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## com.jgoodies.binding.beans
Class BeanAdapter

    java.lang.Object
      com.jgoodies.binding.beans.Model
          com.jgoodies.binding.beans.BeanAdapter

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Observable, Serializable

    public final class BeanAdapter

extends Model

Converts multiple Java Bean properties into ValueModels. The bean properties must be single valued properties as described by the Java Bean Specification. See below for a comparison with the more frequently used PresentationModel class and the rarely used PropertyAdapter.

ValueModels can be created for a property name using `getValueModel(String)` or for a triple of (property name, getter name, setter name) using `getValueModel(String, String, String)`. If you just specify the property name, the adapter uses the standard Java Bean introspection to lookup the available properties and how to read and write the property value. In case of custom readers and writers you may specify a custom BeanInfo class, or as a shortcut use the method that accepts the optional getter and setter name. If these are specified, introspection will be bypassed and a PropertyDescriptor will be created for the given property name, getter and setter name. Note: For each property name subsequent calls to these methods must use the same getter and setter names. Attempts to violate this constraint are rejected with an IllegalArgumentException.

Property values for a given property name can be read using `getValue(String)`. To set a value for a for a property name invoke `setValue(String, Object)`.

Optionally the BeanAdapter can observe changes in bound properties as described in section 7.4 of the Bean specification. The bean then must provide support for listening on properties as described in section 7.4 of this specification. You can enable this feature by setting the constructor parameter `observeChanges` to `true`. If the adapter observes changes, the ValueModels returned by `#getValueModel` will fire value change events, i.e. PropertyChangeEvents for the property `"value"`. Even if you ignore property changes, you can access the adapted property value via `#getValue()`. It's just that you won't be notified about changes.

In addition you can observe the bean's bound properties by registering PropertyChangeListeners with the bean using `#addBeanPropertyChangeListener`. These listeners will be removed from the old bean before the bean changes and will be re-added after the new bean has been set. Therefore these listeners will be notified about changes only if the current bean changes a property. They won't be notified if the bean changes - and in turn the property value. If you want to observes property changes caused by bean changes too, register with the adapting ValueModel as returned by `#getValueModel(String)`.

The BeanAdapter provides two access styles to the target bean that holds the adapted property: you can specify a bean directly, or you can use a bean channel to access the bean indirectly. In the latter case you specify a `ValueModel` that holds the bean that in turn holds the adapted properties.

If the adapted bean is `null` the BeanAdapter can neither read nor set a value. In this case `#getValue` returns `null` and `#setValue` will silently ignore the new value.

This adapter throws three PropertyChangeEvents if the bean changes: beforeBean, bean and afterBean. This is useful when sharing a bean channel and you must perform an operation before or after other listeners handle a bean change. Since you cannot rely on the order listeners will be notified, only the beforeBean and afterBean events are guaranteed to be fired before and after the bean change is fired. Note that `#getBean()` returns the new bean before any of these three PropertyChangeEvents is fired. Therefore listeners that handle these events must use the event's old and new value to determine the old and new bean. The order of events fired during a bean change is:

1. this adapter's bean channel fires a value change,
2. this adapter fires a beforeBean change,
3. this adapter fires the bean change,
4. this adapter fires an afterBean change.

Note: BeanAdapters that observe changes have a PropertyChangeListener registered with the target bean. Hence, a bean has a reference to any BeanAdapter that observes it. To avoid memory leaks it is recommended to remove this listener if the bean lives much longer than the BeanAdapter, enabling the garbage collector to remove the adapter. To do so, you can call `setBean(null)` or set the bean channel's value to null. As an alternative you can use event listener lists in your beans that implement references with `WeakReference`.

Setting the bean to null has side-effects, for example the adapter fires a change event for the bound property bean and other properties. And the value of ValueModel's vended by this adapter may change. However, typically this is fine and setting the bean to null is the first choice for removing the reference from the bean to the adapter. Another way to clear the reference from the target bean is to call `#release`. It has no side-effects, but the adapter must not be used anymore once #release has been called.

Constraints: If property changes shall be observed, the bean class must support bound properties, i. e. it must provide the following pair of methods for registration of multicast property change event listeners:

     public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener x);
     public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener x);

PropertyAdapter vs. BeanAdapter vs. PresentationModel
Basically the BeanAdapter does for multiple properties what the `PropertyAdapter` does for a single bean property. If you adapt multiple properties of the same bean, you better use the BeanAdapter. It registers a single PropertyChangeListener with the bean, where multiple PropertyAdapters would register multiple listeners. If you adapt bean properties for an editor, you will typically use the `PresentationModel`. The PresentationModel is more powerful than the BeanAdapter. It adds support for buffered models, and provides an extensible mechanism for observing the change state of the bean and related objects.

