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+/* java.beans.PropertyDescriptor
+ Copyright (C) 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package java.beans;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+/**
+ ** PropertyDescriptor describes information about a JavaBean property,
+ ** by which we mean a property that has been exposed via a pair of
+ ** get and set methods. (There may be no get method, which means
+ ** the property is write-only, or no set method, which means the
+ ** the property is read-only.)<P>
+ **
+ ** The constraints put on get and set methods are:<P>
+ ** <OL>
+ ** <LI>A get method must have signature
+ ** <CODE>&lt;propertyType&gt; &lt;getMethodName&gt;()</CODE></LI>
+ ** <LI>A set method must have signature
+ ** <CODE>void &lt;setMethodName&gt;(&lt;propertyType&gt;)</CODE></LI>
+ ** <LI>Either method type may throw any exception.</LI>
+ ** <LI>Both methods must be public.</LI>
+ ** </OL>
+ **
+ ** @author John Keiser
+ ** @author Robert Schuster (thebohemian@gmx.net)
+ ** @since 1.1
+ ** @status updated to 1.4
+ **/
+public class PropertyDescriptor extends FeatureDescriptor
+{
+ Class<?> propertyType;
+ Method getMethod;
+ Method setMethod;
+
+ Class<?> propertyEditorClass;
+ boolean bound;
+ boolean constrained;
+
+ PropertyDescriptor(String name)
+ {
+ setName(name);
+ }
+
+ /** Create a new PropertyDescriptor by introspection.
+ ** This form of constructor creates the PropertyDescriptor by
+ ** looking for a getter method named <CODE>get&lt;name&gt;()</CODE>
+ ** (or, optionally, if the property is boolean,
+ ** <CODE>is&lt;name&gt;()</CODE>) and
+ ** <CODE>set&lt;name&gt;()</CODE> in class
+ ** <CODE>&lt;beanClass&gt;</CODE>, where &lt;name&gt; has its
+ ** first letter capitalized by the constructor.<P>
+ **
+ ** Note that using this constructor the given property must be read- <strong>and</strong>
+ ** writeable. If the implementation does not both, a read and a write method, an
+ ** <code>IntrospectionException</code> is thrown.
+ **
+ ** <B>Implementation note:</B> If there is both are both isXXX and
+ ** getXXX methods, the former is used in preference to the latter.
+ ** We do not check that an isXXX method returns a boolean. In both
+ ** cases, this matches the behaviour of JDK 1.4<P>
+ **
+ ** @param name the programmatic name of the property, usually
+ ** starting with a lowercase letter (e.g. fooManChu
+ ** instead of FooManChu).
+ ** @param beanClass the class the get and set methods live in.
+ ** @exception IntrospectionException if the methods are not found
+ ** or invalid.
+ **/
+ public PropertyDescriptor(String name, Class<?> beanClass)
+ throws IntrospectionException
+ {
+ setName(name);
+ if (name.length() == 0)
+ {
+ throw new IntrospectionException("empty property name");
+ }
+ String caps = Character.toUpperCase(name.charAt(0)) + name.substring(1);
+ findMethods(beanClass, "is" + caps, "get" + caps, "set" + caps);
+
+ if (getMethod == null)
+ {
+ throw new IntrospectionException(
+ "Cannot find a is" + caps + " or get" + caps + " method");
+ }
+
+ if (setMethod == null)
+ {
+ throw new IntrospectionException(
+ "Cannot find a " + caps + " method");
+ }
+
+ // finally check the methods compatibility
+ propertyType = checkMethods(getMethod, setMethod);
+ }
+
+ /** Create a new PropertyDescriptor by introspection.
+ ** This form of constructor allows you to specify the
+ ** names of the get and set methods to search for.<P>
+ **
+ ** <B>Implementation note:</B> If there is a get method (or
+ ** boolean isXXX() method), then the return type of that method
+ ** is used to find the set method. If there is no get method,
+ ** then the set method is searched for exhaustively.<P>
+ **
+ ** <B>Spec note:</B>
+ ** If there is no get method and multiple set methods with
+ ** the same name and a single parameter (different type of course),
+ ** then an IntrospectionException is thrown. While Sun's spec
+ ** does not state this, it can make Bean behavior different on
+ ** different systems (since method order is not guaranteed) and as
+ ** such, can be treated as a bug in the spec. I am not aware of
+ ** whether Sun's implementation catches this.
