001    /*
002     *  Copyright 2001-2013 Stephen Colebourne
003     *
004     *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     *
010     *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     *  limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.joda.beans.impl.direct;
017    
018    import org.joda.beans.MetaProperty;
019    import org.joda.beans.impl.BasicMetaBean;
020    
021    /**
022     * A meta-bean implementation designed for use by {@code DirectBean}.
023     * <p>
024     * This implementation uses direct access via {@link #metaPropertyGet(String)} to avoid reflection.
025     * 
026     * @author Stephen Colebourne
027     */
028    public abstract class DirectMetaBean extends BasicMetaBean {
029        // overriding other methods has negligible effect considering DirectMetaPropertyMap
030    
031        /**
032         * Gets the meta-property by name.
033         * <p>
034         * This implementation returns null, and must be overridden in subclasses.
035         * 
036         * @param propertyName  the property name, not null
037         * @return the meta-property, null if not found
038         */
039        protected MetaProperty<?> metaPropertyGet(String propertyName) {
040            return null;
041        }
042    
043    }