diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.swt/src/org/eclipse/e4/ui/css/swt/helpers/PropertyHelper.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.swt/src/org/eclipse/e4/ui/css/swt/helpers/PropertyHelper.java
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--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.swt/src/org/eclipse/e4/ui/css/swt/helpers/PropertyHelper.java
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-/*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2015 Tom Schindl and others.
- *
- * This program and the accompanying materials
- * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
- * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
- * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
- *
- * Contributors:
- *     Tom Schindl <tom.schindl@bestsolution.at> - initial API and implementation
- *******************************************************************************/
-package org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.swt.helpers;
-
-import java.util.HashMap;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
-import java.beans.Introspector;
-import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
-
-public class PropertyHelper {
-	private static final Map<String, Method> NOTNESTEDCACHE = new HashMap<>();
-
-	public static Object getProperty(Object bean, String attr)
-			throws Exception {
-		String key = bean.getClass().getName() + "#" + attr;
-
-		if (attr.indexOf('.') == -1) {
-			Method readMethod = NOTNESTEDCACHE.get(key);
-			if (readMethod != null) {
-				return readMethod.invoke(bean);
-			}
-		}
-
-		Method readMethod = null;
-		Object value = bean;
-		for (String part : attr.split("\\.")) {
-			PropertyDescriptor desc = getPropertyDescriptor(value.getClass(),
-					part);
-			if (desc != null) {
-				readMethod = desc.getReadMethod();
-			}
-
-			if (readMethod == null) {
-				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Attribute '" + part
-						+ "' is not known in '" + value + "'");
-			} else {
-				value = readMethod.invoke(value);
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (attr.indexOf('.') == -1) {
-			NOTNESTEDCACHE.put(key,readMethod);
-		}
-
-		return value;
-	}
-
-	private static PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(Class<?> clazz,
-			String name) throws IntrospectionException {
-		PropertyDescriptor[] descs = getPropertyDescriptor(clazz);
-		for (PropertyDescriptor desc : descs) {
-			if (desc.getName().equals(name)) {
-				return desc;
-			}
-		}
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	private static PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptor(Class<?> clazz)
-			throws IntrospectionException {
-		return Introspector.getBeanInfo(clazz).getPropertyDescriptors();
-	}
-
-}
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diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.e4.ui.tests.css.swt/src/org/eclipse/e4/ui/tests/css/swt/TestPropertyHelper.java b/tests/org.eclipse.e4.ui.tests.css.swt/src/org/eclipse/e4/ui/tests/css/swt/TestPropertyHelper.java
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--- a/tests/org.eclipse.e4.ui.tests.css.swt/src/org/eclipse/e4/ui/tests/css/swt/TestPropertyHelper.java
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-/*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 IBM Corporation and others.
- *
- * This program and the accompanying materials
- * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
- * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
- * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
- *
- * Contributors:
- *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
- *     Thibault Le Ouay <thibaultleouay@gmail.com> - Bug 443094
- *******************************************************************************/
-package org.eclipse.e4.ui.tests.css.swt;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-
-import org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.swt.helpers.PropertyHelper;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-public class TestPropertyHelper {
-	public static class Base {
-		private String a = "A";
-		public String getA() {
-			return a;
-		}
-		public void setA(String a) {
-			this.a = a;
-		}
-
-		public String getC() {
-			return "C";
-		}
-
-		public boolean isD() {
-			return true;
-		}
-	}
-
-	public static class Impl extends Base {
-		private String b = "B";
-		private Base nested = new Base();
-		{
-			nested.a = "Nested";
-		}
-
-		public String getB() {
-			return b;
-		}
-
-		public void setB(String b) {
-			this.b = b;
-		}
-
-		public Base getNested() {
-			return nested;
-		}
-
-		public void setNested(Base nested) {
-			this.nested = nested;
-		}
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void testReadWriteProperty() throws Exception {
-		Impl bean = new Impl();
-		assertEquals("A",PropertyHelper.getProperty(bean, "a"));
-		assertEquals("B",PropertyHelper.getProperty(bean, "b"));
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void testReadOnlyProperty() throws Exception {
-		Impl bean = new Impl();
-		assertEquals("C",PropertyHelper.getProperty(bean, "c"));
-		assertEquals(true,PropertyHelper.getProperty(bean, "d"));
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void testNestedProperty() throws Exception {
-		Impl bean = new Impl();
-		assertEquals("Nested",PropertyHelper.getProperty(bean, "nested.a"));
-	}
-}