gnu.beanfactory
Interface Handle

public interface Handle

Provides a level of indirection for manipulating java beans through a set of accessor methods.

Version:

$Id: Handle.java,v 1.14 2001/10/04 17:35:29 rschoening Exp $

Author:

Rob Schoening <rob@beanfactory.net>

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getIndexedProperty(java.lang.String pname, int idx)
java.lang.Object	getObject() Obtain a reference to the underlying bean.
java.lang.Object	getProperty(java.lang.String propertyName) Obtains the value of a property by name.
java.lang.Object	invoke(java.lang.String method) Invoke a no-arg method.
void	setProperty(java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.String value) Sets the value of a bean property.

Method Detail

getProperty

public java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)
                             throws BeanFactoryException

Obtains the value of a property by name. Primitive properties are wrapped in their respective object wrappers. This method should support "nested" properties.

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the property to be retrieved

Returns:

the value of the property

setProperty

public void setProperty(java.lang.String propertyName,
                        java.lang.String value)
                 throws BeanFactoryException

Sets the value of a bean property.

Parameters:

propertyName - name of the property to be set

value - string representation of the new property value

invoke

public java.lang.Object invoke(java.lang.String method)
                        throws BeanFactoryException

Invoke a no-arg method.

Parameters:

method - the name of the method

getIndexedProperty

public java.lang.Object getIndexedProperty(java.lang.String pname,
                                           int idx)
                                    throws BeanFactoryException

getObject

public java.lang.Object getObject()

Obtain a reference to the underlying bean.