in src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/PropertyUtilsBean.java [728:771]
public Object getNestedProperty(Object bean, String name)
throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
NoSuchMethodException {
if (bean == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("No bean specified");
}
if (name == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("No name specified for bean class '" +
bean.getClass() + "'");
}
// Resolve nested references
while (resolver.hasNested(name)) {
final String next = resolver.next(name);
Object nestedBean = null;
if (bean instanceof Map) {
nestedBean = getPropertyOfMapBean((Map<?, ?>) bean, next);
} else if (resolver.isMapped(next)) {
nestedBean = getMappedProperty(bean, next);
} else if (resolver.isIndexed(next)) {
nestedBean = getIndexedProperty(bean, next);
} else {
nestedBean = getSimpleProperty(bean, next);
}
if (nestedBean == null) {
throw new NestedNullException
("Null property value for '" + name +
"' on bean class '" + bean.getClass() + "'");
}
bean = nestedBean;
name = resolver.remove(name);
}
if (bean instanceof Map) {
bean = getPropertyOfMapBean((Map<?, ?>) bean, name);
} else if (resolver.isMapped(name)) {
bean = getMappedProperty(bean, name);
} else if (resolver.isIndexed(name)) {
bean = getIndexedProperty(bean, name);
} else {
bean = getSimpleProperty(bean, name);
}
return bean;
}