public Class getPropertyType()

in src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/PropertyUtilsBean.java [820:864]


    public Class<?> getPropertyType(Object bean, String name) throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException {
        Objects.requireNonNull(bean, "bean");
        Objects.requireNonNull(name, "name");
        // Resolve nested references
        while (resolver.hasNested(name)) {
            final String next = resolver.next(name);
            final Object nestedBean = getProperty(bean, next);
            if (nestedBean == null) {
                throw new NestedNullException("Null property value for '" + next + "' on bean class '" + bean.getClass() + "'");
            }
            bean = nestedBean;
            name = resolver.remove(name);
        }

        // Remove any subscript from the final name value
        name = resolver.getProperty(name);

        // Special handling for DynaBeans
        if (bean instanceof DynaBean) {
            final DynaProperty descriptor = ((DynaBean) bean).getDynaClass().getDynaProperty(name);
            if (descriptor == null) {
                return null;
            }
            final Class<?> type = descriptor.getType();
            if (type == null) {
                return null;
            }
            if (type.isArray()) {
                return type.getComponentType();
            }
            return type;
        }

        final PropertyDescriptor descriptor = getPropertyDescriptor(bean, name);
        if (descriptor == null) {
            return null;
        }
        if (descriptor instanceof IndexedPropertyDescriptor) {
            return ((IndexedPropertyDescriptor) descriptor).getIndexedPropertyType();
        }
        if (descriptor instanceof MappedPropertyDescriptor) {
            return ((MappedPropertyDescriptor) descriptor).getMappedPropertyType();
        }
        return descriptor.getPropertyType();
    }