org.tinygroup.commons.collection

Class Conventions

java.lang.Object

org.tinygroup.commons.collection.Conventions

public abstract class Conventions
extends Object

Provides methods to support various naming and other conventions used throughout the framework. Mainly for internal use within the framework.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Rob Harrop, Juergen Hoeller

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Conventions()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getQualifiedAttributeName(Class<?> enclosingClass, String attributeName) Return an attribute name qualified by the supplied enclosing Class.
static String	getVariableName(Object value) Determine the conventional variable name for the supplied Object based on its concrete type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Conventions

public Conventions()

Method Detail

getVariableName

public static String getVariableName(Object value)

Determine the conventional variable name for the supplied Object based on its concrete type. The convention used is to return the uncapitalized short name of the Class, according to JavaBeans property naming rules: So, com.myapp.Product becomes product; com.myapp.MyProduct becomes myProduct; com.myapp.UKProduct becomes UKProduct.

For arrays, we use the pluralized version of the array component type. For Collections we attempt to 'peek ahead' in the Collection to determine the component type and return the pluralized version of that component type.

Parameters:

value - the value to generate a variable name for

Returns:

the generated variable name

getQualifiedAttributeName

public static String getQualifiedAttributeName(Class<?> enclosingClass,
                                               String attributeName)

Return an attribute name qualified by the supplied enclosing Class. For example, the attribute name 'foo' qualified by Class 'com.myapp.SomeClass' would be 'com.myapp.SomeClass.foo'