hlship-20080520/tapestry-ioc/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry/ioc/services/ClassPropertyAdapter.java

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package org.apache.tapestry.ioc.services;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Organizes all {@link org.apache.tapestry.ioc.services.PropertyAdapter}s for a particular class.
 * <p/>
 * Only provides access to <em>simple</em> properties. Indexed properties are ignored.
 * <p/>
 * When accessing properties by name, the case of the name is ignored.
 */
public interface ClassPropertyAdapter
{
    /**
     * Returns the names of all properties, sorted into alphabetic order.
     */
    List<String> getPropertyNames();

    /**
     * Returns the type of bean this adapter provides properties for.
     */
    Class getBeanType();

    /**
     * Returns the property adapter with the given name, or null if no such adapter exists.
     *
     * @param name of the property (case is ignored)
     */
    PropertyAdapter getPropertyAdapter(String name);

    /**
     * Reads the value of a property.
     *
     * @param instance     the object to read a value from
     * @param propertyName the name of the property to read (case is ignored)
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the property is write only
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException      if property does not exist
     */
    Object get(Object instance, String propertyName);

    /**
     * Updates the value of a property.
     *
     * @param instance     the object to update
     * @param propertyName the name of the property to update (case is ignored)
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the property is read only
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException      if property does not exist
     */
    void set(Object instance, String propertyName, Object value);
}