org.eclipse.persistence.internal.descriptors

Class MethodAttributeAccessor

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.AttributeAccessor

org.eclipse.persistence.internal.descriptors.MethodAttributeAccessor

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, CoreAttributeAccessor

Direct Known Subclasses:

JAXBSetMethodAttributeAccessor, SDOMethodAttributeAccessor, VirtualAttributeAccessor

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

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.
java.lang.reflect.Method	getGetMethod() Return the accessor method for the attribute accessor.
java.lang.String	getGetMethodName() Return the name of the accessor method for the attribute accessor.
java.lang.Class	getGetMethodReturnType() INTERNAL: Return the GetMethod return type for this MethodAttributeAccessor.
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	isInitialized() Returns true if this attribute accessor has been initialized and now stores a reference to the class's attribute.
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.
void	setGetMethodName(java.lang.String getMethodName) Set the name of the accessor 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 org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.AttributeAccessor

clone, getAttributeName, isInstanceVariableAttributeAccessor, isMapValueAttributeAccessor, isReadOnly, isValuesAccessor, isVirtualAttributeAccessor, isWriteOnly, setAttributeName, setIsReadOnly, setIsWriteOnly

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MethodAttributeAccessor

public MethodAttributeAccessor()

Method Detail

getAttributeClass

public java.lang.Class getAttributeClass()

Return the return type of the method accessor.

Specified by:

getAttributeClass in interface CoreAttributeAccessor

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 interface CoreAttributeAccessor

Specified by:

getAttributeValueFromObject in class AttributeAccessor

Throws:

DescriptorException

getGetMethod

public java.lang.reflect.Method getGetMethod()

Return the accessor method for the attribute accessor. 266912: For Metamodel API - change visibility from protected

getGetMethodName

public java.lang.String getGetMethodName()

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

getGetMethodReturnType

public java.lang.Class getGetMethodReturnType()
                                       throws DescriptorException

INTERNAL: Return the GetMethod return type for this MethodAttributeAccessor. A special check is made to determine if a missing method is a result of failed weaving.

Returns:

Throws:

DescriptorException

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

Specified by:

initializeAttributes in interface CoreAttributeAccessor

Overrides:

initializeAttributes in class AttributeAccessor

Throws:

DescriptorException

isInitialized

public boolean isInitialized()

Returns true if this attribute accessor has been initialized and now stores a reference to the class's attribute. An attribute accessor can become uninitialized on serialization.

Overrides:

isInitialized in class AttributeAccessor

isMethodAttributeAccessor

public boolean isMethodAttributeAccessor()

Specified by:

isMethodAttributeAccessor in interface CoreAttributeAccessor

Overrides:

isMethodAttributeAccessor in class AttributeAccessor

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 interface CoreAttributeAccessor

Specified by:

setAttributeValueInObject in class AttributeAccessor

Throws:

DescriptorException

setGetMethodName

public void setGetMethodName(java.lang.String getMethodName)

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

setSetMethodName

public void setSetMethodName(java.lang.String setMethodName)

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