[DIGESTER-70] BeanPropertySetter fails silently when property doesn't exist

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 1.3

Environment

Operating System: All
Platform: All

• Bugzilla Id: 16266
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Kenneth Baltz
• Created: 21/Jan/03 01:32
• Updated: 09/Mar/07 20:39
• Resolved: 09/Mar/07 20:39

Description

The BeanPropertySetter rule fails silently if the bean property named doesn't
exist. It should at the very least print a warning to the logging stream.
Perhaps it should throw a NoSuchMethod exception. I'm attaching an example of
the problem. The key section is:

Digester digester = new Digester();
digester.addObjectCreate( "Calendar", GregorianCalendar.class );
digester.addBeanPropertySetter( "Calendar/millis", "TimeInMillis" );

Note that the property name is "TimeInMillis" when it should correctly
be "timeInMillis". An easy mistake to make, but difficult for the novice
Digester user to track down.