org.eclipse.higgins.registry
Interface IConfiguration

All Known Implementing Classes:

MapConfiguraton, PropertiesConfiguration

public interface IConfiguration

Higgins Registry uses returned instance to load service provider configuration from persistent storage.

Method Summary

Object	getProperty(String key) Searches for the configuration property with the specified key in this configuration.
Object	getProperty(String key, Object defaultValue) Searches for the configuration property with the specified key in this configuration.
Iterator	getPropertyNames() Provides set of configuration property names.
void	save()
void	setProperty(String key, Object property)

Method Detail

save

void save()
          throws RegistryConfigurationException

Throws:

RegistryConfigurationException

getPropertyNames

Iterator getPropertyNames()

Provides set of configuration property names.

Returns:

an Iterable set of Strings

getProperty

Object getProperty(String key)

Searches for the configuration property with the specified key in this configuration. The method returns null if the property is not found.

Parameters:

key - the property key

Returns:

the value in this configuration with the specified key value

Throws:

RegistryConfigurationException

getProperty

Object getProperty(String key,
                   Object defaultValue)

Searches for the configuration property with the specified key in this configuration. The method returns defaultValue if the property is not found.

Parameters:

key - the property key

defaultValue - a default value

Returns:

the value in this configuration with the specified key value

Throws:

RegistryConfigurationException

setProperty

void setProperty(String key,
                 Object property)
                 throws RegistryConfigurationException

Parameters:

key -

property -

Throws:

RegistryConfigurationException