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/*
 * Copyright 2000-2014 Vaadin Ltd.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */
package com.vaadin.data.util;

import com.vaadin.data.Property;

/**
 * Property descriptor that is able to create nested property instances for a
 * bean.
 * 
 * The property is specified in the dotted notation, e.g. "address.street", and
 * can contain multiple levels of nesting.
 * 
 * @param 
 *            bean type
 * 
 * @since 6.6
 */
public class NestedPropertyDescriptor implements
        VaadinPropertyDescriptor {

    private final String name;
    private final Class propertyType;

    /**
     * Creates a property descriptor that can create MethodProperty instances to
     * access the underlying bean property.
     * 
     * @param name
     *            of the property in a dotted path format, e.g. "address.street"
     * @param beanType
     *            type (class) of the top-level bean
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             if the property name is invalid
     */
    public NestedPropertyDescriptor(String name, Class beanType)
            throws IllegalArgumentException {
        this.name = name;
        NestedMethodProperty property = new NestedMethodProperty