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/** * Copyright (c) 2014 Eclectic Logic LLC * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * */ package com.eclecticlogic.pedal.dm.internal; import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor; import java.io.Serializable; import java.lang.reflect.Field; import java.lang.reflect.Member; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import javax.persistence.metamodel.Attribute; import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils; /** * @author kabram. * */ public class MetamodelUtil { /** * @param attribute JPA metamodel attribute. * @param entity Entity to set the value on. * @param value Value to set. */ public static <E extends Serializable, T extends Serializable> void set(Attribute<? super E, T> attribute, E entity, T value) { Member member = attribute.getJavaMember(); if (member instanceof Field) { Field field = (Field) member; field.setAccessible(true); try { field.set(entity, value); } catch (Exception e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } } else if (member instanceof Method) { PropertyDescriptor pd = BeanUtils.findPropertyForMethod((Method) member); if (pd.getWriteMethod() != null) { pd.getWriteMethod().setAccessible(true); try { pd.getWriteMethod().invoke(entity, value); } catch (Exception e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } } else { throw new RuntimeException( "No setter for " + attribute.getName() + " in " + entity.getClass().getName()); } } else { throw new RuntimeException("Failed to set " + attribute.getName() + " of type " + member.getClass().getName() + " in entity " + entity.getClass().getName()); } } }