+ **
+ ** @param name the programmatic name of the property, usually
+ ** starting with a lowercase letter (e.g. fooManChu
+ ** instead of FooManChu).
+ ** @param beanClass the class the get and set methods live in.
+ ** @param getMethodName the name of the get method or <code>null</code> if the property is write-only.
+ ** @param setMethodName the name of the set method or <code>null</code> if the property is read-only.
+ ** @exception IntrospectionException if the methods are not found
+ ** or invalid.
+ **/
+ public PropertyDescriptor(
+ String name,
+ Class<?> beanClass,
+ String getMethodName,
+ String setMethodName)
+ throws IntrospectionException
+ {
+ setName(name);
+ findMethods(beanClass, getMethodName, null, setMethodName);
+
+ if (getMethod == null && getMethodName != null)
+ {
+ throw new IntrospectionException(
+ "Cannot find a getter method called " + getMethodName);
+ }
+
+ if (setMethod == null && setMethodName != null)
+ {
+ throw new IntrospectionException(
+ "Cannot find a setter method called " + setMethodName);
+ }
+
+ propertyType = checkMethods(getMethod, setMethod);
+ }
+
+ /** Create a new PropertyDescriptor using explicit Methods.
+ ** Note that the methods will be checked for conformance to standard
+ ** Property method rules, as described above at the top of this class.
+ **<br>
+ ** It is possible to call this method with both <code>Method</code> arguments
+ ** being <code>null</code>. In such a case the property type is <code>null</code>.
+ **
+ ** @param name the programmatic name of the property, usually
+ ** starting with a lowercase letter (e.g. fooManChu
+ ** instead of FooManChu).
+ ** @param readMethod the read method or <code>null</code> if the property is write-only.
+ ** @param writeMethod the write method or <code>null</code> if the property is read-only.
+ ** @exception IntrospectionException if the methods are not found
+ ** or invalid.
+ **/
+ public PropertyDescriptor(
+ String name,
+ Method readMethod,
+ Method writeMethod)
+ throws IntrospectionException
+ {
+ setName(name);
+ getMethod = readMethod;
+ setMethod = writeMethod;
+ propertyType = checkMethods(getMethod, setMethod);
+ }
+
+ /** Get the property type.
+ ** This is the type the get method returns and the set method
+ ** takes in.
+ **/
+ public Class<?> getPropertyType()
+ {
+ return propertyType;
+ }
+
+ /** Get the get method. Why they call it readMethod here and
+ ** get everywhere else is beyond me.
+ **/
+ public Method getReadMethod()
+ {
+ return getMethod;
+ }
+
+ /** Sets the read method.<br/>
+ * The read method is used to retrieve the value of a property. A legal
+ * read method must have no arguments. Its return type must not be
+ * <code>void</code>. If this methods succeeds the property type
+ * is adjusted to the return type of the read method.<br/>
+ * <br/>
+ * It is legal to set the read and the write method to <code>null</code>
+ * or provide method which have been declared in distinct classes.
+ *
+ * @param readMethod The new method to be used or <code>null</code>.
+ * @throws IntrospectionException If the given method is invalid.
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+ public void setReadMethod(Method readMethod) throws IntrospectionException
+ {
+ propertyType = checkMethods(readMethod, setMethod);
+
+ getMethod = readMethod;
+ }
+
+ /** Get the set method. Why they call it writeMethod here and
+ ** set everywhere else is beyond me.
+ **/
+ public Method getWriteMethod()
+ {
+ return setMethod;
+ }
+
+ /** Sets the write method.<br/>
+ * The write method is used to set the value of a property. A legal write method
+ * must have a single argument which can be assigned to the property. If no
+ * read method exists the property type changes to the argument type of the
+ * write method.<br/>
+ * <br/>
+ * It is legal to set the read and the write method to <code>null</code>
+ * or provide method which have been declared in distinct classes.
