PropertyDescriptor
The PropertyDescriptor class describes a Bean property. It supports several methods that
manage and describe properties. For example, you can determine if a property is bound by
calling isBound( ). To determine if a property is constrained, call isConstrained( ). You can
obtain the name of property by calling getName( ).
EventSetDescriptor
The EventSetDescriptor class represents a Bean event. It supports several methods that
obtain the methods that a Bean uses to add or remove event listeners, and to otherwise manage
events. For example, to obtain the method used to add listeners, call getAddListenerMethod( ).
To obtain the method used to remove listeners, call getRemoveListenerMethod( ). To obtain
the type of a listener, call getListenerType( ). You can obtain the name of an event by calling
getName( ).
MethodDescriptor
The MethodDescriptor class represents a Bean method. To obtain the name of the method,
call getName( ). You can obtain information about the method by calling getMethod( ),
shown here:
Method getMethod( )
An object of type Method that describes the method is returned.
A Bean Example
This chapter concludes with an example that illustrates various aspects of Bean programming,
including introspection and using a BeanInfo class. It also makes use of the Introspector,
PropertyDescriptor, and EventSetDescriptor classes. The example uses three classes. The
first is a Bean called Colors, shown here:
// A simple Bean.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.Serializable;
public class Colors extends Canvas implements Serializable {
transient private Color color; // not persistent
private boolean rectangular; // is persistent
public Colors() {
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent me) {
change();
}
});
rectangular = false;
setSize(200, 100);
change();
}
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