java.beans.Introspector getBeanInfo does not pickup any superinterface's properties

I just noticed that java.beans.Introspector getBeanInfo does not pickup any superinterface's properties. Example:

public interface Person {
    String getName();
}
public interface Employee extends Person {
    int getSalary();
}

Introspecting on Employee only yields salary even though name is inherited from Person.

Why is this? I would rather not have to use reflection to get all the getters.

From stackoverflow

• Try using

  public static BeanInfo getBeanInfo(Class<?> beanClass, Introspector.USE_ALL_BEANINFO);
  

  and see if this yields the result you're looking for.

  Steve Kuo : I tried that and it didn't work. My solution was introspect the superclass and parent interfaces by calling the class's getInterfaces() and getSuperclass().

  MetroidFan2002 : Do you only want the properties? You can get the property descriptors from BeanInfo, I believe it contains all the properties including ones from superclasses.

• In such a case, you should write a custom BeanInfo class.

  Scott Stanchfield : note that you'll need to define getAdditionalBeanInfo() if you have define a custom BeanInfo

• This issue is covered in Sun bug java.beans.Introspector doesn't work for interfaces