+ *
+ * @param writeMethod The new method to be used or <code>null</code>.
+ * @throws IntrospectionException If the given method is invalid.
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+ public void setWriteMethod(Method writeMethod)
+ throws IntrospectionException
+ {
+ propertyType = checkMethods(getMethod, writeMethod);
+
+ setMethod = writeMethod;
+ }
+
+ /** Get whether the property is bound. Defaults to false. **/
+ public boolean isBound()
+ {
+ return bound;
+ }
+
+ /** Set whether the property is bound.
+ ** As long as the the bean implements addPropertyChangeListener() and
+ ** removePropertyChangeListener(), setBound(true) may safely be called.<P>
+ ** If these things are not true, then the behavior of the system
+ ** will be undefined.<P>
+ **
+ ** When a property is bound, its set method is required to fire the
+ ** <CODE>PropertyChangeListener.propertyChange())</CODE> event
+ ** after the value has changed.
+ ** @param bound whether the property is bound or not.
+ **/
+ public void setBound(boolean bound)
+ {
+ this.bound = bound;
+ }
+
+ /** Get whether the property is constrained. Defaults to false. **/
+ public boolean isConstrained()
+ {
+ return constrained;
+ }
+
+ /** Set whether the property is constrained.
+ ** If the set method throws <CODE>java.beans.PropertyVetoException</CODE>
+ ** (or subclass thereof) and the bean implements addVetoableChangeListener()
+ ** and removeVetoableChangeListener(), then setConstrained(true) may safely
+ ** be called. Otherwise, the system behavior is undefined.
+ ** <B>Spec note:</B> given those strict parameters, it would be nice if it
+ ** got set automatically by detection, but oh well.<P>
+ ** When a property is constrained, its set method is required to:<P>
+ ** <OL>
+ ** <LI>Fire the <CODE>VetoableChangeListener.vetoableChange()</CODE>
+ ** event notifying others of the change and allowing them a chance to
+ ** say it is a bad thing.</LI>
+ ** <LI>If any of the listeners throws a PropertyVetoException, then
+ ** it must fire another vetoableChange() event notifying the others
+ ** of a reversion to the old value (though, of course, the change
+ ** was never made). Then it rethrows the PropertyVetoException and
+ ** exits.</LI>
+ ** <LI>If all has gone well to this point, the value may be changed.</LI>
+ ** </OL>
+ ** @param constrained whether the property is constrained or not.
+ **/
+ public void setConstrained(boolean constrained)
+ {
+ this.constrained = constrained;
+ }
+
+ /** Get the PropertyEditor class. Defaults to null. **/
+ public Class<?> getPropertyEditorClass()
+ {
+ return propertyEditorClass;
+ }
+
+ /** Set the PropertyEditor class. If the class does not implement
+ ** the PropertyEditor interface, you will likely get an exception
+ ** late in the game.
+ ** @param propertyEditorClass the PropertyEditor class for this
+ ** class to use.
+ **/
+ public void setPropertyEditorClass(Class<?> propertyEditorClass)
+ {
+ this.propertyEditorClass = propertyEditorClass;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Instantiate a property editor using the property editor class.
+ * If no property editor class has been set, this will return null.
+ * If the editor class has a public constructor which takes a single
+ * argument, that will be used and the bean parameter will be passed
+ * to it. Otherwise, a public no-argument constructor will be used,
+ * if available. This method will return null if no constructor is
+ * found or if construction fails for any reason.
+ * @param bean the argument to the constructor
+ * @return a new PropertyEditor, or null on error
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+ public PropertyEditor createPropertyEditor(Object bean)
+ {
+ if (propertyEditorClass == null)
+ return null;
+ Constructor c = findConstructor(propertyEditorClass,
+ new Class[] { Object.class });
+ if (c != null)
+ return instantiateClass(c, new Object[] { bean });
+ c = findConstructor(propertyEditorClass, null);
+ if (c != null)
+ return instantiateClass(c, null);
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ // Helper method to look up a constructor and return null if it is not
+ // found.
