Folks, I think there are at least four parts to what we ultimately expect from this:
1. A way to capture some type of meta model. For instance, JavaBeans describe objects in terms of Types and Properties (scalar or indexed). 2. A way to extract a meta model from Java runtime. That's where the mapping of method names to properties and all that stuff comes in. 3. A way to customize the meta model extracted from Java runtime. We want to be able to bend or redefine the mapping rules. 4. A way to use the meta data to manipulate objects and object graphs in a generic fashion. I am talking about methods like get(propertyName), set(propertyName), add, remove etc. Are all these four things addressed between [reflect] and [clazz]? - Dmitri __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
