BeanDescriptor (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)

java.beans

Class BeanDescriptor

java.lang.Object extended by java.beans.FeatureDescriptor java.beans.BeanDescriptor

public class BeanDescriptor

A BeanDescriptor provides global information about a "bean", including its Java class, its displayName, etc.

This is one of the kinds of descriptor returned by a BeanInfo object, which also returns descriptors for properties, method, and events.

Constructor Summary
BeanDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass) Create a BeanDescriptor for a bean that doesn't have a customizer.
[BeanDescriptor](../../java/beans/BeanDescriptor.html#BeanDescriptor%28java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class%29)(Class beanClass,[Class](../../java/lang/Class.html "class in java.lang") customizerClass) Create a BeanDescriptor for a bean that has a customizer.

Method Summary
Class<?>	getBeanClass() Gets the bean's Class object.
Class<?>	getCustomizerClass() Gets the Class object for the bean's customizer.

Methods inherited from class java.beans.FeatureDescriptor
attributeNames, getDisplayName, getName, getShortDescription, getValue, isExpert, isHidden, isPreferred, setDisplayName, setExpert, setHidden, setName, setPreferred, setShortDescription, [setValue](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#setValue%28java.lang.String, java.lang.Object%29)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait%28long, int%29)

Constructor Detail

BeanDescriptor

public BeanDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass)

Create a BeanDescriptor for a bean that doesn't have a customizer.

Parameters:

beanClass - The Class object of the Java class that implements the bean. For example sun.beans.OurButton.class.

BeanDescriptor

public BeanDescriptor(Class beanClass, [Class](../../java/lang/Class.html "class in java.lang") customizerClass)

Create a BeanDescriptor for a bean that has a customizer.

Parameters:

beanClass - The Class object of the Java class that implements the bean. For example sun.beans.OurButton.class.

customizerClass - The Class object of the Java class that implements the bean's Customizer. For example sun.beans.OurButtonCustomizer.class.

Method Detail

getBeanClass

public Class<?> getBeanClass()

Gets the bean's Class object.

Returns:

The Class object for the bean.

getCustomizerClass

public Class<?> getCustomizerClass()

Gets the Class object for the bean's customizer.

Returns:

The Class object for the bean's customizer. This may be null if the bean doesn't have a customizer.

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