io.higgs.boson.serialization.mutators

Interface WriteMutator

All Superinterfaces:

ClassMutator

All Known Subinterfaces:

ReadWriteMutator

public interface WriteMutator
extends ClassMutator

A write mutator provides an interface for setting fields on objects without reflection

Author:

Courtney Robinson

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canCreate(String className) Checks if this mutator can create instances of the given class name
Enum	get(String enumClassName, String enumStringName)
Object	newInstance(String className) Given the Fully qualified class name, return an instance of the said class
<T> boolean	set(T instance, String field, Object value) Sets the given field to the value provided on the instance of class T

Method Detail

set

<T> boolean set(T instance,
              String field,
              Object value)

Sets the given field to the value provided on the instance of class T

Parameters:

instance - the instance to set the value on

field - the field to be set

value - the value to set the field to

Returns:

true if successfully set TODO: if false is returned then an attempt will be made to set the field via reflection

newInstance

Object newInstance(String className)

Given the Fully qualified class name, return an instance of the said class

Parameters:

className - the FQN

Returns:

a new instance

canCreate

boolean canCreate(String className)

Checks if this mutator can create instances of the given class name

Parameters:

className - The fully qualified class name

Returns:

true if it can create new instances, false otherwise.

get

Enum get(String enumClassName,
       String enumStringName)