BeanDescriptor

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• BeanDescriptor provides global information about a bean, such as its class and customizer class.

• It inherits functionalities from FeatureDescriptor for managing attributes like display name, expert status, and visibility.

• You can retrieve the bean's class and customizer class using getBeanClass() and getCustomizerClass() methods, respectively.

• Constructors allow you to create a BeanDescriptor instance by specifying the bean's class and optionally its customizer class.

• The descriptor's name is automatically set to the unqualified name of the bean's class.

public class BeanDescriptor extends FeatureDescriptor

Describes a bean's global information.

Public Constructor Summary

	BeanDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass, Class<?> customizerClass) Constructs an instance with the bean's Class and a customizer Class.
	BeanDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass) Constructs an instance with the bean's Class.

Public Method Summary

Class<?>	getBeanClass() Gets the bean's Class.
Class<?>	getCustomizerClass() Gets the bean's customizer Class/

Inherited Method Summary

From class java.beans.FeatureDescriptor

Enumeration<String>	attributeNames() Enumerates the attribute names.
String	getDisplayName() Gets the display name or getName() if not set.
String	getName() Gets the name.
String	getShortDescription() Gets the short description or getDisplayName() if not set.
Object	getValue(String attributeName) Gets the value associated with the named attribute.
boolean	isExpert() Indicates if this feature is an expert feature.
boolean	isHidden() Indicates if this feature is hidden.
boolean	isPreferred() Indicates if this feature is preferred.
void	setDisplayName(String displayName) Sets the display name.
void	setExpert(boolean expert) Sets the expert indicator.
void	setHidden(boolean hidden) Sets the hidden indicator.
void	setName(String name) Sets the name.
void	setPreferred(boolean preferred) Sets the preferred indicator.
void	setShortDescription(String text) Sets the short description.
void	setValue(String attributeName, Object value) Sets the value for the named attribute.

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this Object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long timeout) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object.

Public Constructors

public BeanDescriptor (Class<?> beanClass, Class<?> customizerClass)

Constructs an instance with the bean's Class and a customizer Class. The descriptor's FeatureDescriptor.getName() is set as the unqualified name of the beanClass.

Parameters

beanClass	The bean's Class.
customizerClass	The bean's customizer Class.

public BeanDescriptor (Class<?> beanClass)

Constructs an instance with the bean's Class. The descriptor's FeatureDescriptor.getName() is set as the unqualified name of the beanClass.

Parameters

beanClass	The bean's Class.

Public Methods

public Class<?> getBeanClass ()

Gets the bean's Class.

Returns

• A Class instance.

public Class<?> getCustomizerClass ()

Gets the bean's customizer Class/

Returns

• A Class instance or null.