public interface BeanAliasMap
An alias is an alternative for a
property
name
. It allows to retrieve a property
not only via its primary
name
but also under one or multiple aliases. An alias could e.g. be a legacy name
after a property
has been renamed or to use a technical name containing special characters
(e.g. "@" or ".") for very specific cases.-
Method Summary
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Method Details
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getName
- Parameters:
alias
- the alias of aproperty name
.- Returns:
- the primary
property name
for the givenalias
ornull
if no such alias is defined. - See Also:
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getAliases
Inverse operation ofgetName(String)
.- Parameters:
name
- the primaryproperty name
.- Returns:
- a
List
with all registeredaliases
for the givenname
. Will be empty if no suchalias
is defined. - See Also:
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