com.ribs
Class RBKeyChain

java.lang.Object
  com.ribs.RBKeyChain

public class RBKeyChain

extends java.lang.Object

This class contains static utility methods for generically getting and setting values on any object using a key chain string.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	delim
static java.lang.String	delimRegex

Constructor Summary

RBKeyChain()

Method Summary

static java.lang.Object	getValueForKey(java.lang.Object anObject, java.lang.String aKey) Get a value from an object, given a dotted path of property names, for instance: "Model.SelectedObject" returns the value for: anObject.getModel().getSelectedObject()
static void	setValueForKey(java.lang.Object anObject, java.lang.String aKey, java.lang.Object aValue) Sets a value in given object for given key.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

delim

public static final java.lang.String delim

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Constant Field Values

delimRegex

public static final java.lang.String delimRegex

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

RBKeyChain

public RBKeyChain()

Method Detail

getValueForKey

public static java.lang.Object getValueForKey(java.lang.Object anObject,
                                              java.lang.String aKey)

Get a value from an object, given a dotted path of property names, for instance: "Model.SelectedObject" returns the value for: anObject.getModel().getSelectedObject()

Parameters:

anObject - the object to get a value from

Returns:

the reuslting value or null, if any null value was found on the path.

setValueForKey

public static void setValueForKey(java.lang.Object anObject,
                                  java.lang.String aKey,
                                  java.lang.Object aValue)

Sets a value in given object for given key.

Parameters:

anObject -

aKey -

aValue -