org.springframework.core
Class Conventions

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.core.Conventions

public abstract class Conventions
extends Object

Provides methods to support various naming and other conventions used throughout the framework. Mainly for internal use within the framework.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Rob Harrop, Juergen Hoeller

Constructor Summary

Conventions()

Method Summary

static String	attributeNameToPropertyName(String attributeName) Convert Strings in attribute name format (lowercase, hyphens separating words) into property name format (camel-cased).
static String	getQualifiedAttributeName(Class enclosingClass, String attributeName) Return an attribute name qualified by the supplied enclosing Class.
static String	getVariableName(Object value) Determine the conventional variable name for the supplied code>Object based on its concrete type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Conventions

public Conventions()

Method Detail

getVariableName

public static String getVariableName(Object value)

Determine the conventional variable name for the supplied code>Object based on its concrete type. The convention used is to return the uncapitalized short name of the Class. So, com.myapp.Product becomes product.

For arrays, we use the pluralized version of the array component type. For Collections we attempt to 'peek ahead' in the Collection to determine the component type and return the pluralized version of that component type.

attributeNameToPropertyName

public static String attributeNameToPropertyName(String attributeName)

Convert Strings in attribute name format (lowercase, hyphens separating words) into property name format (camel-cased). For example, transaction-manager is converted into transactionManager.

getQualifiedAttributeName

public static String getQualifiedAttributeName(Class enclosingClass,
                                               String attributeName)

Return an attribute name qualified by the supplied enclosing Class. For example, the attribute name 'foo' qualified by Class 'com.myapp.SomeClass' would be 'com.myapp.SomeClass.foo'