Basic Examples:

     // Direct access, ignores changes
     Address address = new Address()
     BeanAdapter adapter = new BeanAdapter(address);
     adapter.setValue("street", "Broadway");
     System.out.println(address.getStreet());        // Prints "Broadway"
     address.setStreet("Franz-Josef-Str.");
     System.out.println(adapter.getValue("street")); // Prints "Franz-Josef-Str."

     //Direct access, observes changes
     BeanAdapter adapter = new BeanAdapter(address, true);

     // Indirect access, ignores changes
     ValueHolder addressHolder = new ValueHolder(address1);
     BeanAdapter adapter = new BeanAdapter(addressHolder);
     adapter.setValue("street", "Broadway");         // Sets the street in address1
     System.out.println(address1.getStreet());       // Prints "Broadway"
     adapter.setBean(address2);
     adapter.setValue("street", "Robert-Koch-Str."); // Sets the street in address2
     System.out.println(address2.getStreet());       // Prints "Robert-Koch-Str."

     // Indirect access, observes changes
     ValueHolder addressHolder = new ValueHolder();
     BeanAdapter adapter = new BeanAdapter(addressHolder, true);
     addressHolder.setValue(address1);
     address1.setStreet("Broadway");
     System.out.println(adapter.getValue("street")); // Prints "Broadway"

     // Access through ValueModels
     Address address = new Address();
     BeanAdapter adapter = new BeanAdapter(address);
     ValueModel streetModel = adapter.getValueModel("street");
     ValueModel cityModel   = adapter.getValueModel("city");
     streetModel.setValue("Broadway");
     System.out.println(address.getStreet());        // Prints "Broadway"
     address.setCity("Hamburg");
     System.out.println(cityModel.getValue());       // Prints "Hamburg"

Adapter Chain Example:
Builds an adapter chain from a domain model to the presentation layer.

     Country country = new Country();
     country.setName("Germany");
     country.setEuMember(true);

     BeanAdapter countryAdapter = new BeanAdapter(country, true);

     JTextField nameField = new JTextField();
     nameField.setDocument(new DocumentAdapter(
         countryAdapter.getValueModel("name")));

     JCheckBox euMemberBox = new JCheckBox("Is EU Member");
     euMemberBox.setModel(new ToggleButtonAdapter(
          countryAdapter.getValueModel("euMember")));

     // Using factory methods
     JTextField nameField   = Factory.createTextField(country, "name");
     JCheckBox  euMemberBox = Factory.createCheckBox (country, "euMember");
     euMemberBox.setText("Is EU Member");

TODO: Improve the class comment and focus on the main features.

TODO: Consider adding a feature to ensure that update notifications are performed in the event dispatch thread. In case the adapted bean is changed in a thread other than the event dispatch thread, such a feature would help complying with Swing's single thread rule. The feature could be implemented by an extended PropertyChangeSupport.

TODO: I plan to improve the support for adapting beans that do not fire PropertyChangeEvents. This affects the classes PropertyAdapter, BeanAdapter, and PresentationModel. Basically the PropertyAdapter and the BeanAdapter's internal SimplePropertyAdapter's shall be able to optionally self-fire a PropertyChangeEvent in case the bean does not. There are several downsides with self-firing events compared to bound bean properties. See Issue 49 for more information about the downsides.

The observeChanges constructor parameter shall be replaced by a more fine-grained choice to not observe (former observeChanges=false), to observe bound properties (former observeChanges=true), and a new setting for self-firing PropertyChangeEvents if a value is set. The latter case may be further splitted up to specify how the self-fired PropertyChangeEvent is created:

1. oldValue=null, newValue=null
2. oldValue=null, newValue=the value set
3. oldValue=value read before the set, newValue=the value set
4. oldValue=value read before the set, newValue=value read after the set

Version:
  $Revision: 1.11 $
Author:
  Karsten Lentzsch
See Also:
  `PropertyAdapter`, `ValueModel`, `ValueModel.getValue()`, `ValueModel.setValue(Object)`, `PropertyChangeEvent`, `PropertyChangeListener`, `Introspector`, `BeanInfo`, `PropertyDescriptor`, Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary
`class` | `BeanAdapter.SimplePropertyAdapter` Implements the access to the individual bean properties.

