一些概念:
内省(Introspector) 是Java 语言对 JavaBean 类属性、事件的一种缺省处理方法。
JavaBean是一种特殊的类,主要用于传递数据信息,这种类中的方法主要用于访问私有的字段,且方法名符合某种命名规则。如果在两个模块之间传递信息,可以将信息封装进JavaBean中,这种对象称为“值对象”(Value Object),或“VO”。方法比较少。这些信息储存在类的私有变量中,通过set()、get()获得。
例如类UserInfo :
packagecom.peidasoft.Introspector;public classUserInfo {private longuserId;privateString userName;private intage;privateString emailAddress;public longgetUserId() {returnuserId;
}public void setUserId(longuserId) {this.userId =userId;
}publicString getUserName() {returnuserName;
}public voidsetUserName(String userName) {this.userName =userName;
}public intgetAge() {returnage;
}public void setAge(intage) {this.age =age;
}publicString getEmailAddress() {returnemailAddress;
}public voidsetEmailAddress(String emailAddress) {this.emailAddress =emailAddress;
}
}
在类UserInfo中有属性 userName, 那我们可以通过 getUserName,setUserName来得到其值或者设置新的值。通过 getUserName/setUserName来访问 userName属性,这就是默认的规则。 Java JDK中提供了一套 API 用来访问某个属性的 getter/setter 方法,这就是内省。
JDK内省类库:
PropertyDescriptor类:
PropertyDescriptor类表示JavaBean类通过存储器导出一个属性。主要方法:
1. getPropertyType(),获得属性的Class对象;
2. getReadMethod(),获得用于读取属性值的方法;getWriteMethod(),获得用于写入属性值的方法;
3. hashCode(),获取对象的哈希值;
4. setReadMethod(Method readMethod),设置用于读取属性值的方法;
5. setWriteMethod(Method writeMethod),设置用于写入属性值的方法。
实例代码如下:
packagecom.peidasoft.Introspector;importjava.beans.BeanInfo;importjava.beans.Introspector;importjava.beans.PropertyDescriptor;importjava.lang.reflect.Method;public classBeanInfoUtil {public static void setProperty(UserInfo userInfo,String userName)throwsException{
PropertyDescriptor propDesc=new PropertyDescriptor(userName,UserInfo.class);
Method methodSetUserName=propDesc.getWriteMethod();
methodSetUserName.invoke(userInfo,"wong");
System.out.println("set userName:"+userInfo.getUserName());
}public static void getProperty(UserInfo userInfo,String userName)throwsException{
PropertyDescriptor proDescriptor=new PropertyDescriptor(userName,UserInfo.class);
Method methodGetUserName=proDescriptor.getReadMethod();
Object objUserName=methodGetUserName.invoke(userInfo);
System.out.println("get userName:"+objUserName.toString());
}
}
Introspector类:
将JavaBean中的属性封装起来进行操作。在程序把一个类当做JavaBean来看,就是调用Introspector.getBeanInfo()方法,得到的BeanInfo对象封装了把这个类当做JavaBean看的结果信息,即属性的信息。
getPropertyDescriptors(),获得属性的描述,可以采用遍历BeanInfo的方法,来查找、设置类的属性。具体代码如下:
packagecom.peidasoft.Introspector;importjava.beans.BeanInfo;importjava.beans.Introspector;importjava.beans.PropertyDescriptor;importjava.lang.reflect.Method;public classBeanInfoUtil {public static void setPropertyByIntrospector(UserInfo userInfo,String userName)throwsException{
BeanInfo beanInfo=Introspector.getBeanInfo(UserInfo.class);
PropertyDescriptor[] proDescrtptors=beanInfo.getPropertyDescriptors();if(proDescrtptors!=null&&proDescrtptors.length>0){for(PropertyDescriptor propDesc:proDescrtptors){if(propDesc.getName().equals(userName)){
Method methodSetUserName=propDesc.getWriteMethod();
methodSetUserName.invoke(userInfo,"alan");
System.out.println("set userName:"+userInfo.getUserName());break;
}
}
}
}public static void getPropertyByIntrospector(UserInfo userInfo,String userName)throwsException{
BeanInfo beanInfo=Introspector.getBeanInfo(UserInfo.class);
PropertyDescriptor[] proDescrtptors=beanInfo.getPropertyDescriptors();if(proDescrtptors!=null&&proDescrtptors.length>0){for(PropertyDescriptor propDesc:proDescrtptors){if(propDesc.getName().equals(userName)){
Method methodGetUserName=propDesc.getReadMethod();
Object objUserName=methodGetUserName.invoke(userInfo);
System.out.println("get userName:"+objUserName.toString());break;
}
}
}
}
}
通过这两个类的比较可以看出,都是需要获得PropertyDescriptor,只是方式不一样:前者通过创建对象直接获得,后者需要遍历,所以使用PropertyDescriptor类更加方便。
使用实例:
packagecom.peidasoft.Introspector;public classBeanInfoTest {/***@paramargs*/
public static voidmain(String[] args) {
UserInfo userInfo=newUserInfo();
userInfo.setUserName("peida");try{
BeanInfoUtil.getProperty(userInfo,"userName");
BeanInfoUtil.setProperty(userInfo,"userName");
BeanInfoUtil.getProperty(userInfo,"userName");
BeanInfoUtil.setPropertyByIntrospector(userInfo,"userName");
BeanInfoUtil.getPropertyByIntrospector(userInfo,"userName");
BeanInfoUtil.setProperty(userInfo,"age");
}catch(Exception e) {//TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
输出:
get userName:peida
set userName:wong
get userName:wong
set userName:alan
get userName:alan
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: argument type mismatch
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.peidasoft.Introspector.BeanInfoUtil.setProperty(BeanInfoUtil.java:14)
at com.peidasoft.Introspector.BeanInfoTest.main(BeanInfoTest.java:22)
