Constructor Detail

• Introspection

  public Introspection()

Method Detail

• getPropertyName

  public static String getPropertyName(Method setter)

  Extract the Java Bean property name from the setter name. Note: This method assumes that the method name has already been checked for correctness.

• isValidSetter

  public static boolean isValidSetter(Method method)

  Determines if a method has a valid name and signature for a Java Bean setter.

  Parameters:

  method - The method to test

  Returns:

  true if the method does have a valid name and signature, else false

• isValidLifecycleCallback

  public static boolean isValidLifecycleCallback(Method method)

  Determines if a method is a valid lifecycle callback method.

  Parameters:

  method - The method to test

  Returns:

  true if the method is a valid lifecycle callback method, else false

• getDeclaredFields

  public static Field[] getDeclaredFields(Class<?> clazz)

  Obtain the declared fields for a class taking account of any security manager that may be configured.

• getDeclaredMethods

  public static Method[] getDeclaredMethods(Class<?> clazz)

  Obtain the declared methods for a class taking account of any security manager that may be configured.

• loadClass

  public static Class<?> loadClass(Container container,
                   String className)

  Attempt to load a class using the given Container's class loader. If the class cannot be loaded, a debug level log message will be written to the Container's log and null will be returned.

• convertPrimitiveType

  public static Class<?> convertPrimitiveType(Class<?> clazz)

  Converts the primitive type to its corresponding wrapper.

  Parameters:

  clazz - Class that will be evaluated

  Returns:

  if the parameter is a primitive type returns its wrapper; otherwise returns the same class