Property.java

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package org.granite.messaging.amf.io.util;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;

import org.granite.messaging.amf.io.convert.Converters;
import org.granite.messaging.amf.types.AMFSpecialValueFactory;

/**
 * @author Franck WOLFF
 */
public abstract class Property {

	protected static final AMFSpecialValueFactory specialValueFactory = new AMFSpecialValueFactory();
	
    private final String name;
    private final Converters converters;

    protected Property(Converters converters, String name) {
        this.name = name;
        this.converters = converters;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    protected Converters getConverters() {
        return converters;
    }

    public void setValue(Object instance, Object value) {
        setValue(instance, value, true);
    }

    public abstract void setValue(Object instance, Object value, boolean convert);
    public abstract Object getValue(Object instance);
    public abstract Type getType();
    public abstract Class<?> getDeclaringClass();
    
    public boolean isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass) {
    	return isAnnotationPresent(annotationClass, false);
    }
    public abstract boolean isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass, boolean recursive);

    public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass) {
    	return getAnnotation(annotationClass, false);
    }
    public abstract <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass, boolean recursive);

    protected Object convert(Object value) {
        return converters.convert(value, getType());
    }

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return name;
	}
}