[jira] [Created] (BEANUTILS-443) PropertyUtils.setProperty(...) cannot find the Setter method if returnValue doesn't exact match the interface return value.

[Harald Brabenetz (JIRA)]

Harald Brabenetz created BEANUTILS-443:
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             Summary: PropertyUtils.setProperty(...) cannot find the Setter 
method if returnValue doesn't exact match the interface return value.
                 Key: BEANUTILS-443
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEANUTILS-443
             Project: Commons BeanUtils
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Bean / Property Utils
    Affects Versions: 1.8.3
         Environment: at least Java 1.6.0_33 on ubuntu
            Reporter: Harald Brabenetz
            Priority: Critical


Here is My testClass:

{code:title=PropertyUtilsSetValueUTest.java|borderStyle=solid}
import org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils;
import org.junit.Test;

public class PropertyUtilsSetValueUTest {

    @Test
    public void testSetProperty() throws Exception {
        final MyEntity entity = new MyEntity();

        // fist set value manual
        final OtherEntity otherEntity = new OtherEntity();
        entity.setOtherEntity(otherEntity);

        // second set value with PropertyUtils
        PropertyUtils.setProperty(entity, "otherEntity", otherEntity);
        // => java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: Property 'otherEntity' has no 
setter method in class '... MyEntity'

    }

    public static class MyEntity implements MyEntityInterface {
        private OtherEntity otherEntity;

        @Override
        public OtherEntity getOtherEntity() {
            return this.otherEntity;
        }

        public void setOtherEntity(final OtherEntity otherEntity) {
            this.otherEntity = otherEntity;
        }

    }

    public static class OtherEntity implements OtherEntityInterface {

    }

    public static interface MyEntityInterface {
        OtherEntityInterface getOtherEntity();
    }

    public static interface OtherEntityInterface {
    }
}
{code} 

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