com.exilant.exility.common

Class ObjectGetSetter

java.lang.Object

com.exilant.exility.common.ObjectGetSetter

public class ObjectGetSetter
extends Object

Static utility Class to set/get field of/from an object we will not worry about any exception. We only promised that we will TRY :-)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Object	get(Object object, String fieldName) Gets the value of a field of an object as an object.
static HashMap	getAll(Object object, boolean primitivesonly) Returns a HashMap of name/value pairs for all fields declared by the class or super classes Note: fields with 'private' modifiers are not picked up.
static Field	getField(Object object, String fieldName) Get a field from the class or the super classes of the object
static void	set(Object object, String fieldName, String fieldValue) Sets the field to the specified value in the suppled object Either the field name shoudl exist, or a generic HashMap named 'atributes' should exist Else, teh suppled value is not set.
static void	setAll(Object object, Attributes values) Sets values from an Attribute containing bname/value pairs to a corresponding fields of the supplied object.
static void	setAll(Object object, HashMap values) Sets values from a HashMap containing bname/value pairs to a corresponding fields of the supplied object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

get

public static Object get(Object object,
                         String fieldName)

Gets the value of a field of an object as an object. Caller can cast this to appropraite class or inspect its type before using it.

Parameters:

object - : object whose field value is to be returned

fieldName - : Name of the field

Returns:

String representing the String value of the field

getAll

public static HashMap getAll(Object object,
                             boolean primitivesonly)

Returns a HashMap of name/value pairs for all fields declared by the class or super classes Note: fields with 'private' modifiers are not picked up.

Parameters:

object - : object from which the fields are to be extracted

primitivesonly - : Data types, int, Integer, float, Float, ..... and String are considered to be primitive If this field is set to true, fields of only these type are picked up. Else all fields are picked up.

Returns:

HashMap containing name/value pairs of all field values

getField

public static Field getField(Object object,
                             String fieldName)
                      throws NoSuchFieldException

Get a field from the class or the super classes of the object

Parameters:

object -

fieldName - name of teh field to return

Returns:

Field object if found

Throws:

NoSuchFieldException

set

public static void set(Object object,
                       String fieldName,
                       String fieldValue)

Sets the field to the specified value in the suppled object Either the field name shoudl exist, or a generic HashMap named 'atributes' should exist Else, teh suppled value is not set.

Parameters:

object -

fieldName -

fieldValue -

setAll

public static void setAll(Object object,
                          HashMap values)

Sets values from a HashMap containing bname/value pairs to a corresponding fields of the supplied object. Any mismatch is ignored, and no exception is raised

Parameters:

object -

values -

setAll

public static void setAll(Object object,
                          Attributes values)

Sets values from an Attribute containing bname/value pairs to a corresponding fields of the supplied object. Any mismatch is ignored, and no exception is raised

Parameters:

object -

values -