src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/DynaBeanMapDecorator.java

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package org.apache.commons.beanutils2;


/**
 * <p>Decorates a {@link DynaBean} to provide <code>Map</code> behaviour.</p>
 *
 * <p>The motivation for this implementation is to provide access to {@link DynaBean}
 *    properties in technologies that are unaware of BeanUtils and {@link DynaBean}s -
 *    such as the expression languages of JSTL and JSF.</p>
 *
 * <p>This can be achieved either by wrapping the {@link DynaBean} prior to
 *    providing it to the technolody to process or by providing a <code>Map</code>
 *    accessor method on the DynaBean implementation:</p>
 *    <pre><code>
 *         public Map getMap() {
 *             return new DynaBeanMapDecorator(this);
 *         }</code></pre>
 *
 * <p>This, for example, could be used in JSTL in the following way to access
 *    a DynaBean's <code>fooProperty</code>:</p>
 *    <ul><li><code>${myDynaBean.<b>map</b>.fooProperty}</code></li></ul>
 *
 * <h3>Usage</h3>
 *
 * <p>To decorate a {@link DynaBean} simply instantiate this class with the
 *    target {@link DynaBean}:</p>
 *
 * <ul><li><code>Map fooMap = new DynaBeanMapDecorator(fooDynaBean);</code></li></ul>
 *
 * <p>The above example creates a <b><i>read only</i></b> <code>Map</code>.
 *    To create  a <code>Map</code> which can be modified, construct a
 *    <code>DynaBeanMapDecorator</code> with the <b><i>read only</i></b>
 *    attribute set to <code>false</code>:</p>
 *
 * <ul><li><code>Map fooMap = new DynaBeanMapDecorator(fooDynaBean, false);</code></li></ul>
 *
 * <h3>Limitations</h3>
 * <p>In this implementation the <code>entrySet()</code>, <code>keySet()</code>
 *    and <code>values()</code> methods create an <b><i>unmodifiable</i></b>
 *    <code>Set</code> and it does not support the Map's <code>clear()</code>
 *    and <code>remove()</code> operations.</p>
 * <p>For reasons of backwards compatibility, the generic types of this
 *    {@code Map} implementation are {@code <Object, Object>}. However, the
 *    keys of the map are typically strings.</p>
 *
 * @since BeanUtils 1.8.0
 * @version $Id$
 * @deprecated Use {@link DynaBeanPropertyMapDecorator} instead. When adding
 * generics it turned out that it was not possible to use the correct type
 * parameters without breaking backwards compatibility. Therefore, class
 * {@code DynaBeanPropertyMapDecorator} was introduced as a replacement.
 */
@Deprecated
public class DynaBeanMapDecorator extends BaseDynaBeanMapDecorator<Object> {
    /**
     * Construct a Map for the specified {@link DynaBean}.
     *
     * @param dynaBean The dyna bean being decorated
     * @param readOnly <code>true</code> if the Map is read only
     * otherwise <code>false</code>
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the {@link DynaBean} is null.
     */
    public DynaBeanMapDecorator(final DynaBean dynaBean, final boolean readOnly) {
        super(dynaBean, readOnly);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a read only Map for the specified
     * {@link DynaBean}.
     *
     * @param dynaBean The dyna bean being decorated
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the {@link DynaBean} is null.
     */
    public DynaBeanMapDecorator(final DynaBean dynaBean) {
        super(dynaBean);
    }

    @Override
    protected Object convertKey(final String propertyName) {
        return propertyName;
    }
}