net.sf.beanlib.spi
Interface BeanPopulatable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Hibernate3DtoPopulator, HibernateBeanPopulatableSupport

public interface BeanPopulatable

Used to control if a JavaBean property should be populated.

Author:

Joe D. Velopar

Method Summary

boolean

shouldPopulate(String propertyName, Method readerMethod) Returns true if the given JavaBean property should be populated; false otherwise.

Method Detail

shouldPopulate

boolean shouldPopulate(String propertyName,
                       Method readerMethod)

Returns true if the given JavaBean property should be populated; false otherwise.

Parameters:

propertyName - JavaBean property name.

readerMethod - reader method of the JavaBean property name.

Returns:

true if the given JavaBean property should be populated.