Package org.joda.beans

Interface DynamicMetaBean

All Superinterfaces:

MetaBean

public interface DynamicMetaBean
extends MetaBean

A dynamic meta-bean which works with DynamicBean.

A dynamic bean can have properties added or removed at any time. As such, there is a different meta-bean for each dynamic bean. The meta-bean allows meta-properties to be created on demand.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Class<? extends DynamicBean>	beanType()	Get the type of the bean represented as a Class.
BeanBuilder<? extends DynamicBean>	builder()	Creates a bean builder that can be used to create an instance of this bean.
<R> MetaProperty<R>	metaProperty(String propertyName)	Gets a meta-property by name.
void	metaPropertyDefine(String propertyName, Class<?> propertyType)	Defines a property for the bean.
void	metaPropertyRemove(String propertyName)	Removes a property by name.

Methods inherited from interface org.joda.beans.MetaBean

annotation, annotations, beanName, isBuildable, metaPropertyCount, metaPropertyExists, metaPropertyIterable, metaPropertyMap

Method Detail

builder

BeanBuilder<? extends DynamicBean> builder()

Creates a bean builder that can be used to create an instance of this bean.

All properties added to the builder will be created and appear in the result.

Specified by:

builder in interface MetaBean

Returns:

the bean builder, not null

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - if the bean cannot be created

beanType

Class<? extends DynamicBean> beanType()

Get the type of the bean represented as a Class.

Specified by:

beanType in interface MetaBean

Returns:

the type of the bean, not null

metaProperty

<R> MetaProperty<R> metaProperty(String propertyName)

Gets a meta-property by name.

This will not throw an exception if the meta-property name does not exist. Whether a meta-property is immediately created or not is implementation dependent.

Specified by:

metaProperty in interface MetaBean

Type Parameters:

R - the property type, optional, enabling auto-casting

Parameters:

propertyName - the property name to retrieve, not null

Returns:

the meta property, not null

metaPropertyDefine

void metaPropertyDefine(String propertyName,
                        Class<?> propertyType)

Defines a property for the bean.

Some implementations will automatically add properties, in which case this method will have no effect.

Parameters:

propertyName - the property name to check, not empty, not null

propertyType - the property type, not null

metaPropertyRemove

void metaPropertyRemove(String propertyName)

Removes a property by name.

Parameters:

propertyName - the property name to remove, null ignored