[jira] Resolved: (BEANUTILS-316) getAccessibleMethod returns null when method is declared in a package-private class but used through a bublic subclass

["Niall Pemberton (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Niall Pemberton resolved BEANUTILS-316.
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    Resolution: Duplicate

I have fixed this under BEANUTILS-265 - so closing this as duplicate. Good job you posted thsi though, because BEANUTILS-265 got assigned to after 1.8.0, so it had dropped off my radar. Thanks for your input.

> getAccessibleMethod returns null when method is declared in a package-private class but used through a bublic subclass
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>                 Key: BEANUTILS-316
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEANUTILS-316
>             Project: Commons BeanUtils
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Bean / Property Utils
>    Affects Versions: 1.7.0
>         Environment: Probably not relevant here, but I use IBM Websphere Application Server 5.0
>            Reporter: Romain Muller
>            Priority: Minor
>         Attachments: TestCase.zip
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>   Original Estimate: 1h
>  Remaining Estimate: 1h
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> Given two classes : A, which is package-private, and B which extends A and is public. You might then access all methods declared in A from any instance of B anywhere, even outside of the package containing A.
> But PropertyUtils.setProperty fails if the property accessed is not overloaded in B.
> Fact is in my use case it appears unrelevant for users of B to knoy about A, and it is definitely undesireable to use references declared as A from anywhere outside the package.
> PropertyUtils shoud in my opinion check wether the effective class of the bean is public and that the accessor method is also public instead of looking for a public method declared in a public class or interface.
> This might not conform to JavaBean specifications, though, but this change would not cost a lot, and would definitely get things a little more flexible.

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