net.e6tech.elements.common.reflection

Interface CopyListener

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface CopyListener

Created by futeh on 11/25/15.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	copy(java.lang.Object target, java.beans.PropertyDescriptor targetDescriptor, java.lang.Object owner, java.beans.PropertyDescriptor ownerDescriptor)

Method Detail

copy

boolean copy(java.lang.Object target,
             java.beans.PropertyDescriptor targetDescriptor,
             java.lang.Object owner,
             java.beans.PropertyDescriptor ownerDescriptor)
      throws java.beans.PropertyVetoException

Parameters:

target - the target to be copied

targetDescriptor - The PropertyDescriptor of the property to be copied. Typically, one may use its write method to set the target

owner - The owner which has the properties to be copied over to the target.

ownerDescriptor - The PropertyDescriptor of the owner's property to be copied over to the target. One may use its read method to retrieve the property's value.

Returns:

whether copying was handled.

Throws:

java.beans.PropertyVetoException - veto exception