All Superinterfaces:

BeanType

All Known Implementing Classes:

BeanClassImpl
```
public interface BeanClass
extends BeanType
```
BeanClass extends BeanType for a VirtualBean with extended information. It it also a WritableBean itself and acts as prototype for the VirtualBean instances.

Since:

1.0.0

See Also:

VirtualBean.getType()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static BeanClass`	`createVirtual(String packageName, String simpleName, String stableName, BeanClass... superClasses)`
`Class<? extends VirtualBean>`	`getJavaClass()`
`VirtualBean`	`getPrototype()`
`Collection<BeanClass>`	`getSuperClasses()`
`default boolean`	`isSubclassOf(BeanClass beanClass)`
`default boolean`	`isSubclassOf(BeanClass beanClass, boolean transitive, boolean equal)`
`default boolean`	`isSuperclassOf(BeanClass beanClass)`
`default boolean`	`isSuperclassOf(BeanClass beanClass, boolean transitive, boolean equal)`

Methods inherited from interface io.github.mmm.bean.BeanType
getJavaClasses, getPackageName, getQualifiedName, getSimpleName, getStableName, isVirtual

- Method Detail
  - getSuperClasses
```
Collection<BeanClass> getSuperClasses()
```
    Returns:
    
    the Collection of the super BeanClass this class inherits from.
  - getJavaClass
```
Class<? extends VirtualBean> getJavaClass()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getJavaClass in interface BeanType
    
    Returns:
    
    the primary Class (or interface) reflecting the "implementation" of this BeanType. If this BeanType is virtual this will be inherited from the first parent class.
  - getPrototype
```
VirtualBean getPrototype()
```
    Returns:
    
    the prototype of this BeanClass. Properties added to this prototype will be inherited by all instances of this BeanClass including those created before adding the new property.
  - isSuperclassOf
```
default boolean isSuperclassOf(BeanClass beanClass)
```
    Parameters:
    
    beanClass - the BeanClass to check hierarchical relationship with.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this BeanClass is a transitive super-class of the given BeanClass, false otherwise.
  - isSuperclassOf
```
default boolean isSuperclassOf(BeanClass beanClass,
                               boolean transitive,
                               boolean equal)
```
    Parameters:
    
    beanClass - the BeanClass to check hierarchical relationship with.
    
    transitive - true to check hierarchy transitive, false otherwise (only check for direct superclass).
    
    equal - true if equality of this and the given BeanClass will be accepted (returning true), false otherwise.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this BeanClass is a (transitive) super-class of (or equal to) the given BeanClass, false otherwise.
  - isSubclassOf
```
default boolean isSubclassOf(BeanClass beanClass)
```
    Parameters:
    
    beanClass - the BeanClass to check hierarchical relationship with.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this BeanClass is a transitive sub-class of (or in other words inherits from) the given BeanClass, false otherwise.
  - isSubclassOf
```
default boolean isSubclassOf(BeanClass beanClass,
                             boolean transitive,
                             boolean equal)
```
    Parameters:
    
    beanClass - the BeanClass to check hierarchical relationship with.
    
    transitive - true to check hierarchy transitive, false otherwise (only check for direct subclass).
    
    equal - true if equality of this and the given BeanClass will be accepted (returning true), false otherwise.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this BeanClass is a (transitive) sub-class of (or equal to) the given BeanClass, false otherwise.
  - createVirtual
```
static BeanClass createVirtual(String packageName,
                               String simpleName,
                               String stableName,
                               BeanClass... superClasses)
```
    Parameters:
    
    packageName - the package name.
    
    simpleName - the simple name.
    
    stableName - the stable name.
    
    superClasses - the super-classes.
    
    Returns:
    
    the created virtual BeanClass.
    
    See Also:
    
    AdvancedBean(BeanClass)

Interface BeanClass

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface io.github.mmm.bean.BeanType

Method Detail

getSuperClasses

getJavaClass

getPrototype

isSuperclassOf

isSuperclassOf

isSubclassOf

isSubclassOf

createVirtual