Field Summary
`static String` | `PROPERTYNAME_AFTER_BEAN` The property name used in the PropertyChangeEvent that is fired after the bean property fires its PropertyChangeEvent.
`static String` | `PROPERTYNAME_BEAN` The name of the read-write bound property that holds the target bean.
`static String` | `PROPERTYNAME_BEFORE_BEAN` The property name used in the PropertyChangeEvent that is fired before the bean property fires its PropertyChangeEvent.
`static String` | `PROPERTYNAME_CHANGED` The name of the read-only bound bean property that indicates whether one of the observed properties has changed.

Constructor Summary
`BeanAdapter(Object bean)` Constructs a BeanAdapter for the given bean; does not observe changes.
`BeanAdapter(Object bean, boolean observeChanges)` Constructs a BeanAdapter for the given bean; observes changes if specified.
`BeanAdapter(ValueModel beanChannel)` Constructs a BeanAdapter for the given bean channel; does not observe changes.
`BeanAdapter(ValueModel beanChannel, boolean observeChanges)` Constructs a BeanAdapter for the given bean channel; observes changes if specified.

Method Summary
`void` | `addBeanPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)` Adds a PropertyChangeListener to the list of bean listeners.
`void` | `addBeanPropertyChangeListener(String propertyName, PropertyChangeListener listener)` Adds a PropertyChangeListener to the list of bean listeners for a specific property.
`Object` | `getBean()` Returns the Java Bean that holds the adapted properties.
`PropertyChangeListener[]` | `getBeanPropertyChangeListeners()` Returns an array of all the property change listeners registered on this component.
`PropertyChangeListener[]` | `getBeanPropertyChangeListeners(String propertyName)` Returns an array of all the listeners which have been associated with the named property.
`boolean` | `getObserveChanges()` Answers whether this adapter observes changes in the adapted Bean properties.
`Object` | `getValue(String propertyName)` Returns the value of specified bean property, `null` if the current bean is `null`.
`BeanAdapter.SimplePropertyAdapter` | `getValueModel(String propertyName)` Looks up and lazily creates a ValueModel that adapts the bound property with the specified name.
`BeanAdapter.SimplePropertyAdapter` | `getValueModel(String propertyName, String getterName, String setterName)` Looks up and lazily creates a ValueModel that adapts the bound property with the specified name.
`boolean` | `isChanged()` Answers whether a bean property has changed since the changed state has been reset.
`void` | `release()` Removes the PropertyChangeHandler from the observed bean, if the bean is not `null` and if bean property changes are observed.
`void` | `removeBeanPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)` Removes a PropertyChangeListener from the list of bean listeners.
`void` | `removeBeanPropertyChangeListener(String propertyName, PropertyChangeListener listener)` Removes a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list for a specific property.
`void` | `resetChanged()` Resets this tracker's changed state to `false`.
`void` | `setBean(Object newBean)` Sets a new Java Bean as holder of the adapted properties.
`void` | `setValue(String propertyName, Object newValue)` Sets the given new value for the specified bean property.
`void` | `setVetoableValue(String propertyName, Object newValue)` Sets a new value for the specified bean property.

Methods inherited from class com.jgoodies.binding.beans.Model
`addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, addVetoableChangeListener, addVetoableChangeListener, equals, fireMulticastPropertyChange, fireMultiplePropertiesChanged, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, fireVetoableChange, fireVetoableChange, fireVetoableChange, fireVetoableChange, fireVetoableChange, fireVetoableChange, getPropertyChangeListeners, getPropertyChangeListeners, getVetoableChangeListeners, getVetoableChangeListeners, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removeVetoableChangeListener, removeVetoableChangeListener`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### PROPERTYNAME_BEFORE_BEAN

    public static final String PROPERTYNAME_BEFORE_BEAN

  The property name used in the PropertyChangeEvent that is fired before the bean property fires its PropertyChangeEvent. Useful to perform an operation before listeners that handle the bean change are notified. See also the class comment.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### PROPERTYNAME_BEAN

    public static final String PROPERTYNAME_BEAN

  The name of the read-write bound property that holds the target bean.

