org.hibernate.ogm.util.impl

Class ReflectionHelper

java.lang.Object

org.hibernate.ogm.util.impl.ReflectionHelper

public final class ReflectionHelper
extends Object

Some reflection utility methods.

Author:

Hardy Ferentschik, Gunnar Morling

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ReflectionHelper()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getPropertyName(Method method) Returns the JavaBeans property name of the given method if it is a getter method.
static boolean	propertyExists(Class<?> clazz, String property, ElementType elementType) Whether the specified JavaBeans property exists on the given type or not.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ReflectionHelper

public ReflectionHelper()

Method Detail

propertyExists

public static boolean propertyExists(Class<?> clazz,
                     String property,
                     ElementType elementType)

Whether the specified JavaBeans property exists on the given type or not.

Parameters:

clazz - the type of interest

property - the JavaBeans property name

elementType - the element type to check, must be either ElementType.FIELD or ElementType.METHOD.

Returns:

true if the specified property exists, false otherwise

getPropertyName

public static String getPropertyName(Method method)

Returns the JavaBeans property name of the given method if it is a getter method.

Getter methods are methods

• whose name start with "get" and who have a return type but no parameter or
• whose name starts with "is" and who have no parameter and return boolean or

Parameters:

method - The method for which to get the property name

Returns:

The property name for the given method or null if the method is not a getter method according to the JavaBeans standard