javax.faces.view.facelets

Class MetadataTarget

java.lang.Object

javax.faces.view.facelets.MetadataTarget

public abstract class MetadataTarget
extends java.lang.Object

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

Since:

2.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MetadataTarget()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract java.beans.PropertyDescriptor	getProperty(java.lang.String name) Return a beans PropertyDescriptor for the property with name given by argument name.
abstract java.lang.Class	getPropertyType(java.lang.String name) Return a Class for the property with name given by argument name.
abstract java.lang.reflect.Method	getReadMethod(java.lang.String name) Return a Method for the getter of the property with name given by argument name.
abstract java.lang.Class	getTargetClass() Return the Class of the metadata target.
abstract java.lang.reflect.Method	getWriteMethod(java.lang.String name) Return a Method for the setter of the property with name given by argument name.
abstract boolean	isTargetInstanceOf(java.lang.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 Detail

MetadataTarget

public MetadataTarget()

Method Detail

getProperty

public abstract java.beans.PropertyDescriptor getProperty(java.lang.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.

isTargetInstanceOf

public abstract boolean isTargetInstanceOf(java.lang.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.

getTargetClass

public abstract java.lang.Class getTargetClass()

Return the Class of the metadata target.

getPropertyType

public abstract java.lang.Class getPropertyType(java.lang.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.

getWriteMethod

public abstract java.lang.reflect.Method getWriteMethod(java.lang.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.

getReadMethod

public abstract java.lang.reflect.Method getReadMethod(java.lang.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.