org.exparity.beans

Class Graph

java.lang.Object

org.exparity.beans.core.Instance

org.exparity.beans.Graph

public class Graph
extends Instance

Utility class for inspecting objects which expose properties which follow the Java Bean get/set standard. For example;

 List<BeanPropertyInstance> = Graph.graph(myObject).propertyList()
 

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Graph(Object instance)
Graph(Object instance, BeanNamingStrategy naming)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Graph	graph(Object instance)
static Graph	graph(Object instance, BeanNamingStrategy naming)
BeanProperty	propertyAtPath(String path) Get the requested property by its path from the instance or return null if the property is not present.
BeanProperty	propertyAtPathIgnoreOrdinal(String path) Get the requested property by its path whilst ignoriing any ordinals if its in a collection, map, or array from the instance or return null if the property is not present.

Methods inherited from class org.exparity.beans.core.Instance

apply, apply, dump, dump, dump, find, findAny, get, get, hasProperty, hasProperty, hasProperty, isPropertyType, isPropertyType, propertyList, propertyMap, propertyNamed, propertyType, propertyType, propertyValue, propertyValue, propertyValue, propertyValue, setNamingStrategy, setProperty, setProperty, visit

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Graph

public Graph(Object instance,
             BeanNamingStrategy naming)

Graph

public Graph(Object instance)

Method Detail

graph

public static Graph graph(Object instance)

graph

public static Graph graph(Object instance,
                          BeanNamingStrategy naming)

propertyAtPath

public BeanProperty propertyAtPath(String path)

Get the requested property by its path from the instance or return null if the property is not present. For example:

 BeanPropertyInstance surname = bean(myObject).propertyAtPath("person.surname")
 

Parameters:

path - the property path

propertyAtPathIgnoreOrdinal

public BeanProperty propertyAtPathIgnoreOrdinal(String path)

Get the requested property by its path whilst ignoriing any ordinals if its in a collection, map, or array from the instance or return null if the property is not present. For example:

 BeanPropertyInstance nameOfFirstSibling = bean(myObject).propertyAtPathIgnoreOrdinal("person.siblings.firstname")
 

Parameters:

path - the property path