/** * Analyzes the bean and returns a map containing the property-values. Works similar to {@link * BeanUtils#describe(Object)} but does not convert everything to strings. * * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the bean cannot be analyzed properly. Probably because some * getter throw an Exception */ public static Map<String, Object> buildObjectAttributeMap(Object bean) throws IllegalArgumentException { BeanInfo beanInfo; try { beanInfo = Introspector.getBeanInfo(bean.getClass(), Object.class); } catch (IntrospectionException e1) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(e1); } Map<String, Object> result; result = Maps.newHashMap(); for (PropertyDescriptor pDesc : beanInfo.getPropertyDescriptors()) { String name = pDesc.getName(); Object propertyValue; try { propertyValue = pDesc.getReadMethod().invoke(bean); } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { // this should never happen since the Introspector only returns accessible read-methods LOGGER.error("WTF: got property descriptor with inaccessible read-method"); throw new IllegalStateException(e); } catch (InvocationTargetException e) { ReflectionUtils.handleInvocationTargetException(e); throw new IllegalStateException("Should never get here"); } if (propertyValue != null) { result.put(name, propertyValue); } } return result; }