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

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPojoDescriptorBuilderFactory, PojoDescriptorBuilderFactoryImpl

@ComponentSpecification
public interface PojoDescriptorBuilderFactory

This is the interface for a factory used to create instances of PojoDescriptorBuilder.

Since:

1.1.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

PojoDescriptorBuilder	createDescriptorBuilder(VisibilityModifier methodVisibility, VisibilityModifier fieldVisibility) This method creates a PojoDescriptorBuilder that introspects the methods and non-static fields with the given visibility or a higher order.
PojoDescriptorBuilder	createPrivateFieldDescriptorBuilder() This method creates a PojoDescriptorBuilder that introspects all non-static fields for building PojoPropertyDescriptors.
PojoDescriptorBuilder	createPublicMethodDescriptorBuilder() This method creates a PojoDescriptorBuilder that introspects public methods for building PojoPropertyDescriptors.

Method Detail

createPublicMethodDescriptorBuilder

PojoDescriptorBuilder createPublicMethodDescriptorBuilder()

This method creates a PojoDescriptorBuilder that introspects public methods for building PojoPropertyDescriptors. All other methods and all fields will be ignored. This is the preferred way to use following the java-bean philosophy.

Returns:

the new PojoDescriptorBuilder instance.

createPrivateFieldDescriptorBuilder

PojoDescriptorBuilder createPrivateFieldDescriptorBuilder()

This method creates a PojoDescriptorBuilder that introspects all non-static fields for building PojoPropertyDescriptors. All methods will be ignored.

Returns:

the new PojoDescriptorBuilder instance.

See Also:

createPublicMethodDescriptorBuilder()

createDescriptorBuilder

PojoDescriptorBuilder createDescriptorBuilder(VisibilityModifier methodVisibility,
                                              VisibilityModifier fieldVisibility)

This method creates a PojoDescriptorBuilder that introspects the methods and non-static fields with the given visibility or a higher order.

Parameters:

methodVisibility - is the minimum visibility of the methods to introspect or null to ignore all methods.

fieldVisibility - is the minimum visibility of the fields to introspect or null to ignore all fields.

Returns:

the new PojoDescriptorBuilder instance.

See Also:

createPublicMethodDescriptorBuilder()