wt.adapter.attribute
Class ReflectionHelper

java.lang.Object
  wt.adapter.attribute.ReflectionHelper

public class ReflectionHelper

extends Object

ReflectionHelper contains methods to obtain the method used to get a specified attribute value for a class. The class caches information obtained through reflection techniques, storing the information in a two-level cache.

Field Summary

private static Hashtable

h This hashtable is used for the two-level caching.

Constructor Summary

ReflectionHelper()

Method Summary

private static String	convertAttributeNameToMethodName(String attributeName, boolean tryIs) Convert the attributeName to a possible method name.
static Method	getReadMethod(Class c, String attributeName) Obtain the "getter" method used to get the value for the specified attribute from the specified class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

h

private static Hashtable h

This hashtable is used for the two-level caching. The key into this hashtable is the class of the object. The key is used to obtain another hashtable, which holds the methods associated with attribute names.

Constructor Detail

ReflectionHelper

public ReflectionHelper()

Method Detail

getReadMethod

public static Method getReadMethod(Class c,
                                   String attributeName)
                            throws NoSuchMethodException

Obtain the "getter" method used to get the value for the specified attribute from the specified class. This method uses standard Java reflection instead of Windchill Introspection for performance.

Parameters:

c - the class of the object

attributeName - the name of the attribute to obtain the getter method

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException

convertAttributeNameToMethodName

private static String convertAttributeNameToMethodName(String attributeName,
                                                       boolean tryIs)

Convert the attributeName to a possible method name. The attribute name will be converted to "getXXX" or "isXXX".

Parameters:

attributeName - the name of the attribute

tryIs - if true, convert to isXXX, else convert to getXXX