org.hibernate.property
Interface PropertyAccessor

All Known Implementing Classes:
BackrefPropertyAccessor, BasicPropertyAccessor, ChainedPropertyAccessor, DirectPropertyAccessor, Dom4jAccessor, EmbeddedPropertyAccessor, IndexPropertyAccessor, MapAccessor, NoopAccessor

public interface PropertyAccessor

Abstracts the notion of a "property". Defines a strategy for accessing the value of an attribute.

Author:
Gavin King

Method Summary
 Getter getGetter(Class theClass, String propertyName)
          Create a "getter" for the named attribute
 Setter getSetter(Class theClass, String propertyName)
          Create a "setter" for the named attribute
 

Method Detail

getGetter

Getter getGetter(Class theClass,
                 String propertyName)
                 throws PropertyNotFoundException
Create a "getter" for the named attribute

Parameters:
theClass - The class on which the property is defined.
propertyName - The name of the property.
Returns:
An appropriate getter.
Throws:
PropertyNotFoundException - Indicates a problem interpretting the propertyName

getSetter

Setter getSetter(Class theClass,
                 String propertyName)
                 throws PropertyNotFoundException
Create a "setter" for the named attribute

Parameters:
theClass - The class on which the property is defined.
propertyName - The name of the property.
Returns:
An appropriate setter
Throws:
PropertyNotFoundException - Indicates a problem interpretting the propertyName


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