com.openpojo.reflection.utils

Class AttributeHelper

java.lang.Object

com.openpojo.reflection.utils.AttributeHelper

public class AttributeHelper
extends java.lang.Object

This Class is responsible for normalizing field names to attribute names. The reason for this is some companies have policies that require all member variables start with "m" or "its" or any of the hungarian notation prefixes.

Author:

oshoukry

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AttributeHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	clearRegistry() This method removes all registered values.
static java.lang.String	getAttributeName(java.lang.reflect.Field field) This method returns the attribute name given a field name.
static void	registerFieldPrefix(java.lang.String prefix) If your fields are prefixed with some pre-defined string register them here.
static void	unregisterFieldPrefix(java.lang.String prefix) If a prefix is no longer needed unregister it here.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AttributeHelper

public AttributeHelper()

Method Detail

registerFieldPrefix

public static void registerFieldPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)

If your fields are prefixed with some pre-defined string register them here. You can register more than one prefix.

Parameters:

prefix - The prefix to register.

unregisterFieldPrefix

public static void unregisterFieldPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)

If a prefix is no longer needed unregister it here.

Parameters:

prefix - The prefix to un-register.

clearRegistry

public static void clearRegistry()

This method removes all registered values.

getAttributeName

public static java.lang.String getAttributeName(java.lang.reflect.Field field)

This method returns the attribute name given a field name. The field name will get stripped of prefixes

Parameters:

field - The field to inspect for attribute name

Returns:

Normalized attribute name