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package org.jdal.beans;

import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;

import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import org.apache.commons.lang.WordUtils;
import org.jdal.util.BeanUtils;

public abstract class PropertyUtils {

	public static String PROPERTY_SEPARATOR = ".";
	
	public static String getPropertyName(String propertyPath) {
		if (propertyPath.contains(PROPERTY_SEPARATOR)) 
			return StringUtils.substringAfterLast(propertyPath, PROPERTY_SEPARATOR);
		
		return propertyPath;
	}
	
	public static String getPath(String propertyPath) {
		return StringUtils.substringBeforeLast(propertyPath, PROPERTY_SEPARATOR);
	}

	public static boolean isNested(String propertyPath) {
		return propertyPath.contains(PROPERTY_SEPARATOR);
	}
	
	public static String getFirstPropertyName(String propertyPath) {
		return isNested(propertyPath) ? 
				StringUtils.substringBefore(propertyPath, PROPERTY_SEPARATOR) : propertyPath;
	}
	
	public static String getNestedPath(String propertyPath) { 
		return StringUtils.substringAfter(propertyPath, PROPERTY_SEPARATOR);
	}
	
	public static String toHumanReadable(String propertyName) {
		String humanReadable = getPropertyName(propertyName).replaceAll("([A-Z])", " $1").trim();
		return WordUtils.capitalize(humanReadable);
	}
	
	public static PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(Class clazz, String propertyPath) {
		PropertyDescriptor pd = BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptor(clazz, 
				getFirstPropertyName(getFirstPropertyName(propertyPath)));
			
		if (isNested(propertyPath))  // recurse
			return getPropertyDescriptor(pd.getPropertyType(), getNestedPath(propertyPath));
			
		return pd;
	}
	
}