org.jfree.xml.factory.objects
Class BeanObjectDescription

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.jfree.xml.factory.objects.AbstractObjectDescription
      extended byorg.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.