apache commons beanutils - Are there Android compatible alternatives to Property Utils?

Question

Is there a handy-dandy equivalent to org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils on Android?

I can't seem to use bean utils in my android app due to some dependencies on PropertyDescriptor,and IndexedPropertyDescriptor. So I'm wondering if there are any alternatives?

Basically all I want to do is use a method name as a string "someMethod" and feed that into setMethod(anObject, "someMethod", value), much like PropertyUtils does; but without having to resort to the nasties of reflection...

Or are my hands tied and I need to use Reflection?

Answer 1

There is bridge library which works on Android: android-java-air-bridge.jar. Just include into project path and use all apache beanutils features in your Android project as you could use in ordinary java application. Moreover, there are lot of other classes which moved to this Android supporting library. Look at the list.