org.hibernate.property
Interface PropertyAccessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

BackrefPropertyAccessor, BasicPropertyAccessor, ChainedPropertyAccessor, DirectPropertyAccessor, Dom4jAccessor, EmbeddedPropertyAccessor, IndexPropertyAccessor, MapAccessor, NoopAccessor

public interface PropertyAccessor

Abstracts the notion of a "property". Defines a strategy for accessing the value of an attribute.

Author:

Gavin King

Method Summary

Getter	getGetter(Class theClass, String propertyName) Create a "getter" for the named attribute
Setter	getSetter(Class theClass, String propertyName) Create a "setter" for the named attribute

Method Detail

getGetter

Getter getGetter(Class theClass,
                 String propertyName)
                 throws PropertyNotFoundException

Create a "getter" for the named attribute

Parameters:

theClass - The class on which the property is defined.

propertyName - The name of the property.

Returns:

An appropriate getter.

Throws:

PropertyNotFoundException - Indicates a problem interpretting the propertyName

getSetter

Setter getSetter(Class theClass,
                 String propertyName)
                 throws PropertyNotFoundException

Create a "setter" for the named attribute

Parameters:

theClass - The class on which the property is defined.

propertyName - The name of the property.

Returns:

An appropriate setter

Throws:

PropertyNotFoundException - Indicates a problem interpretting the propertyName