1 /*
2 * Copyright 2001-2013 Stephen Colebourne
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.joda.beans.impl.direct;
17
18 import org.joda.beans.MetaProperty;
19 import org.joda.beans.impl.BasicMetaBean;
20
21 /**
22 * A meta-bean implementation designed for use by {@code DirectBean}.
23 * <p>
24 * This implementation uses direct access via {@link #metaPropertyGet(String)} to avoid reflection.
25 *
26 * @author Stephen Colebourne
27 */
28 public abstract class DirectMetaBean extends BasicMetaBean {
29 // overriding other methods has negligible effect considering DirectMetaPropertyMap
30
31 /**
32 * Gets the meta-property by name.
33 * <p>
34 * This implementation returns null, and must be overridden in subclasses.
35 *
36 * @param propertyName the property name, not null
37 * @return the meta-property, null if not found
38 */
39 protected MetaProperty<?> metaPropertyGet(String propertyName) {
40 return null;
41 }
42
43 }