  See Also:
    `getBean()`, `setBean(Object)`, Constant Field Values

### PROPERTYNAME_AFTER_BEAN

    public static final String PROPERTYNAME_AFTER_BEAN

  The property name used in the PropertyChangeEvent that is fired after the bean property fires its PropertyChangeEvent. Useful to perform an operation after listeners that handle the bean change are notified. See also the class comment.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### PROPERTYNAME_CHANGED

    public static final String PROPERTYNAME_CHANGED

  The name of the read-only bound bean property that indicates whether one of the observed properties has changed.

  See Also:
    `isChanged()`, Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

### BeanAdapter

    public BeanAdapter(Object bean)

  Constructs a BeanAdapter for the given bean; does not observe changes.

  Installs a default bean channel that checks the identity not equity to ensure that listeners are reregistered properly if the old and new bean are equal but not the same.

  Parameters:
    `bean` - the bean that owns the properties to adapt

### BeanAdapter

    public BeanAdapter(Object bean,
                       boolean observeChanges)

  Constructs a BeanAdapter for the given bean; observes changes if specified.

  Installs a default bean channel that checks the identity not equity to ensure that listeners are reregistered properly if the old and new bean are equal but not the same.

  Parameters:
    `bean` - the bean that owns the properties to adapt
    `observeChanges` - `true` to observe changes of bound or constrained properties, `false` to ignore changes
  Throws:
    `PropertyUnboundException` - if `observeChanges` is true but the property is unbound, i. e. the `bean` does not provide a pair of methods to register a multicast PropertyChangeListener

### BeanAdapter

    public BeanAdapter(ValueModel beanChannel)

  Constructs a BeanAdapter for the given bean channel; does not observe changes.

  It is strongly recommended that the bean channel checks the identity not equity. This ensures that listeners are reregistered properly if the old and new bean are equal but not the same.

  Parameters:
    `beanChannel` - the ValueModel that holds the bean

### BeanAdapter

    public BeanAdapter(ValueModel beanChannel,
                       boolean observeChanges)

  Constructs a BeanAdapter for the given bean channel; observes changes if specified.

  It is strongly recommended that the bean channel checks the identity not equity. This ensures that listeners are reregistered properly if the old and new bean are equal but not the same.

  Parameters:
    `beanChannel` - the ValueModel that holds the bean
    `observeChanges` - `true` to observe changes of bound or constrained properties, `false` to ignore changes
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the beanChannel is a ValueHolder that has the identityCheck feature disabled
    `PropertyUnboundException` - if `observeChanges` is true but the property is unbound, i. e. the `bean` does not provide a pair of methods to register a multicast PropertyChangeListener

Method Detail

### getBean

    public Object getBean()

  Returns the Java Bean that holds the adapted properties.

  Returns:
    the Bean that holds the adapted properties
  See Also:
    `setBean(Object)`

### setBean

    public void setBean(Object newBean)

  Sets a new Java Bean as holder of the adapted properties. Notifies any registered value listeners that are registered with the adapting ValueModels created in `#getValueModel`. Also notifies listeners that have been registered with this adapter to observe the bound property bean.

  Resets the changed state to `false`.

  If this adapter observes bean changes, the bean change handler will be removed from the former bean and will be added to the new bean. Hence, if the new bean is `null`, this adapter has no listener registered with a bean. And so, `setBean(null)` can be used as a clean release method that allows to use this adapter later again.

  Parameters:
    `newBean` - the new holder of the adapted properties
  See Also:
    `getBean()`, `isChanged()`, `resetChanged()`, `release()`

### getObserveChanges

    public boolean getObserveChanges()

  Answers whether this adapter observes changes in the adapted Bean properties.

  Returns:
    true if this adapter observes changes, false if not

### getValue

    public Object getValue(String propertyName)

  Returns the value of specified bean property, `null` if the current bean is `null`.

  This operation is supported only for readable bean properties.

  Parameters:
    `propertyName` - the name of the property to be read
  Returns:
    the value of the adapted bean property, null if the bean is null
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if propertyname is null
    `UnsupportedOperationException` - if the property is write-only
    `PropertyNotFoundException` - if the property could not be found
    `PropertyAccessException` - if the value could not be read

### setValue

    public void setValue(String propertyName,
                         Object newValue)

  Sets the given new value for the specified bean property. Does nothing if this adapter's bean is `null`. If the setter associated with the propertyName throws a PropertyVetoException, it is silently ignored.

  Notifies the associated value change listeners if the bean reports a property change. Note that a bean may suppress PropertyChangeEvents if the old and new value are the same, or if the old and new value are equal.

  This operation is supported only for writable bean properties.

