Method Details

• getGetter

  ValueProvider<T,V> getGetter()

  Gets the value provider that is used for finding the value of this property for a bean.

  Returns:

  the getter, not null

• getSetter

  Optional<Setter<T,V>> getSetter()

  Gets an optional setter for storing a property value in a bean.

  Returns:

  the setter, or an empty optional if this property is read-only

• getType

  Class<V> getType()

  Gets the type of this property.

  Returns:

  the property type. not null

• isGenericType

  boolean isGenericType()

  Gets whether the type of this property references a generic type (thus getType() will return Object) or a concrete type.

  Returns:

  true if the type of this property references a generic type, false otherwise

• getPropertyHolderType

  Class<?> getPropertyHolderType()

  Gets the type of the class containing this property.

  Returns:

  the property type. not null

• getName

  String getName()

  Gets the full name of this property.

  Returns:

  the property name, not null

• getTopLevelName

  default String getTopLevelName()

  Gets the top level name of this property.

  Returns:

  the top level property name, not null

• getCaption

  String getCaption()

  Gets the human readable caption to show for this property.

  Returns:

  the caption to show, not null

• getPropertySet

  PropertySet<T> getPropertySet()

  Gets the PropertySet that this property belongs to.

  Returns:

  the property set, not null

• getParent

  PropertyDefinition<T,?> getParent()

  Gets the parent property of this property if this is a sub-property of the property set. If this property belongs directly to the property set, it doesn't have a parent and this method returns null.

  Returns:

  the parent property, may be null

• isSubProperty

  default boolean isSubProperty()

  Gets whether this property belongs to some other property in the property set, or directly to the property set.

  Returns:

  true if this property is a sub-property of the property set it belongs to, false otherwise