Sure it is. fullName may not be a valid property, or it might be considered a read-only property, but Person is definitely a Bean.
K.C. > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Price [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:52 PM > To: Jakarta Commons Users List > Subject: Re: [Digester] SetPropertiesRule > > > Food for thought.... > > I have a class that looks roughly like this: > > public class Person implements Serializable { > String firstName; > String lastName; > > public void setFirstName(String firstName) { > this.firstName = firstName; > } > > public void setLastName(String lastName) { > this.lastName = lastName; > } > > public String getFullName() { > return this.firstname + " " + this.lastName; > } > } > > There is a getter method for a "fullName" property that > doesn't exist. > Is this a valid JavaBean? Or a design flaw? > > > Erik > > > > Durham David Cntr 805CSS/SCBE wrote: > > Still haven't received much on this. Guess no one is interested. > > > > Some additional comments on this to attempt to get someone > to bite, then I will take this to a different, probably more > appropriate forum. > > > > It seems that given a getter/setter method you can > determine a property name, but not visa versa. Seems > backwards. In other words the domain of property names does > not have a one to one mapping to the domain of getter/setter > names. Concretely, if you had a property of "xOffset" there > is no getter / setter name that corresponds to it(?). Kinda > limited. I guess this would qualify as a design flaw? > > > > Dave > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 5:28 PM > >>To: Jakarta Commons Users List > >>Subject: Re: [Digester] SetPropertiesRule > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Durham David Cntr 805CSS/SCBE wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:57:28 -0600 > >>>From: Durham David Cntr 805CSS/SCBE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Reply-To: Jakarta Commons Users List > >> > >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Subject: [Digester] SetPropertiesRule > >>> > >>>Having a problem with digester.setProperties(String). > >>> > >>>I have the following xml doc: > >>> > >>><root> > >>> <element xOffset="squadron"/> > >>></root> > >>> > >>> > >>>The property does not get set in the bean unless the "x" in > >> > >>xOffset is > >> > >>>capitalized, i.e., "XOffset" which doesn't seem right. > >>> > >>>Is this a bug? > >>> > >> > >>No, it's not. Welcome to the wonderful world of the > >>JavaBeans rules on > >>converting property names to getter and setter method names. > >> > >>Normally, property names are expressed in "mixedCase" style, > >>starting with > >>a lower case letter, and this would get converted into a call on a > >>setMixedCase() method. For property names where the > >>getter/setter method > >>is all upper case (i.e. getURL/setURL), there are some > >>special rules; this > >>is also true when the first capital is in the second position > >>(as it is in > >>your case). > >> > >>The details of the naming patterns are in the JavaBeans > Specification, > >>which you can get from: > >> > >> http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/ > >> > >>Craig > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