  Parameters:
    `propertyName` - the name of the property to set
    `newValue` - the value to set
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if propertyname is null
    `UnsupportedOperationException` - if the property is read-only
    `PropertyNotFoundException` - if the property could not be found
    `PropertyAccessException` - if the new value could not be set

### setVetoableValue

    public void setVetoableValue(String propertyName,
                                 Object newValue)
                          throws PropertyVetoException

  Sets a new value for the specified bean property. Does nothing if the bean is `null`. If the setter associated with the propertyName throws a PropertyVetoException, this methods throws the same exception.

  Notifies the associated value change listeners if the bean reports a property change. Note that a bean may suppress PropertyChangeEvents if the old and new value are the same, or if the old and new value are equal.

  This operation is supported only for writable bean properties.

  Parameters:
    `propertyName` - the name of the property to set
    `newValue` - the value to set
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if propertyname is null
    `UnsupportedOperationException` - if the property is read-only
    `PropertyNotFoundException` - if the property could not be found
    `PropertyAccessException` - if the new value could not be set
    `PropertyVetoException` - if the bean setter throws a PropertyVetoException
  Since:
    1.1

### getValueModel

    public BeanAdapter.SimplePropertyAdapter getValueModel(String propertyName)

  Looks up and lazily creates a ValueModel that adapts the bound property with the specified name. Uses the Bean introspection to look up the getter and setter names.

  Subsequent calls to this method with the same property name return the same ValueModel.

  To prevent potential runtime errors this method eagerly looks up the associated PropertyDescriptor if the target bean is not null.

  For each property name all calls to this method and to `#getValueModel(String, String, String)` must use the same getter and setter names. Attempts to violate this constraint will be rejected with an IllegalArgumentException. Especially once you've called this method you must not call `#getValueModel(String, String, String)` with a non-null getter or setter name. And vice versa, once you've called the latter method with a non-null getter or setter name, you must not call this method.

  This method uses a return type of AbstractValueModel, not a ValueModel. This makes the AbstractValueModel convenience type converters available, which can significantly shrink the source code necessary to read and write values from/to these models.

  Parameters:
    `propertyName` - the name of the property to adapt
  Returns:
    a ValueModel that adapts the property with the specified name
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if propertyname is null
    `PropertyNotFoundException` - if the property could not be found
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if `#getValueModel(String, String, String)` has been called before with the same property name and a non-null getter or setter name

### getValueModel

    public BeanAdapter.SimplePropertyAdapter getValueModel(String propertyName,
                                                           String getterName,
                                                           String setterName)

  Looks up and lazily creates a ValueModel that adapts the bound property with the specified name. Unlike `#getValueModel(String)` this method bypasses the Bean Introspection and uses the given getter and setter names to setup the access to the adapted Bean property.

  Subsequent calls to this method with the same parameters will return the same ValueModel.

  To prevent potential runtime errors this method eagerly looks up the associated PropertyDescriptor if the target bean is not null.

  For each property name all calls to this method and to `#getValueModel(String)` must use the same getter and setter names. Attempts to violate this constraint will be rejected with an IllegalArgumentException. Especially once you've called this method with a non-null getter or setter name, you must not call `#getValueModel(String)`. And vice versa, once you've called the latter method you must not call this method with a non-null getter or setter name.

  This method uses a return type of AbstractValueModel, not a ValueModel. This makes the AbstractValueModel convenience type converters available, which can significantly shrink the source code necessary to read and write values from/to these models.

  Parameters:
    `propertyName` - the name of the property to adapt
    `getterName` - the name of the method that reads the value
    `setterName` - the name of the method that sets the value
  Returns:
    a ValueModel that adapts the property with the specified name
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if propertyname is null
    `PropertyNotFoundException` - if the property could not be found
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if this method has been called before with the same property name and different getter or setter names

### isChanged

    public boolean isChanged()

  Answers whether a bean property has changed since the changed state has been reset. The changed state is implicitly reset everytime the target bean changes.

  Returns:
    true if a property of the current target bean has changed since the last reset

### resetChanged

    public void resetChanged()

  Resets this tracker's changed state to `false`.

### addBeanPropertyChangeListener

    public void addBeanPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)

  Adds a PropertyChangeListener to the list of bean listeners. The listener is registered for all bound properties of the target bean.

  The listener will be notified if and only if this BeanAdapter's current bean changes a property. It'll not be notified if the bean changes.

  If listener is `null`, no exception is thrown and no action is performed.

