How to use

org.apache.bval.model.MetaProperty

constructor

/**
 * Add a {@link MetaProperty} to a {@link MetaBean}.
 * @param parentMetaBean
 * @param access
 * @return the created {@link MetaProperty}
 */
public static MetaProperty addMetaProperty(MetaBean parentMetaBean, AccessStrategy access) {
  final MetaProperty result = new MetaProperty();
  final String name = access.getPropertyName();
  result.setName(name);
  result.setType(access.getJavaType());
  parentMetaBean.putProperty(name, result);
  return result;
}

protected MetaProperty enrichElement(MetaBean meta, XMLMetaElement xmlProp, XMLResult result) throws Exception {
  MetaProperty prop = meta.getProperty(xmlProp.getName());
  if (prop == null) {
    prop = new MetaProperty();
    prop.setName(xmlProp.getName());
    meta.putProperty(xmlProp.getName(), prop);
  }
  xmlProp.mergeInto(prop);
  enrichValidations(prop, xmlProp, result, true);
  return prop;
}

/**
 * Create a {@link MetaProperty} from the specified {@link PropertyDescriptor}.
 * 
 * @param pd
 * @param existing
 * @return MetaProperty
 */
protected MetaProperty buildMetaProperty(PropertyDescriptor pd, MetaProperty existing) {
  MetaProperty meta = new MetaProperty();
  meta.setName(pd.getName());
  meta.setType(determineGenericPropertyType(pd));
  if (pd.isHidden()) {
    meta.putFeature(HIDDEN, Boolean.TRUE);
  }
  if (pd.isPreferred()) {
    meta.putFeature(PREFERRED, Boolean.TRUE);
  }
  if (pd.isConstrained()) {
    meta.putFeature(READONLY, Boolean.TRUE);
  }
  Enumeration<String> enumeration = pd.attributeNames();
  while (enumeration.hasMoreElements()) {
    String key = enumeration.nextElement();
    Object value = pd.getValue(key);
    meta.putFeature(key, value);
  }
  return meta;
}