net.sf.mmm.util.pojo.descriptor.api
Interface PojoDescriptorBuilder

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPojoDescriptorBuilder, PojoDescriptorBuilderImpl

public interface PojoDescriptorBuilder

This is the interface used to get (or create) the descriptor for a given Pojo.
This functionality is an advanced alternative to Introspector or commons-beanutils.

Since:

1.1.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

See Also:

PojoDescriptor

Method Summary

<POJO> PojoDescriptor<POJO>	getDescriptor(Class<POJO> pojoClass) This method gets (or creates) the descriptor for the given pojoClass.
<POJO> PojoDescriptor<POJO>	getDescriptor(GenericType<POJO> pojoType) This method gets (or creates) the descriptor for the given pojoType.
PojoDescriptor<?>	getDescriptor(Type pojoType) This method gets (or creates) the descriptor for the given pojoType.
Map<String,Object>	pojo2Map(Object pojo) This method creates a lazy, immutable Map reflecting the given Pojo.

Method Detail

getDescriptor

<POJO> PojoDescriptor<POJO> getDescriptor(Class<POJO> pojoClass)

This method gets (or creates) the descriptor for the given pojoClass.

Type Parameters:

POJO - is the templated type of the pojoType.

Parameters:

pojoClass - is the Class reflecting the Pojo to introspect.

Returns:

the descriptor used to get information about the properties of the given pojoClass.

getDescriptor

PojoDescriptor<?> getDescriptor(Type pojoType)

This method gets (or creates) the descriptor for the given pojoType.

Parameters:

pojoType - is the Type reflecting the Pojo to introspect.

Returns:

the descriptor used to get information about the properties of the given pojoType.

See Also:

getDescriptor(GenericType)

getDescriptor

<POJO> PojoDescriptor<POJO> getDescriptor(GenericType<POJO> pojoType)

This method gets (or creates) the descriptor for the given pojoType.

Type Parameters:

POJO - is the templated type of the pojoType.

Parameters:

pojoType - is the GenericType reflecting the Pojo to introspect.

Returns:

the descriptor used to get information about the properties of the given pojoType.

pojo2Map

Map<String,Object> pojo2Map(Object pojo)

This method creates a lazy, immutable Map reflecting the given Pojo.
ATTENTION:
The Map may be simple.

Parameters:

pojo - is the Pojo to convert.

Returns:

the Map reflecting the given Pojo.

Since:

1.1.1

See Also:

PojoPathNavigator.pojo2Map(Object)