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Interface PropertyAccessorSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertyAccessorSourceImpl

public interface PropertyAccessorSource

A factory that creates PropertyAccessor instances for a given object and property path. A property path is a sequence of property names, separated by periods.

Author:

Howard M. Lewis Ship

Method Summary

PropertyAccessor

getAccessor(Object object, String propertyPath) Provides a new instance of PropertyAccessor for a particular object and property name.

Method Detail

getAccessor

PropertyAccessor getAccessor(Object object,
                             String propertyPath)

Provides a new instance of PropertyAccessor for a particular object and property name. The implementation is expected to cache PropertyAccessor based on object class and property name.

Parameters:

object - the object for which a PropertyAccessor should be found or created

propertyPath - the name of a property, or a dotted sequence of property names

Returns:

an instantiated PropertyAccessor that provides access to the property of the object