PropertyRefAttributeCallback.java

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package org.springframework.ide.eclipse.osgi.blueprint.internal.util;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * Convention callback that transforms "<property-name>-ref" attributes
 * into a bean definition that sets the give <property-name> to a bean
 * reference pointing to the attribute value.
 * 
 * <p/>
 * Thus attribute "comparator-ref='bla'" will have property 'comparator'
 * pointing to bean named 'bla'.
 * 
 * @see BeanDefinitionBuilder#addPropertyReference(String, String)
 * 
 * @author Costin Leau
 */
public class PropertyRefAttributeCallback implements AttributeCallback {

	private static final String PROPERTY_REF = "-ref";

	public boolean process(Element parent, Attr attribute, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
		String name = attribute.getLocalName();
		if (name.endsWith(PROPERTY_REF)) {
			String propertyName = name.substring(0, name.length() - PROPERTY_REF.length());
			builder.addPropertyReference(propertyName, attribute.getValue());
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}
}