| A function that returns a Map of all the available properties on
a given class including write-only properties. The properties returned
is mostly a superset of those returned from the standard JavaBeans
Introspector except pure indexed properties are discarded.
Interfaces receive all the properties available in Object. Arrays,
Strings and Collections all receive a "length" property. An array's
"length" PropertyDescriptor has no read or write methods.
Instead of indexed properties, there may be keyed properties in the
map, represented by a
KeyedPropertyDescriptor . Arrays, Strings
and Lists always have keyed properties with a key type of int.
Because the value returned from a keyed property method may be more
specific than the method signature describes (such is often the case
with collections), a bean class can contain a special field that
indicates what that specific type should be. The signature of this field
is as follows:
public static final Class ELEMENT_TYPE = <type>.class;.
an unmodifiable mapping of property names (Strings) toPropertyDescriptor objects. | 