Sets a beans value on a property. - Java Reflection

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Description

Sets a beans value on a property.

Demo Code

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 * BeanUtil.java - Contains BeanUtil.
 *
 * Developed 2009 by Carl Dea
 * as a JavaFX Script SDK 1.2 to demonstrate an fxforms framework.
 * Created on Aug 13, 2009, 1:32:42 AM
 */
import java.beans.BeanInfo;
import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
import java.beans.Introspector;
import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

public class Main{
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception{
        Object bean = "java2s.com";
        String propertyName = "java2s.com";
        Object value = "java2s.com";
        setValue(bean,propertyName,value);
    }
    /**
     * Sets a beans value on a property.
     * @param bean - Bean to be used
     * @param propertyName - Property to set
     * @param value - The value to set property value to.
     */
    public static void setValue(Object bean, String propertyName,
            Object value) {
        if (bean == null) {
            return;
        }

        PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor = null;
        BeanInfo info = null;
        try {
            info = Introspector.getBeanInfo(bean.getClass());
            if (info != null) {
                for (PropertyDescriptor element : info
                        .getPropertyDescriptors()) {
                    if (propertyName.equals(element.getName())) {
                        propertyDescriptor = element;
                    }
                }
                Method setter = propertyDescriptor.getWriteMethod();
                try {
                    setter.invoke(bean, new Object[] { value });
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
        } catch (IntrospectionException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(BeanUtil.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
                    null, ex);
        }
    }
}

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