Class PropertyDictionary

java.lang.Object

com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.javabean.PropertyDictionary

All Implemented Interfaces:

Caching

public class PropertyDictionary
extends Object
implements Caching

Builds the properties maps for each bean and caches them.

Author:

Joe Walnes, Jörg Schaible

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PropertyDictionary()
PropertyDictionary(PropertySorter sorter)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	flushCache()
Iterator	propertiesFor(Class type)
BeanProperty	property(Class cls, String name)	Deprecated. As of 1.3.1, use propertyDescriptor(Class, String) instead
PropertyDescriptor	propertyDescriptor(Class type, String name)	Locates a property descriptor.
PropertyDescriptor	propertyDescriptorOrNull(Class type, String name)	Locates a property descriptor.
Iterator	serializablePropertiesFor(Class type)	Deprecated. As of 1.3.1, use propertiesFor(Class) instead

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

PropertyDictionary

public PropertyDictionary()

PropertyDictionary

public PropertyDictionary(PropertySorter sorter)

Method Details

serializablePropertiesFor

public Iterator serializablePropertiesFor(Class type)

Deprecated.

As of 1.3.1, use propertiesFor(Class) instead

property

public BeanProperty property(Class cls,
 String name)

Deprecated.

As of 1.3.1, use propertyDescriptor(Class, String) instead

Locates a serializable property.

Parameters:

cls -

name -

propertiesFor

public Iterator propertiesFor(Class type)

propertyDescriptor

public PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor(Class type,
 String name)

Locates a property descriptor.

Parameters:

type -

name -

Throws:

MissingFieldException - if property does not exist

propertyDescriptorOrNull

public PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptorOrNull(Class type,
 String name)

Locates a property descriptor.

Parameters:

type -

name -

Returns:

null if property does not exist

Since:

1.4.10

flushCache

public void flushCache()

Specified by:

flushCache in interface Caching