public interface

PluralStemmer

org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy.PluralStemmer
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

A plugin Strategy pattern which will detect the plural property which maps to a singular property name. This Strategy is used when composite properties (such as properties of type Collection, List, Iterator, Enumeration) are used as we need to match the adder-method, which typically uses a singular name. This interface allows a variety of different implementations to be used.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract ElementDescriptor findPluralDescriptor(String propertyName, Map map)
Find the plural descriptor for a singular property.

Public Methods

public abstract ElementDescriptor findPluralDescriptor (String propertyName, Map map)

Find the plural descriptor for a singular property.

Parameters
propertyName is the singular property name, from the adder method
map is a map with the keys are the property names of the available descriptors and the values are the descriptors. This may not be null.
Returns
  • the plural descriptor for the given singular property name or null is no matching descriptor can be found