001/*
002 *                    BioJava development code
003 *
004 * This code may be freely distributed and modified under the
005 * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence.  This should
006 * be distributed with the code.  If you do not have a copy,
007 * see:
008 *
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010 *
011 * Copyright for this code is held jointly by the individual
012 * authors.  These should be listed in @author doc comments.
013 *
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019 *
020 */
021
022package org.biojava.bio;
023
024import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
025import java.util.Map;
026
027import org.biojava.utils.BeanAsMap;
028
029/**
030 * Create an Annotation with properties matching those of a JavaBean instance.
031 * <em>Note: this class is experimental and only partialy implemented.</em>
032 *
033 * @since 1.3
034 * @author Matthew Pocock
035 */
036
037public class BeanAsAnnotation extends AbstractAnnotation {
038  private Map properties;
039  
040  protected final Map getProperties() {
041    return properties;
042  }
043  
044  protected final boolean propertiesAllocated() {
045    return true;
046  }
047  
048  /**
049   * Create a new BeanAsAnnotation for a bean.
050   *
051   * @param bean the JavaBean to view
052   * @throws IntrospectionException  if the bean could not be introspected
053   */
054  public BeanAsAnnotation(Object bean)
055  throws IntrospectionException {
056    properties = new BeanAsMap(bean);
057  }
058}
059