How do I get the javabeans Introspector to ignore an interface?

Question

I've been struggling with this problem for the last couple days. I have the following code:
public interface Prunable {
public Object getId();
public boolean isPruned();
public void setPruned(boolean pruned);
public class SomeEntity implements Prunable {
Long id;
boolean pruned;
public Long getId() { return id }
public void setId(Long id) { this.id = id; }
public boolean isPruned() { return pruned; }
public void setPruned(boolean pruned) { this.pruned = pruned; }
// Other attrubutes with getters and setters....
The problem is that when the java.beans.Introspector is used to look at my class (like BlazeDS), the id attribute shows up as a read-only property. I tried adding a setter to the interface. The property then showed up as read-write, but with a type of Object, which is still wrong. What I need to do is somehow get the Introspector to ignore the methods in the interface so that only those in the class are used. I don't want a BeanInfo class for the Entity itself, because the Prunable interface is in a jar others use, and I don't want users of my jar to have to know about BeanInfo classes.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Steve

Answer 1

ClayG, it is with a sigh that I had that same thought. I then thought that that would be rather dumb of Apple since the iPod has great functionality and flexibility in how song/playlists/podcast/albums/artists are played.
Hopefully the Apple people read this and consider adding that change - all the code has ostensibly written, so the fix would on the surface be relatively simple.
Thanks for taking the time to comment.