How do I list property names of a Bean?

By Wayan in Beans 0 Comment 
package org.kodejava.bean;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.beans.BeanInfo;
import java.beans.Introspector;
import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
import java.beans.IntrospectionException;

public class Fruit implements Serializable {
    private Long id;
    private String name;
    private String latinName;
    private double price;

    public Fruit() {
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            BeanInfo bi = Introspector.getBeanInfo(Fruit.class);
            PropertyDescriptor[] pds = bi.getPropertyDescriptors();

            for (PropertyDescriptor pd : pds) {
                String propertyName = pd.getName();

                System.out.println("propertyName = " + propertyName);
            }
        } catch (IntrospectionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public Long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(Long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getLatinName() {
        return latinName;
    }

    public void setLatinName(String latinName) {
        this.latinName = latinName;
    }

    public double getPrice() {
        return price;
    }

    public void setPrice(double price) {
        this.price = price;
    }
}

The output of the code snippet above are:

propertyName = class
propertyName = id
propertyName = latinName
propertyName = name
propertyName = price

How do I create an instance of a Bean?

By Wayan in Beans 0 Comment 
package org.kodejava.bean;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.beans.Beans;

public class TheBean implements Serializable {
    private Long id;
    private String name;

    public TheBean() {
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            TheBean bean = (TheBean) Beans.instantiate(
                    ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(), "org.kodejava.bean.TheBean");
            bean.setId(1L);
            bean.setName("John");
            System.out.println("The Bean = " + bean);
        } catch (IOException | ClassNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public Long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(Long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "[id=" + id + "; name=" + name + "]";
    }
}

How do I listen for a constrained property change?

By Wayan in Beans 0 Comment

The constrained property change is fired when a bean’s value is about to change. When a VetoableChangeListener veto the value change the bean’s value will be rolled-back to the previous value. In this example we have a constrained property called interest.

package org.kodejava.bean;

import java.beans.VetoableChangeSupport;
import java.beans.PropertyVetoException;

public class VetoBean {
    private double interest;

    private final VetoableChangeSupport vcs = new VetoableChangeSupport(this);

    public VetoBean() {
        vcs.addVetoableChangeListener(new VetoChangeListener());
    }

    public void setInterest(double interest) {
        try {
            vcs.fireVetoableChange("interest", this.interest, interest);

            this.interest = interest;
        } catch (PropertyVetoException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        VetoBean bean = new VetoBean();
        bean.setInterest(10.99);
        bean.setInterest(15.99);

        // PropertyVetoException will be thrown because the interest value
        // should not exceed 20.00.
        bean.setInterest(20.99);
    }
}

package org.kodejava.bean;

import java.beans.VetoableChangeListener;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
import java.beans.PropertyVetoException;

public class VetoChangeListener implements VetoableChangeListener {
    /**
     * This method gets called when a constrained property is changed.
     *
     * @param evt a `PropertyChangeEvent` object describing the
     *            event source and the property that has changed.
     * @throws java.beans.PropertyVetoException
     *          if the recipient wishes the property
     *          change to be rolled back.
     */
    public void vetoableChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) throws PropertyVetoException {
        String eventName = evt.getPropertyName();
        if (eventName.equalsIgnoreCase("interest")) {
            double interest = (Double) evt.getNewValue();
            if (interest > 20.00) {
                throw new PropertyVetoException("Interest must be below 20.00", evt);
            }
            System.out.println("Interest applied = " + interest);
        }
    }
}

How do I listen for bean’s property change event?

By Wayan in Beans 1 Comment

In this example we’ll listen to bean’s property change event. We create a small bean named MyBean, adds attributes and getter/setter. We want to know or to get notified when the bean property name is changed.

First we need the add a PropertyChangeSupport field to the bean, with this object we will fire the property change event. When we need to listen for the change we have to create an implementation of a PropertyChangeListener. In this example we’ll just use the MyBean class as the listener.

The PropertyChangeListener has a method called propertyChange and inside this method we’ll implement the code to get the event fired by the PropertyChangeSupport.

package org.kodejava.bean;

import java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
import java.io.Serializable;

public class MyBean implements PropertyChangeListener, Serializable {
    private Long id;
    private String name;

    private final PropertyChangeSupport pcs = new PropertyChangeSupport(this);

    public MyBean() {
        pcs.addPropertyChangeListener(this);
    }

    /**
     * This method gets called when a bound property is changed.
     *
     * @param evt A PropertyChangeEvent object describing the event source
     *            and the property that has changed.
     */
    public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
        System.out.println("Name      = " + evt.getPropertyName());
        System.out.println("Old Value = " + evt.getOldValue());
        System.out.println("New Value = " + evt.getNewValue());
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        MyBean bean = new MyBean();
        bean.setName("My Initial Value");
        bean.setName("My New Value");
        bean.setName("My Yet Another Value");
    }


    //~ --------------------------------------------- Bean's Getters and Setters

    public Long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(Long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        String oldValue = this.name;
        this.name = name;

        // Fires a property change event
        pcs.firePropertyChange("name", oldValue, name);
    }
}

How do I sort strings using Collator class?

By Wayan in Core API, Text Package 0 Comment

In this example we demonstrate how to use the java.text.Collator class to sort strings in language-specific order. Using the java.text.Collator class makes the string not just sorted by the ASCII code of their characters, but it will follow the language natural order of the characters.

package org.kodejava.text;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.text.Collator;

public class StringShortWithCollator {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        List<String> fruits = new ArrayList<>();
        fruits.add("Guava");
        fruits.add("Banana");
        fruits.add("Orange");
        fruits.add("Mango");
        fruits.add("Apple");

        // Define a collator for US English.
        Collator collator = Collator.getInstance(Locale.US);

        // Sort the list base on the collator
        fruits.sort(collator);

        for (String fruit : fruits) {
            System.out.println("Fruit = " + fruit);
        }
    }
}

The result of the code snippet above are:

Fruit = Apple
Fruit = Banana
Fruit = Guava
Fruit = Mango
Fruit = Orange