Attempt to find a setter method for the given bean property. - Java Reflection

Java examples for Reflection:Setter

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Description

Attempt to find a setter method for the given bean property.

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        Class beanType = String.class;
        String propertyName = "java2s.com";
        System.out.println(findSetter(beanType, propertyName));
    }

    /**
     * Attempt to find a setter method for the given bean property. Returns
     * null if the property can not be resolved.
     * @param beanType
     * @param propertyName
     * @return
     */
    public static Method findSetter(Class beanType, String propertyName) {
        try {
            String setterName = "set"
                    + propertyName.toUpperCase().substring(0, 1)
                    + propertyName.substring(1);
            for (Method m : beanType.getMethods()) {
                if (m.getName().equals(setterName)
                        && m.getParameterTypes().length == 1) {
                    return m;
                }
            }
            return null;
        } catch (SecurityException ex) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                    "Reflection failed due to lack of privileges.", ex);
        }
    }
}

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