public class

BeanPropertyValueChangeClosure

extends Object
implements Closure
java.lang.Object
   ↳ org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanPropertyValueChangeClosure

Class Overview

Closure that sets a property.

An implementation of org.apache.commons.collections.Closure that updates a specified property on the object provided with a specified value. The BeanPropertyValueChangeClosure constructor takes two parameters which determine what property will be updated and with what value. 

public BeanPropertyValueChangeClosure( String propertyName, Object propertyValue )
Will create a Closure that will update an object by setting the property specified by propertyName to the value specified by propertyValue.

Note: Property names can be a simple, nested, indexed, or mapped property as defined by org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils. If any object in the property path specified by propertyName is null then the outcome is based on the value of the ignoreNull attribute.

A typical usage might look like: 

 // create the closure
 BeanPropertyValueChangeClosure closure =
    new BeanPropertyValueChangeClosure( "activeEmployee", Boolean.TRUE );

 // update the Collection
 CollectionUtils.forAllDo( peopleCollection, closure );

This would take a Collection of person objects and update the activeEmployee property of each object in the Collection to true. Assuming...

  • The top level object in the peopleCollection is an object which represents a person.
  • The person object has a setActiveEmployee( boolean ) method which updates the value for the object's activeEmployee property.

See Also

Summary

Public Constructors
BeanPropertyValueChangeClosure(String propertyName, Object propertyValue)
Constructor which takes the name of the property to be changed, the new value to set the property to, and assumes ignoreNull to be false.
BeanPropertyValueChangeClosure(String propertyName, Object propertyValue, boolean ignoreNull)
Constructor which takes the name of the property to be changed, the new value to set the property to and a boolean which determines whether null objects in the property path will genenerate an IllegalArgumentException or not.
Public Methods
void execute(Object object)
Updates the target object provided using the property update criteria provided when this BeanPropertyValueChangeClosure was constructed.
String getPropertyName()
Returns the name of the property which will be updated when this Closure executes.
Object getPropertyValue()
Returns the value that the property specified by propertyName will be updated to when this Closure executes.
boolean isIgnoreNull()
Returns the flag that determines whether null objects in the property path will genenerate an IllegalArgumentException or not.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object
From interface org.apache.commons.collections.Closure

Public Constructors

public BeanPropertyValueChangeClosure (String propertyName, Object propertyValue)

Constructor which takes the name of the property to be changed, the new value to set the property to, and assumes ignoreNull to be false.

Parameters
propertyName The name of the property that will be updated with the value specified by propertyValue.
propertyValue The value that propertyName will be set to on the target object.
Throws
IllegalArgumentException If the propertyName provided is null or empty.

public BeanPropertyValueChangeClosure (String propertyName, Object propertyValue, boolean ignoreNull)

Constructor which takes the name of the property to be changed, the new value to set the property to and a boolean which determines whether null objects in the property path will genenerate an IllegalArgumentException or not.

Parameters
propertyName The name of the property that will be updated with the value specified by propertyValue.
propertyValue The value that propertyName will be set to on the target object.
ignoreNull Determines whether null objects in the property path will genenerate an IllegalArgumentException or not.
Throws
IllegalArgumentException If the propertyName provided is null or empty.

Public Methods

public void execute (Object object)

Updates the target object provided using the property update criteria provided when this BeanPropertyValueChangeClosure was constructed. If any object in the property path leading up to the target property is null then the outcome will be based on the value of the ignoreNull attribute. By default, ignoreNull is false and would result in an IllegalArgumentException if an object in the property path leading up to the target property is null.

Parameters
object The object to be updated.
Throws
IllegalArgumentException If an IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, or NoSuchMethodException is thrown when trying to access the property specified on the object provided. Or if an object in the property path provided is null and ignoreNull is set to false.

public String getPropertyName ()

Returns the name of the property which will be updated when this Closure executes.

Returns
  • The name of the property which will be updated when this Closure executes.

public Object getPropertyValue ()

Returns the value that the property specified by propertyName will be updated to when this Closure executes.

Returns
  • The value that the property specified by propertyName will be updated to when this Closure executes.

public boolean isIgnoreNull ()

Returns the flag that determines whether null objects in the property path will genenerate an IllegalArgumentException or not. If set to true then if any objects in the property path leading up to the target property evaluate to null then the IllegalArgumentException throw by PropertyUtils will be logged but not rethrown. If set to false then if any objects in the property path leading up to the target property evaluate to null then the IllegalArgumentException throw by PropertyUtils will be logged and rethrown.

Returns
  • The flag that determines whether null objects in the property path will genenerate an IllegalArgumentException or not.