeName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

setMethodName

protected java.lang.String setMethodName

getMethodName

protected java.lang.String getMethodName

setMethod

protected transient java.lang.reflect.Method setMethod

getMethod

protected transient java.lang.reflect.Method getMethod

Constructor Detail

MethodAttributeAccessor

public MethodAttributeAccessor()

Method Detail

getAttributeClass

public java.lang.Class getAttributeClass()

Return the return type of the method accessor.

Overrides:

getAttributeClass in class AttributeAccessor

getAttributeValueFromObject

public java.lang.Object getAttributeValueFromObject(java.lang.Object anObject)
                                             throws DescriptorException

Gets the value of an instance variable in the object.

Specified by:

getAttributeValueFromObject in class AttributeAccessor

Throws:

DescriptorException

getGetMethod

protected java.lang.reflect.Method getGetMethod()

Return the accessor method for the attribute accessor.

getGetMethodName

public java.lang.String getGetMethodName()

Return the name of theh accessor method for the attribute accessor.

getGetMethodReturnType

public java.lang.Class getGetMethodReturnType()

getSetMethod

protected java.lang.reflect.Method getSetMethod()

Return the set method for the attribute accessor.

getSetMethodName

public java.lang.String getSetMethodName()

Return the name of the set method for the attribute accessor.

getSetMethodParameterType

public java.lang.Class getSetMethodParameterType()

initializeAttributes

public void initializeAttributes(java.lang.Class theJavaClass)
                          throws DescriptorException

Set get and set method after creating these methods by using get and set method names

Overrides:

initializeAttributes in class AttributeAccessor

Throws:

DescriptorException

isMethodAttributeAccessor

public boolean isMethodAttributeAccessor()

setAttributeValueInObject

public void setAttributeValueInObject(java.lang.Object domainObject,
                                      java.lang.Object attributeValue)
                               throws DescriptorException

Sets the value of the instance variable in the object to the value.

Specified by:

setAttributeValueInObject in class AttributeAccessor

Throws:

DescriptorException

setGetMethod

protected void setGetMethod(java.lang.reflect.Method getMethod)

Set the accessor method for the attribute accessor.

setGetMethodName

public void setGetMethodName(java.lang.String getMethodName)

Set the name of the accessor method for the attribute accessor.

setSetMethod

protected void setSetMethod(java.lang.reflect.Method setMethod)

Set the set method for the attribute accessor.

setSetMethodName

public void setSetMethodName(java.lang.String setMethodName)

Set the name of the set method for the attribute accessor.