org.jboss.portal.faces.el
Class ClassConstantPublisherBean

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.portal.faces.el.ClassConstantPublisherBean

All Implemented Interfaces:

DynamicBean

public class ClassConstantPublisherBean
extends java.lang.Object
implements DynamicBean

An implementation of DynamicBean which exposes all the fields on a class which are public and static. The properties are read only and cannot be modified. It allows to use constant names from expression language rather than the constant values directly.

• Class objects of type class or interface are supported.
• Class inheritence is supported, Class object returned from Class.getSuperClass() is examined.
• Interface implementation is not yet supported, Class objects returned from Class.getInterfaces() are not examined.

todo: implement and test interfaces returned by Class.getInterfaces().

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Julien Viet

Constructor Summary

ClassConstantPublisherBean()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getClassName()
java.lang.Class	getType(java.lang.Object propertyName) Return the type of the specified property.
PropertyValue	getValue(java.lang.Object propertyName) Return the value of the specified property.
void	setClassName(java.lang.String className)
boolean	setValue(java.lang.Object propertyName, java.lang.Object value) Set the value of the specified property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassConstantPublisherBean

public ClassConstantPublisherBean()

Method Detail

getType

public java.lang.Class getType(java.lang.Object propertyName)
                        throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Description copied from interface: DynamicBean

Return the type of the specified property.

Specified by:

getType in interface DynamicBean

Parameters:

propertyName - the property name

Returns:

the type of the specified property or null

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the property name is null

getValue

public PropertyValue getValue(java.lang.Object propertyName)
                       throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Description copied from interface: DynamicBean

Return the value of the specified property.

Specified by:

getValue in interface DynamicBean

Parameters:

propertyName - the property name

Returns:

the property value

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the property is null

setValue

public boolean setValue(java.lang.Object propertyName,
                        java.lang.Object value)
                 throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Description copied from interface: DynamicBean

Set the value of the specified property.

Specified by:

setValue in interface DynamicBean

Parameters:

propertyName - the property name

value - the new property value

Returns:

true if the property was succesfully set

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the property name is null

getClassName

public java.lang.String getClassName()

setClassName

public void setClassName(java.lang.String className)