Java Beans - creating an inspector window

Question

I'm wondering whether there is an existing Java class that, given a Java bean, uses introspection to find all the publicly modifiable fields, and displays them using default PropertyEditors. I see a bunch of information about BeanInfo, PropertyEditor, Bean Customizers, but nowhere can I find actual examples.

Basically I want the functionality of the Inspector window from XCode or the Properties panel in Netbeans.

Answer 1

I really like a new project called NakedObjects

It isn't bean specific, but is more like JPA, with an additional front end creation mechanism. Really interesting. http://nakedobjects.org

Answer 2

NetBeans is open source; you could use that (i.e. find the relevant piece of code within the project - I think it's called the Inspector)

Answer 3

Sound like you want the old sun BeanEditor

Answer 4

Found another potential one: Java-Bean-Examiner. But I cannot log into the CVS to download the source.

Answer 5

Looks like L2FProd commons library has something just up my alley:

http://www.l2fprod.com/common/

Searching some more on StackOverflow turned up this answer, in which Yan Cheng Check noted that he extended the classes to be exactly what I need: ObjectInspectorJPanel EnumComboBoxPropertyEditor