+ private Constructor findConstructor(Class k, Class[] argTypes)
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ return k.getConstructor(argTypes);
+ }
+ catch (NoSuchMethodException _)
+ {
+ return null;
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Helper method to instantiate an object but return null on error.
+ private PropertyEditor instantiateClass(Constructor c, Object[] args)
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ return (PropertyEditor) c.newInstance(args);
+ }
+ catch (InstantiationException _)
+ {
+ return null;
+ }
+ catch (InvocationTargetException _)
+ {
+ return null;
+ }
+ catch (IllegalAccessException _)
+ {
+ return null;
+ }
+ catch (ClassCastException _)
+ {
+ return null;
+ }
+ }
+
+ private void findMethods(
+ Class beanClass,
+ String getMethodName1,
+ String getMethodName2,
+ String setMethodName)
+ throws IntrospectionException
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ // Try the first get method name
+ if (getMethodName1 != null)
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ getMethod =
+ beanClass.getMethod(getMethodName1, new Class[0]);
+ }
+ catch (NoSuchMethodException e)
+ {}
+ }
+
+ // Fall back to the second get method name
+ if (getMethod == null && getMethodName2 != null)
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ getMethod =
+ beanClass.getMethod(getMethodName2, new Class[0]);
+ }
+ catch (NoSuchMethodException e)
+ {}
+ }
+
+ // Try the set method name
+ if (setMethodName != null)
+ {
+ if (getMethod != null)
+ {
+ // If there is a get method, use its return type to help
+ // select the corresponding set method.
+ Class propertyType = getMethod.getReturnType();
+ if (propertyType == Void.TYPE)
+ {
+ String msg =
+ "The property's read method has return type 'void'";
+ throw new IntrospectionException(msg);
+ }
+
+ Class[] setArgs = new Class[] { propertyType };
+ try
+ {
+ setMethod = beanClass.getMethod(setMethodName, setArgs);
+ }
+ catch (NoSuchMethodException e)
+ {}
+ }
+ else if (getMethodName1 == null && getMethodName2 == null)
+ {
+ // If this is a write-only property, choose the first set method
+ // with the required name, one parameter and return type 'void'
+ Method[] methods = beanClass.getMethods();
+ for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++)
+ {
+ if (methods[i].getName().equals(setMethodName)
+ && methods[i].getParameterTypes().length == 1
+ && methods[i].getReturnType() == Void.TYPE)
+ {
+ setMethod = methods[i];
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ catch (SecurityException e)
+ {
+ // FIXME -- shouldn't we just allow SecurityException to propagate?
+ String msg =
+ "SecurityException thrown on attempt to access methods.";
+ throw new IntrospectionException(msg);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /** Checks whether the given <code>Method</code> instances are legal read and
+ * write methods. The following requirements must be met:<br/>
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>the read method must not have an argument</li>
+ * <li>the read method must have a non void return type</li>
+ * <li>the read method may not exist</li>
+ * <li>the write method must have a single argument</li>
+ * <li>the property type and the read method's return type must be assignable from the
+ * write method's argument type</li>
+ * <li>the write method may not exist</li>
+ * </ul>
+ * While checking the methods a common new property type is calculated. If the method
+ * succeeds this property type is returned.<br/>
+ * <br/>
+ * For compatibility this has to be noted:<br/>
+ * The two methods are allowed to be defined in two distinct classes and may both be null.
+ *
+ * @param readMethod The new read method to check.
+ * @param writeMethod The new write method to check.
+ * @return The common property type of the two method.
+ * @throws IntrospectionException If any of the above requirements are not met.
+ */
+ private Class<?> checkMethods(Method readMethod, Method writeMethod)
+ throws IntrospectionException
+ {
+ Class<?> newPropertyType = propertyType;
+
+ // a valid read method has zero arguments and a non-void return type.
