org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy
Class PropertySuppressionStrategy

java.lang.Object
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public abstract class PropertySuppressionStrategy

extends java.lang.Object

Pluggable strategy specifying whether property's should be surpressed. Implementations can be used to give rules about which properties should be ignored by Betwixt when introspecting.

Since:

0.7

Author:

Jakarta Commons Team, Apache Software Foundation

Field Summary

static PropertySuppressionStrategy

DEFAULT Default implementation supresses the class property found on every object.

Constructor Summary

PropertySuppressionStrategy()

Method Summary

abstract boolean

suppressProperty(java.lang.Class classContainingTheProperty, java.lang.Class propertyType, java.lang.String propertyName) Should the given property be suppressed?

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT

public static final PropertySuppressionStrategy DEFAULT

Default implementation supresses the class property found on every object. Also, the isEmpty property is supressed for implementations of Collection.

Constructor Detail

PropertySuppressionStrategy

public PropertySuppressionStrategy()

Method Detail

suppressProperty

public abstract boolean suppressProperty(java.lang.Class classContainingTheProperty,
                                         java.lang.Class propertyType,
                                         java.lang.String propertyName)

Should the given property be suppressed?

Parameters:

classContainingTheProperty - Class giving the type of the bean containing the property propertyName

propertyType - Class giving the type of the property, not null

propertyName - the name of the property, not null

Returns:

true when the given property should be suppressed