Package javax.faces.view.facelets

Class MetadataTarget

java.lang.Object

javax.faces.view.facelets.MetadataTarget

public abstract class MetadataTarget
extends Object

Information used with MetaRule for determining how and what Metadata should be wired.

Since:

2.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MetadataTarget()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract PropertyDescriptor	getProperty(String name)	Return a beans PropertyDescriptor for the property with name given by argument name.
abstract Class	getPropertyType(String name)	Return a Class for the property with name given by argument name.
abstract Method	getReadMethod(String name)	Return a Method for the getter of the property with name given by argument name.
abstract Class	getTargetClass()	Return the Class of the metadata target.
abstract Method	getWriteMethod(String name)	Return a Method for the setter of the property with name given by argument name.
abstract boolean	isTargetInstanceOf(Class type)	Return true if the target for this metadata element is an instance of the argument type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MetadataTarget

public MetadataTarget()

Method Details

getProperty

public abstract PropertyDescriptor getProperty(String name)

Return a beans PropertyDescriptor for the property with name given by argument name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property for which the PropertyDescriptor must be returned.

Returns:

the PropertyDescriptor.

isTargetInstanceOf

public abstract boolean isTargetInstanceOf(Class type)

Return true if the target for this metadata element is an instance of the argument type.

Parameters:

type - the Class to test for the instance of.

Returns:

true if the type is a target instance, false otherwise.

getTargetClass

public abstract Class getTargetClass()

Return the Class of the metadata target.

Returns:

the target Class.

getPropertyType

public abstract Class getPropertyType(String name)

Return a Class for the property with name given by argument name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property for which the Class must be returned.

Returns:

the Class of the property.

getWriteMethod

public abstract Method getWriteMethod(String name)

Return a Method for the setter of the property with name given by argument name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property for which the Method must be returned.

Returns:

the write Method.

getReadMethod

public abstract Method getReadMethod(String name)

Return a Method for the getter of the property with name given by argument name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property for which the Method must be returned.

Returns:

the read Method.