org.jfree.xml.factory.objects
Class BeanObjectDescription

java.lang.Object
  org.jfree.xml.factory.objects.AbstractObjectDescription
      org.jfree.xml.factory.objects.BeanObjectDescription

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, ObjectDescription

Direct Known Subclasses:

DecimalFormatObjectDescription, SimpleDateFormatObjectDescription

public class BeanObjectDescription

extends AbstractObjectDescription

An object-description for a bean object.

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Constructor Summary

BeanObjectDescription(java.lang.Class className)
Creates a new object description.

BeanObjectDescription(java.lang.Class className, boolean init)
Creates a new object description.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	createObject() Creates an object based on this description.
void	setParameterFromObject(java.lang.Object o) Sets the parameters in the description to match the supplied object.

Methods inherited from class org.jfree.xml.factory.objects.AbstractObjectDescription

configure, convertPrimitiveClass, getConfig, getDefinedParameterNames, getInstance, getObjectClass, getParameter, getParameterDefinition, getParameterNames, setParameter, setParameterDefinition

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BeanObjectDescription

public BeanObjectDescription(java.lang.Class className)

Creates a new object description.

Parameters:

className - the class.

BeanObjectDescription

public BeanObjectDescription(java.lang.Class className,
                             boolean init)

Creates a new object description.

Parameters:

className - the class.

init - set to true, to autmaoticly initialise the object description. If set to false, the initialisation is elsewhere.

Method Detail

createObject

public java.lang.Object createObject()

Creates an object based on this description.

Returns:

The object.

setParameterFromObject

public void setParameterFromObject(java.lang.Object o)
                            throws ObjectFactoryException

Sets the parameters in the description to match the supplied object.

Parameters:

o - the object (null not allowed).

Throws:

ObjectFactoryException - if there is a problem.