com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl

Class OgnlUtil

java.lang.Object

com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl.OgnlUtil

public class OgnlUtil
extends Object

Utility class that provides common access to the Ognl APIs for setting and getting properties from objects (usually Actions).

Author:

Jason Carreira

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OgnlUtil()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	compile(String expression)
Object	compile(String expression, Map<String,Object> context)
void	copy(Object from, Object to, Map<String,Object> context) Copies the properties in the object "from" and sets them in the object "to" using specified type converter, or XWorkConverter if none is specified.
void	copy(Object from, Object to, Map<String,Object> context, Collection<String> exclusions, Collection<String> inclusions) Copies the properties in the object "from" and sets them in the object "to" using specified type converter, or XWorkConverter if none is specified.
protected Map	createDefaultContext(Object root)
protected Map	createDefaultContext(Object root, ognl.ClassResolver classResolver)
BeanInfo	getBeanInfo(Class clazz) Get's the java bean info for the given source.
BeanInfo	getBeanInfo(Object from) Get's the java bean info for the given source object.
Map<String,Object>	getBeanMap(Object source) Creates a Map with read properties for the given source object.
Set<Class<?>>	getExcludedClasses()
Set<Pattern>	getExcludedPackageNamePatterns()
PropertyDescriptor[]	getPropertyDescriptors(Class clazz) Get's the java beans property descriptors for the given class.
PropertyDescriptor[]	getPropertyDescriptors(Object source) Get's the java beans property descriptors for the given source.
Object	getRealTarget(String property, Map<String,Object> context, Object root) Looks for the real target with the specified property given a root Object which may be a CompoundRoot.
Object	getValue(String name, Map<String,Object> context, Object root)
Object	getValue(String name, Map<String,Object> context, Object root, Class resultType)
void	setAllowStaticMethodAccess(String allowStaticMethodAccess)
void	setContainer(Container container)
void	setDevMode(String mode)
void	setEnableEvalExpression(String evalExpression)
void	setEnableExpressionCache(String cache)
void	setExcludedClasses(String commaDelimitedClasses)
void	setExcludedPackageName(String commaDelimitedPackagePatterns)
void	setProperties(Map<String,?> properties, Object o) Sets the properties on the object using the default context, defaulting to not throwing exceptions for problems setting the properties.
void	setProperties(Map<String,?> properties, Object o, boolean throwPropertyExceptions) Sets the properties on the object using the default context.
void	setProperties(Map<String,?> props, Object o, Map<String,Object> context) Sets the object's properties using the default type converter, defaulting to not throw exceptions for problems setting the properties.
void	setProperties(Map<String,?> props, Object o, Map<String,Object> context, boolean throwPropertyExceptions) Sets the object's properties using the default type converter.
void	setProperty(String name, Object value, Object o, Map<String,Object> context) Sets the named property to the supplied value on the Object, defaults to not throwing property exceptions.
void	setProperty(String name, Object value, Object o, Map<String,Object> context, boolean throwPropertyExceptions) Sets the named property to the supplied value on the Object.
void	setValue(String name, Map<String,Object> context, Object root, Object value) Wrapper around Ognl.setValue() to handle type conversion for collection elements.
protected void	setValue(String name, Map<String,Object> context, Object root, Object value, boolean evalName)
void	setXWorkConverter(XWorkConverter conv)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OgnlUtil

public OgnlUtil()

Method Detail

setXWorkConverter

public void setXWorkConverter(XWorkConverter conv)

setDevMode

public void setDevMode(String mode)

setEnableExpressionCache

public void setEnableExpressionCache(String cache)

setEnableEvalExpression

public void setEnableEvalExpression(String evalExpression)

setExcludedClasses

public void setExcludedClasses(String commaDelimitedClasses)

setExcludedPackageName

public void setExcludedPackageName(String commaDelimitedPackagePatterns)

getExcludedClasses

public Set<Class<?>> getExcludedClasses()

getExcludedPackageNamePatterns

public Set<Pattern> getExcludedPackageNamePatterns()

setContainer

public void setContainer(Container container)

setAllowStaticMethodAccess

public void setAllowStaticMethodAccess(String allowStaticMethodAccess)

setProperties

public void setProperties(Map<String,?> props,
                 Object o,
                 Map<String,Object> context)

Sets the object's properties using the default type converter, defaulting to not throw exceptions for problems setting the properties.

Parameters:

props - the properties being set

o - the object

context - the action context

setProperties

public void setProperties(Map<String,?> props,
                 Object o,
                 Map<String,Object> context,
                 boolean throwPropertyExceptions)
                   throws ReflectionException

Sets the object's properties using the default type converter.

Parameters:

props - the properties being set

o - the object

context - the action context

throwPropertyExceptions - boolean which tells whether it should throw exceptions for problems setting the properties

Throws:

ReflectionException

setProperties

public void setProperties(Map<String,?> properties,
                 Object o)

Sets the properties on the object using the default context, defaulting to not throwing exceptions for problems setting the properties.

