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## org.apache.commons.beanutils.expression
Interface Resolver

All Known Implementing Classes:
  DefaultResolver

    public interface Resolver

Property Name Expression Resolver.

Methods such as PropertyUtilsBean's `setNestedProperty()` method use a `Resolver` to process a property name expression and resolve nested, indexed and mapped property names. The following code provides an example usage demonstrating all the methods:

          // Iterate through a nested property expression
          while (resolver.hasNested(name)) {

              // isolate a single property from a nested expresion
              String next = resolver.next(name);

              // Process...
              String property = resolver.getProperty(next);
              if (resolver.isIndexed(next)) {

                  int index = resolver.getIndex(next);
                  bean = getIndexedProperty(bean, property, index);

              } else if (resolver.isMapped(next)) {

                  String key = resolver.getKey(next);
                  bean = getMappedProperty(bean, property, key);

              } else {

                  bean = getSimpleProperty(bean, property);

              }

              // remove the processed property from the expression
              name = resolver.remove(name);
          }

In order to create an implementation, it is important to understand how BeanUtils/PropertyUtils uses the `resolver`. The following are the main methods that use it:

- `PropertyUtilsBean`

- `PropertyUtilsBean.getIndexedProperty(Object, String)`
- `PropertyUtilsBean.getMappedProperty(Object, String)`
- `PropertyUtilsBean.getNestedProperty(Object, String)`
- `PropertyUtilsBean.getPropertyDescriptor(Object, String)`
- `PropertyUtilsBean.getSimpleProperty(Object, String)`
- `PropertyUtilsBean.setIndexedProperty(Object, String, Object)`
- `PropertyUtilsBean.setMappedProperty(Object, String, Object)`
- `PropertyUtilsBean.setNestedProperty(Object, String, Object)`
- `PropertyUtilsBean.setSimpleProperty(Object, String, Object)`

- `BeanUtilsBean`

- `BeanUtilsBean.copyProperty(Object, String, Object)`
- `BeanUtilsBean.setProperty(Object, String, Object)`

- `LocaleBeanUtilsBean`

- `LocaleBeanUtilsBean.setProperty(Object, String, Object, String)`

Since:
  1.8.0
Version:
  $Revision: 555845 $ $Date: 2007-07-13 03:52:05 +0100 (Fri, 13 Jul 2007) $
See Also:
  `PropertyUtilsBean.setResolver(Resolver)`

Method Summary
`int` | `getIndex(String expression)` Extract the index value from the property expression or -1.
`String` | `getKey(String expression)` Extract the map key from the property expression or `null`.
`String` | `getProperty(String expression)` Return the property name from the property expression.
`boolean` | `hasNested(String expression)` Indicates whether or not the expression contains nested property expressions or not.
`boolean` | `isIndexed(String expression)` Indicate whether the expression is for an indexed property or not.
`boolean` | `isMapped(String expression)` Indicate whether the expression is for a mapped property or not.
`String` | `next(String expression)` Extract the next property expression from the current expression.
`String` | `remove(String expression)` Remove the last property expresson from the current expression.

Method Detail

### getIndex

    int getIndex(String expression)

  Extract the index value from the property expression or -1.

  Parameters:
    `expression` - The property expression
  Returns:
    The index value or -1 if the property is not indexed
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - If the indexed property is illegally formed or has an invalid (non-numeric) value

### getKey

    String getKey(String expression)

  Extract the map key from the property expression or `null`.

  Parameters:
    `expression` - The property expression
  Returns:
    The index value
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - If the mapped property is illegally formed

### getProperty

    String getProperty(String expression)

  Return the property name from the property expression.

  Parameters:
    `expression` - The property expression
  Returns:
    The property name

### hasNested

    boolean hasNested(String expression)

  Indicates whether or not the expression contains nested property expressions or not.

  Parameters:
    `expression` - The property expression
  Returns:
    The next property expression

### isIndexed

    boolean isIndexed(String expression)

  Indicate whether the expression is for an indexed property or not.

  Parameters:
    `expression` - The property expression
  Returns:
    `true` if the expresion is indexed, otherwise `false`

### isMapped

    boolean isMapped(String expression)

  Indicate whether the expression is for a mapped property or not.

  Parameters:
    `expression` - The property expression
  Returns:
    `true` if the expresion is mapped, otherwise `false`

### next

    String next(String expression)

  Extract the next property expression from the current expression.

  Parameters:
    `expression` - The property expression
  Returns:
    The next property expression

### remove

    String remove(String expression)

  Remove the last property expresson from the current expression.

  Parameters:
    `expression` - The property expression
  Returns:
    The new expression value, with first property expression removed - null if there are no more expressions

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