  Parameters:
    `listener` - the PropertyChangeListener to be added
  See Also:
    `removeBeanPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)`, `removeBeanPropertyChangeListener(String, PropertyChangeListener)`, `addBeanPropertyChangeListener(String, PropertyChangeListener)`, `getBeanPropertyChangeListeners()`

### removeBeanPropertyChangeListener

    public void removeBeanPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)

  Removes a PropertyChangeListener from the list of bean listeners. This method should be used to remove PropertyChangeListeners that were registered for all bound properties of the target bean.

  If listener is `null`, no exception is thrown and no action is performed.

  Parameters:
    `listener` - the PropertyChangeListener to be removed
  See Also:
    `addBeanPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)`, `addBeanPropertyChangeListener(String, PropertyChangeListener)`, `removeBeanPropertyChangeListener(String, PropertyChangeListener)`, `getBeanPropertyChangeListeners()`

### addBeanPropertyChangeListener

    public void addBeanPropertyChangeListener(String propertyName,
                                              PropertyChangeListener listener)

  Adds a PropertyChangeListener to the list of bean listeners for a specific property. The specified property may be user-defined.

  The listener will be notified if and only if this BeanAdapter's current bean changes the specified property. It'll not be notified if the bean changes. If you want to observe property changes and bean changes, you may observe the ValueModel that adapts this property - as returned by `#getValueModel(String)`.

  Note that if the bean is inheriting a bound property, then no event will be fired in response to a change in the inherited property.

  If listener is `null`, no exception is thrown and no action is performed.

  Parameters:
    `propertyName` - one of the property names listed above
    `listener` - the PropertyChangeListener to be added
  See Also:
    `removeBeanPropertyChangeListener(String, PropertyChangeListener)`, `addBeanPropertyChangeListener(String, PropertyChangeListener)`, `getBeanPropertyChangeListeners(String)`

### removeBeanPropertyChangeListener

    public void removeBeanPropertyChangeListener(String propertyName,
                                                 PropertyChangeListener listener)

  Removes a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list for a specific property. This method should be used to remove PropertyChangeListeners that were registered for a specific bound property.

  If listener is `null`, no exception is thrown and no action is performed.

  Parameters:
    `propertyName` - a valid property name
    `listener` - the PropertyChangeListener to be removed
  See Also:
    `addBeanPropertyChangeListener(String, PropertyChangeListener)`, `removeBeanPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)`, `getBeanPropertyChangeListeners(String)`

### getBeanPropertyChangeListeners

    public PropertyChangeListener[] getBeanPropertyChangeListeners()

  Returns an array of all the property change listeners registered on this component.

  Returns:
    all of this component's `PropertyChangeListener`s or an empty array if no property change listeners are currently registered
  See Also:
    `addBeanPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)`, `removeBeanPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)`, `getBeanPropertyChangeListeners(String)`, `PropertyChangeSupport.getPropertyChangeListeners()`

### getBeanPropertyChangeListeners

    public PropertyChangeListener[] getBeanPropertyChangeListeners(String propertyName)

  Returns an array of all the listeners which have been associated with the named property.

  Parameters:
    `propertyName` - the name of the property to lookup listeners
  Returns:
    all of the `PropertyChangeListeners` associated with the named property or an empty array if no listeners have been added
  See Also:
    `addBeanPropertyChangeListener(String, PropertyChangeListener)`, `removeBeanPropertyChangeListener(String, PropertyChangeListener)`, `getBeanPropertyChangeListeners()`

### release

    public void release()

  Removes the PropertyChangeHandler from the observed bean, if the bean is not `null` and if bean property changes are observed.

  BeanAdapters that observe changes have a PropertyChangeListener registered with the target bean. Hence, a bean has a reference to any BeanAdapter that observes it. To avoid memory leaks it is recommended to remove this listener if the bean lives much longer than the BeanAdapter, enabling the garbage collector to remove the adapter. To do so, you can call `setBean(null)` or set the bean channel's value to null. As an alternative you can use event listener lists in your beans that implement references with `WeakReference`.

  Setting the bean to null has side-effects, for example the adapter fires a change event for the bound property bean and other properties. And the value of ValueModel's vended by this adapter may change. However, typically this is fine and setting the bean to null is the first choice for removing the reference from the bean to the adapter. Another way to clear the reference from the target bean is to call `#release`. It has no side-effects, but the adapter must not be used anymore once #release has been called.

  See Also:
    `setBean(Object)`, `WeakReference`

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