MetaProperty (Groovy 1.8.9)

java.lang.Object
- groovy.lang.MetaProperty

Direct Known Subclasses:

CachedField, MetaArrayLengthProperty, MetaBeanProperty, MetaExpandoProperty
```
public abstract class MetaProperty
extends java.lang.Object
```
Represents a property on a bean which may have a getter and/or a setter

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

James Strachan

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected java.lang.String name

static java.lang.String PROPERTY_SET_PREFIX

protected java.lang.Class type

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

MetaProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class type)

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static java.lang.String`	`getGetterName(java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.Class type)`
`int`	`getModifiers()`
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`
`abstract java.lang.Object`	`getProperty(java.lang.Object object)`
`static java.lang.String`	`getSetterName(java.lang.String propertyName)`
`java.lang.Class`	`getType()`
`abstract void`	`setProperty(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.Object newValue)`	Sets the property on the given object to the new value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

name
```
protected final java.lang.String name
```

type
```
protected java.lang.Class type
```

PROPERTY_SET_PREFIX

public static final java.lang.String PROPERTY_SET_PREFIX

See Also:: Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MetaProperty

public MetaProperty(java.lang.String name,
                    java.lang.Class type)

Method Detail

getProperty
```
public abstract java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.Object object)
```
Returns:

the property of the given object

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if the property could not be evaluated

setProperty
```
public abstract void setProperty(java.lang.Object object,
                                 java.lang.Object newValue)
```
Sets the property on the given object to the new value

Parameters:

object - on which to set the property

newValue - the new value of the property

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - if the property could not be set

getName
```
public java.lang.String getName()
```

getType
```
public java.lang.Class getType()
```
Returns:

the type of the property

getModifiers
```
public int getModifiers()
```

getGetterName

public static java.lang.String getGetterName(java.lang.String propertyName,
                                             java.lang.Class type)

getSetterName

public static java.lang.String getSetterName(java.lang.String propertyName)