org.apache.commons.configuration
Class ConfigurationConverter

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationConverter

public final class ConfigurationConverter

extends Object

Configuration converter. Helper class to convert between Configuration, ExtendedProperties and standard Properties.

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2004/08/12 16:06:01 $

Author:

Martin Poeschl

Method Summary

static Configuration	getConfiguration(ExtendedProperties eprops) Convert a ExtendedProperties class into a Configuration class.
static Configuration	getConfiguration(Properties props) Convert a standard Properties class into a configuration class.
static ExtendedProperties	getExtendedProperties(Configuration config) Convert a Configuration class into a ExtendedProperties class.
static Map	getMap(Configuration config) Convert a Configuration class into a Map class.
static Properties	getProperties(Configuration config) Convert a Configuration class into a Properties class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getConfiguration

public static Configuration getConfiguration(ExtendedProperties eprops)

Convert a ExtendedProperties class into a Configuration class.

Parameters:

eprops - ExtendedProperties object to convert

Returns:

Configuration created from the ExtendedProperties

getConfiguration

public static Configuration getConfiguration(Properties props)

Convert a standard Properties class into a configuration class.

Parameters:

props - properties object to convert

Returns:

Configuration configuration created from the Properties

getExtendedProperties

public static ExtendedProperties getExtendedProperties(Configuration config)

Convert a Configuration class into a ExtendedProperties class.

Parameters:

config - Configuration object to convert

Returns:

ExtendedProperties created from the Configuration

getProperties

public static Properties getProperties(Configuration config)

Convert a Configuration class into a Properties class. Multivalue keys will be collapsed into comma separated values.

Parameters:

config - Configuration object to convert

Returns:

Properties created from the Configuration

getMap

public static Map getMap(Configuration config)

Convert a Configuration class into a Map class.

Parameters:

config - Configuration object to convert

Returns:

Map created from the Configuration