+ if (readMethod != null)
+ {
+ if (readMethod.getParameterTypes().length > 0)
+ {
+ throw new IntrospectionException("read method has unexpected parameters");
+ }
+
+ newPropertyType = readMethod.getReturnType();
+
+ if (newPropertyType == Void.TYPE)
+ {
+ throw new IntrospectionException("read method return type is void");
+ }
+ }
+
+ // a valid write method has one argument which can be assigned to the property
+ if (writeMethod != null)
+ {
+ if (writeMethod.getParameterTypes().length != 1)
+ {
+ String msg = "write method does not have exactly one parameter";
+ throw new IntrospectionException(msg);
+ }
+
+ if (readMethod == null)
+ {
+ // changes the property type if there is no read method
+ newPropertyType = writeMethod.getParameterTypes()[0];
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ // checks whether the write method can be assigned to the return type of the read
+ // method (if this is not the case, the methods are not compatible)
+ // note: newPropertyType may be null if no methods or method names have been
+ // delivered in the constructor.
+ if (newPropertyType != null
+ && !newPropertyType.isAssignableFrom(
+ writeMethod.getParameterTypes()[0]))
+ {
+ // note: newPropertyType is the same as readMethod.getReturnType() at this point
+ throw new IntrospectionException("read and write method are not compatible");
+ }
+
+ /* note: the check whether both method are defined in related classes makes sense but is not
+ * done in the JDK.
+ * I leave this code here in case someone at Sun decides to add that functionality in later versions (rschuster)
+ if ((!readMethod
+ .getDeclaringClass()
+ .isAssignableFrom(writeMethod.getDeclaringClass()))
+ && (!writeMethod
+ .getDeclaringClass()
+ .isAssignableFrom(readMethod.getDeclaringClass())))
+ {
+ String msg =
+ "set and get methods are not in the same class.";
+ throw new IntrospectionException(msg);
+ }
+ */
+
+ }
+ }
+
+ return newPropertyType;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Return a hash code for this object, conforming to the contract described
+ * in {@link Object#hashCode()}.
+ * @return the hash code
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+ public int hashCode()
+ {
+ return ((propertyType == null ? 0 : propertyType.hashCode())
+ | (propertyEditorClass == null ? 0 : propertyEditorClass.hashCode())
+ | (bound ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE).hashCode()
+ | (constrained ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE).hashCode()
+ | (getMethod == null ? 0 : getMethod.hashCode())
+ | (setMethod == null ? 0 : setMethod.hashCode()));
+ }
+
+ /** Compares this <code>PropertyDescriptor</code> against the
+ * given object.
+ * Two PropertyDescriptors are equals if
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>the read methods are equal</li>
+ * <li>the write methods are equal</li>
+ * <li>the property types are equals</li>
+ * <li>the property editor classes are equal</li>
+ * <li>the flags (constrained and bound) are equal</li>
+ * </ul>
+ * @return Whether both objects are equal according to the rules given above.
+ * @since 1.4
+ */
+ public boolean equals(Object o)
+ {
+ if (o instanceof PropertyDescriptor)
+ {
+ PropertyDescriptor that = (PropertyDescriptor) o;
+
+ // compares the property types and checks the case where both are null
+ boolean samePropertyType =
+ (propertyType == null)
+ ? that.propertyType == null
+ : propertyType.equals(that.propertyType);
+
+ // compares the property editor classes and checks the case where both are null
+ boolean samePropertyEditorClass =
+ (propertyEditorClass == null)
+ ? that.propertyEditorClass == null
+ : propertyEditorClass.equals(that.propertyEditorClass);
+
+ // compares the flags for equality
+ boolean sameFlags =
+ bound == that.bound && constrained == that.constrained;
+
+ // compares the read methods and checks the case where both are null
+ boolean sameReadMethod =
+ (getMethod == null)
+ ? that.getMethod == null
+ : getMethod.equals(that.getMethod);
+
+ boolean sameWriteMethod =
+ (setMethod == null)
+ ? that.setMethod == null
+ : setMethod.equals(that.setMethod);
+
+ return samePropertyType
+ && sameFlags
+ && sameReadMethod
+ && sameWriteMethod
+ && samePropertyEditorClass;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ }
+
+}