Finds a property descriptor for the class that matches the property name. - Java Reflection

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Finds a property descriptor for the class that matches the property name.

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
import java.beans.Introspector;

import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;

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

    /**
     * Finds a property descriptor for the class
     * that matches the property name.
     *
     * @param type the class to introspect
     * @param name the name of the property to search
     * @return the {@code PropertyDescriptor}, {@code IndexedPropertyDescriptor} or {@code null}
     */
    public static PropertyDescriptor findPropertyDescriptor(Class type,
            String name) {
        PropertyDescriptor[] pds = getPropertyDescriptors(type);
        for (PropertyDescriptor pd : pds) {
            if (pd.getName().equals(name)) {
                return pd;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns an array of property descriptors for specified class.
     *
     * @param type  the class to introspect
     * @return an array of property descriptors
     */
    public static PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors(Class type) {
        try {
            return Introspector.getBeanInfo(type).getPropertyDescriptors();
        } catch (IntrospectionException exception) {
            throw new Error("unexpected exception", exception);
        }
    }
}

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