org.springframework.beans
Class PropertyValue

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.core.AttributeAccessorSupport
      org.springframework.beans.PropertyValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, BeanMetadataElement, AttributeAccessor

public class PropertyValue
extends AttributeAccessorSupport
implements BeanMetadataElement, Serializable

Class to hold information and value for an individual property. Using an object here, rather than just storing all properties in a map keyed by property name, allows for more flexibility, and the ability to handle indexed properties etc in a special way if necessary.

Note that the value doesn't need to be the final required type: A BeanWrapper implementation should handle any necessary conversion, as this object doesn't know anything about the objects it will be applied to.

Since:

13 May 2001

Author:

Rod Johnson, Rob Harrop, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

PropertyValues, BeanWrapper, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

PropertyValue(PropertyValue original)
Copy constructor.

PropertyValue(String name, Object value)
Create a new PropertyValue instance.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object other)
String	getName() Return the name of the property.
Object	getSource() Return the configuration source Object for this metadata element (may be null).
Object	getValue() Return the value of the property.
int	hashCode()
void	setSource(Object source) Set the configuration source Object for this metadata element.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.core.AttributeAccessorSupport

attributeNames, copyAttributesFrom, getAttribute, hasAttribute, removeAttribute, setAttribute

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PropertyValue

public PropertyValue(String name,
                     Object value)

Create a new PropertyValue instance.

Parameters:

name - name of the property

value - value of the property (possibly before type conversion)

PropertyValue

public PropertyValue(PropertyValue original)

Copy constructor.

Parameters:

original - the PropertyValue to copy

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Return the name of the property.

getValue

public Object getValue()

Return the value of the property.

Note that type conversion will not have occurred here. It is the responsibility of the BeanWrapper implementation to perform type conversion.

setSource

public void setSource(Object source)

Set the configuration source Object for this metadata element.

The exact type of the object will depend on the configuration mechanism used.

getSource

public Object getSource()

Description copied from interface: BeanMetadataElement

Return the configuration source Object for this metadata element (may be null).

Specified by:

getSource in interface BeanMetadataElement

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class AttributeAccessorSupport

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class AttributeAccessorSupport

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object