org.apache.commons.configuration.reloading
Interface ReloadingStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileChangedReloadingStrategy, InvariantReloadingStrategy

public interface ReloadingStrategy

A strategy to decide if a configuration should be reloaded.

Since:

1.1

Version:

$Revision: 439648 $, $Date: 2006-09-02 22:42:10 +0200 (Sa, 02 Sep 2006) $

Author:

Emmanuel Bourg, Olivier Heger

Method Summary

void	init() Initialize the strategy.
void	reloadingPerformed() Notify the strategy that the file has been reloaded.
boolean	reloadingRequired() Tell if the evaluation of the strategy requires to reload the configuration.
void	setConfiguration(FileConfiguration configuration) Set the configuration managed by this strategy.

Method Detail

setConfiguration

public void setConfiguration(FileConfiguration configuration)

Set the configuration managed by this strategy.

Parameters:

configuration - the configuration to monitor

init

public void init()

Initialize the strategy.

reloadingRequired

public boolean reloadingRequired()

Tell if the evaluation of the strategy requires to reload the configuration.

Returns:

a flag whether a reload should be performed

reloadingPerformed

public void reloadingPerformed()

Notify the strategy that the file has been reloaded.