Parameters:

properties -

o -

setProperties

public void setProperties(Map<String,?> properties,
                 Object o,
                 boolean throwPropertyExceptions)

Sets the properties on the object using the default context.

Parameters:

properties - the property map to set on the object

o - the object to set the properties into

throwPropertyExceptions - boolean which tells whether it should throw exceptions for problems setting the properties

setProperty

public void setProperty(String name,
               Object value,
               Object o,
               Map<String,Object> context)

Sets the named property to the supplied value on the Object, defaults to not throwing property exceptions.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property to be set

value - the value to set into the named property

o - the object upon which to set the property

context - the context which may include the TypeConverter

setProperty

public void setProperty(String name,
               Object value,
               Object o,
               Map<String,Object> context,
               boolean throwPropertyExceptions)

Sets the named property to the supplied value on the Object.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property to be set

value - the value to set into the named property

o - the object upon which to set the property

context - the context which may include the TypeConverter

throwPropertyExceptions - boolean which tells whether it should throw exceptions for problems setting the property

getRealTarget

public Object getRealTarget(String property,
                   Map<String,Object> context,
                   Object root)
                     throws ognl.OgnlException

Looks for the real target with the specified property given a root Object which may be a CompoundRoot.

Returns:

the real target or null if no object can be found with the specified property

Throws:

ognl.OgnlException

setValue

public void setValue(String name,
            Map<String,Object> context,
            Object root,
            Object value)
              throws ognl.OgnlException

Wrapper around Ognl.setValue() to handle type conversion for collection elements. Ideally, this should be handled by OGNL directly.

Throws:

ognl.OgnlException

setValue

protected void setValue(String name,
            Map<String,Object> context,
            Object root,
            Object value,
            boolean evalName)
                 throws ognl.OgnlException

Throws:

ognl.OgnlException

getValue

public Object getValue(String name,
              Map<String,Object> context,
              Object root)
                throws ognl.OgnlException

Throws:

ognl.OgnlException

getValue

public Object getValue(String name,
              Map<String,Object> context,
              Object root,
              Class resultType)
                throws ognl.OgnlException

Throws:

ognl.OgnlException

compile

public Object compile(String expression)
               throws ognl.OgnlException

Throws:

ognl.OgnlException

compile

public Object compile(String expression,
             Map<String,Object> context)
               throws ognl.OgnlException

Throws:

ognl.OgnlException

copy

public void copy(Object from,
        Object to,
        Map<String,Object> context,
        Collection<String> exclusions,
        Collection<String> inclusions)

Copies the properties in the object "from" and sets them in the object "to" using specified type converter, or XWorkConverter if none is specified.

Parameters:

from - the source object

to - the target object

context - the action context we're running under

exclusions - collection of method names to excluded from copying ( can be null)

inclusions - collection of method names to included copying (can be null) note if exclusions AND inclusions are supplied and not null nothing will get copied.

copy

public void copy(Object from,
        Object to,
        Map<String,Object> context)

Copies the properties in the object "from" and sets them in the object "to" using specified type converter, or XWorkConverter if none is specified.

Parameters:

from - the source object

to - the target object

context - the action context we're running under

getPropertyDescriptors

public PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors(Object source)
                                            throws IntrospectionException

Get's the java beans property descriptors for the given source.

Parameters:

source - the source object.

Returns:

property descriptors.

Throws:

IntrospectionException - is thrown if an exception occurs during introspection.

getPropertyDescriptors

public PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors(Class clazz)
                                            throws IntrospectionException

Get's the java beans property descriptors for the given class.

Parameters:

clazz - the source object.

Returns:

property descriptors.

Throws:

IntrospectionException - is thrown if an exception occurs during introspection.

getBeanMap

public Map<String,Object> getBeanMap(Object source)
                              throws IntrospectionException,
                                     ognl.OgnlException

Creates a Map with read properties for the given source object.

If the source object does not have a read property (i.e. write-only) then the property is added to the map with the value here is no read method for property-name.

Parameters:

source - the source object.

Returns:

a Map with (key = read property name, value = value of read property).

Throws:

IntrospectionException - is thrown if an exception occurs during introspection.

ognl.OgnlException - is thrown by OGNL if the property value could not be retrieved

getBeanInfo

public BeanInfo getBeanInfo(Object from)
                     throws IntrospectionException

Get's the java bean info for the given source object. Calls getBeanInfo(Class c).

Parameters:

from - the source object.

Returns:

java bean info.

Throws:

IntrospectionException - is thrown if an exception occurs during introspection.

getBeanInfo

public BeanInfo getBeanInfo(Class clazz)
                     throws IntrospectionException

Get's the java bean info for the given source.

Parameters:

clazz - the source class.

Returns:

java bean info.

Throws:

IntrospectionException - is thrown if an exception occurs during introspection.

createDefaultContext

protected Map createDefaultContext(Object root)

createDefaultContext

protected Map createDefaultContext(Object root,
                       ognl.ClassResolver classResolver)