org.springframework.beans

Interface ConfigurablePropertyAccessor

All Superinterfaces:

PropertyAccessor, PropertyEditorRegistry, TypeConverter

All Known Subinterfaces:

BeanWrapper

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor, AbstractPropertyAccessor, BeanWrapperImpl, DirectFieldAccessor

public interface ConfigurablePropertyAccessor
extends PropertyAccessor, PropertyEditorRegistry, TypeConverter

Interface that encapsulates configuration methods for a PropertyAccessor. Also extends the PropertyEditorRegistry interface, which defines methods for PropertyEditor management.

Serves as base interface for BeanWrapper.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Stephane Nicoll

See Also:

BeanWrapper

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.PropertyAccessor

NESTED_PROPERTY_SEPARATOR, NESTED_PROPERTY_SEPARATOR_CHAR, PROPERTY_KEY_PREFIX, PROPERTY_KEY_PREFIX_CHAR, PROPERTY_KEY_SUFFIX, PROPERTY_KEY_SUFFIX_CHAR

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ConversionService	getConversionService() Return the associated ConversionService, if any.
boolean	isAutoGrowNestedPaths() Return whether "auto-growing" of nested paths has been activated.
boolean	isExtractOldValueForEditor() Return whether to extract the old property value when applying a property editor to a new value for a property.
void	setAutoGrowNestedPaths(boolean autoGrowNestedPaths) Set whether this instance should attempt to "auto-grow" a nested path that contains a null value.
void	setConversionService(ConversionService conversionService) Specify a Spring 3.0 ConversionService to use for converting property values, as an alternative to JavaBeans PropertyEditors.
void	setExtractOldValueForEditor(boolean extractOldValueForEditor) Set whether to extract the old property value when applying a property editor to a new value for a property.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.PropertyAccessor

getPropertyType, getPropertyTypeDescriptor, getPropertyValue, isReadableProperty, isWritableProperty, setPropertyValue, setPropertyValue, setPropertyValues, setPropertyValues, setPropertyValues, setPropertyValues

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistry

findCustomEditor, registerCustomEditor, registerCustomEditor

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.TypeConverter

convertIfNecessary, convertIfNecessary, convertIfNecessary, convertIfNecessary

Method Detail

setConversionService

void setConversionService(@Nullable
                          ConversionService conversionService)

Specify a Spring 3.0 ConversionService to use for converting property values, as an alternative to JavaBeans PropertyEditors.

getConversionService

@Nullable
ConversionService getConversionService()

Return the associated ConversionService, if any.

setExtractOldValueForEditor

void setExtractOldValueForEditor(boolean extractOldValueForEditor)

Set whether to extract the old property value when applying a property editor to a new value for a property.

isExtractOldValueForEditor

boolean isExtractOldValueForEditor()

Return whether to extract the old property value when applying a property editor to a new value for a property.

setAutoGrowNestedPaths

void setAutoGrowNestedPaths(boolean autoGrowNestedPaths)

Set whether this instance should attempt to "auto-grow" a nested path that contains a null value.

If true, a null path location will be populated with a default object value and traversed instead of resulting in a NullValueInNestedPathException.

Default is false on a plain PropertyAccessor instance.

isAutoGrowNestedPaths

boolean isAutoGrowNestedPaths()

Return whether "auto-growing" of nested paths has been activated.