说明:BeanInfoUtil.setProperty(userInfo,"age");报错是应为age属性是int数据类型,而setProperty方法里面默认给age属性赋的值是String类型。所以会爆出argument type mismatch参数类型不匹配的错误信息。
BeanUtils工具包:
由上述可看出,内省操作非常的繁琐,所以所以Apache开发了一套简单、易用的API来操作Bean的属性——BeanUtils工具包。
BeanUtils工具包:下载:http://commons.apache.org/beanutils/ 注意:应用的时候还需要一个logging包 http://commons.apache.org/logging/
使用BeanUtils工具包完成上面的测试代码:
packagecom.peidasoft.Beanutil;importjava.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;importorg.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils;importorg.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils;importcom.peidasoft.Introspector.UserInfo;public classBeanUtilTest {public static voidmain(String[] args) {
UserInfo userInfo=newUserInfo();try{
BeanUtils.setProperty(userInfo,"userName", "peida");
System.out.println("set userName:"+userInfo.getUserName());
System.out.println("get userName:"+BeanUtils.getProperty(userInfo, "userName"));
BeanUtils.setProperty(userInfo,"age", 18);
System.out.println("set age:"+userInfo.getAge());
System.out.println("get age:"+BeanUtils.getProperty(userInfo, "age"));
System.out.println("get userName type:"+BeanUtils.getProperty(userInfo, "userName").getClass().getName());
System.out.println("get age type:"+BeanUtils.getProperty(userInfo, "age").getClass().getName());
PropertyUtils.setProperty(userInfo,"age", 8);
System.out.println(PropertyUtils.getProperty(userInfo,"age"));
System.out.println(PropertyUtils.getProperty(userInfo,"age").getClass().getName());
PropertyUtils.setProperty(userInfo,"age", "8");
}catch(IllegalAccessException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}catch(InvocationTargetException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}catch(NoSuchMethodException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
运行结果:
set userName:peida
get userName:peida
set age:18get age:18get userName type:java.lang.String
get age type:java.lang.String8java.lang.Integer
Exception in thread"main"java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot invoke com.peidasoft.Introspector.UserInfo.setAge
on beanclass 'class com.peidasoft.Introspector.UserInfo' - argument type mismatch - had objects of type "java.lang.String"but expected signature"int"at org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtilsBean.invokeMethod(PropertyUtilsBean.java:2235)
at org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtilsBean.setSimpleProperty(PropertyUtilsBean.java:2151)
at org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtilsBean.setNestedProperty(PropertyUtilsBean.java:1957)
at org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtilsBean.setProperty(PropertyUtilsBean.java:2064)
at org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils.setProperty(PropertyUtils.java:858)
at com.peidasoft.orm.Beanutil.BeanUtilTest.main(BeanUtilTest.java:38)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: argument type mismatch
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtilsBean.invokeMethod(PropertyUtilsBean.java:2170)
...5 more
说明:
1.获得属性的值,例如,BeanUtils.getProperty(userInfo,"userName"),返回字符串
2.设置属性的值,例如,BeanUtils.setProperty(userInfo,"age",8),参数是字符串或基本类型自动包装。设置属性的值是字符串,获得的值也是字符串,不是基本类型。 3.BeanUtils的特点:
1). 对基本数据类型的属性的操作:在WEB开发、使用中,录入和显示时,值会被转换成字符串,但底层运算用的是基本类型,这些类型转到动作由BeanUtils自动完成。
2). 对引用数据类型的属性的操作:首先在类中必须有对象,不能是null,例如,private Date birthday=new Date();。操作的是对象的属性而不是整个对象,例如,BeanUtils.setProperty(userInfo,"birthday.time",111111);
packagecom.peidasoft.Introspector;importjava.util.Date;public classUserInfo {private Date birthday = newDate();public voidsetBirthday(Date birthday) {this.birthday =birthday;
}publicDate getBirthday() {returnbirthday;
}
}
packagecom.peidasoft.Beanutil;importjava.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;importorg.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils;importcom.peidasoft.Introspector.UserInfo;public classBeanUtilTest {public static voidmain(String[] args) {
UserInfo userInfo=newUserInfo();try{
BeanUtils.setProperty(userInfo,"birthday.time","111111");
Object obj= BeanUtils.getProperty(userInfo, "birthday.time");
System.out.println(obj);
}catch(IllegalAccessException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}catch(InvocationTargetException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}catch(NoSuchMethodException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
3.PropertyUtils类和BeanUtils不同在于,运行getProperty、setProperty操作时,没有类型转换,使用属性的原有类型或者包装类。由于age属性的数据类型是int,所以方法PropertyUtils.setProperty(userInfo,"age", "8")会爆出数据类型不匹配,无法将值赋给属性。
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