net.sf.jsefa.common.accessor
Interface ObjectAccessor

public interface ObjectAccessor

An ObjectAccessor provides access to an object (i.e. creates it) and to its fields (retrieval and setting of field values).

Author:

Norman Lahme-Huetig

Method Summary

Object	createObject() Creates a new instance of the class this ObjectAccessor was created for.
Object	getValue(Object object, String fieldName) Returns the value of the field with the name fieldName of the given object.
void	setValue(Object object, String fieldName, Object value) Sets the value of the field with the name fieldName of the given object.

Method Detail

createObject

Object createObject()

Creates a new instance of the class this ObjectAccessor was created for.

Returns:

a new object.

getValue

Object getValue(Object object,
                String fieldName)

Returns the value of the field with the name fieldName of the given object.

Parameters:

object - the object

fieldName - the field name

Returns:

a field value

setValue

void setValue(Object object,
              String fieldName,
              Object value)

Sets the value of the field with the name fieldName of the given object.

Parameters:

object - the object

fieldName - the field name

value - the field value