FieldSetter.java

/*
 * Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc.  All rights reserved.  http://www.mulesoft.com
 * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0
 * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
 * LICENSE.txt file.
 */
package org.mule.runtime.module.extension.internal.util;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;

/**
 * Utility class which allows setting the value of a {@link Field} on random compatible instances
 *
 * @param <Target> the generic type of the objects which contain the field
 * @param <Value> the field's generic type
 */
public final class FieldSetter<Target, Value> {

  /**
   * The {@link Field} in which the value is to be assigned
   */
  private final Field field;

  public FieldSetter(Field field) {
    this.field = field;
    field.setAccessible(true);
  }

  /**
   * Sets the {@code value} into the {@code target} instance
   *
   * @param target the object on which the field value is to be set
   * @param value the value to set
   */
  public void set(Target target, Value value) {
    ReflectionUtils.setField(field, target, value);
  }

  /**
   * @return The {@link Field} to be set
   */
  public Field getField() {
    return field;
  }
}