org.apache.commons.configuration
Interface FileConfiguration

All Superinterfaces:

Configuration

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFileConfiguration, AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration, AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration.FileConfigurationDelegate, DefaultConfigurationBuilder, HierarchicalXMLConfiguration, INIConfiguration, PropertiesConfiguration, PropertyListConfiguration, XMLConfiguration, XMLPropertiesConfiguration, XMLPropertyListConfiguration

public interface FileConfiguration
extends Configuration

A persistent configuration loaded and saved to a file.

Since:

1.0-rc2

Version:

$Revision: 492234 $, $Date: 2007-01-03 18:39:39 +0100 (Mi, 03 Jan 2007) $

Author:

Emmanuel Bourg

Method Summary

String	getBasePath() Returns the base path.
String	getEncoding() Return the encoding used to store the configuration file.
File	getFile() Return the file where the configuration is stored.
String	getFileName() Return the name of the file.
ReloadingStrategy	getReloadingStrategy() Return the reloading strategy.
URL	getURL() Return the URL where the configuration is stored.
boolean	isAutoSave() Tells if properties are automatically saved to the disk.
void	load() Load the configuration from the underlying URL.
void	load(File file) Load the configuration from the specified file.
void	load(InputStream in) Load the configuration from the specified stream, using the encoding returned by getEncoding().
void	load(InputStream in, String encoding) Load the configuration from the specified stream, using the specified encoding.
void	load(Reader in) Load the configuration from the specified reader.
void	load(String fileName) Locate the specified file and load the configuration.
void	load(URL url) Load the configuration from the specified URL.
void	reload() Reload the configuration.
void	save() Save the configuration.
void	save(File file) Save the configuration to the specified file.
void	save(OutputStream out) Save the configuration to the specified stream, using the encoding returned by getEncoding().
void	save(OutputStream out, String encoding) Save the configuration to the specified stream, using the specified encoding.
void	save(String fileName) Save the configuration to the specified file.
void	save(URL url) Save the configuration to the specified URL if it's a file URL.
void	save(Writer out) Save the configuration to the specified writer.
void	setAutoSave(boolean autoSave) Enable or disable the automatical saving of modified properties to the disk.
void	setBasePath(String basePath) Sets the base path.
void	setEncoding(String encoding) Set the encoding used to store the configuration file.
void	setFile(File file) Set the file where the configuration is stored.
void	setFileName(String fileName) Set the name of the file.
void	setReloadingStrategy(ReloadingStrategy strategy) Set the reloading strategy.
void	setURL(URL url) The URL where the configuration is stored.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration

addProperty, clear, clearProperty, containsKey, getBigDecimal, getBigDecimal, getBigInteger, getBigInteger, getBoolean, getBoolean, getBoolean, getByte, getByte, getByte, getDouble, getDouble, getDouble, getFloat, getFloat, getFloat, getInt, getInt, getInteger, getKeys, getKeys, getList, getList, getLong, getLong, getLong, getProperties, getProperty, getShort, getShort, getShort, getString, getString, getStringArray, isEmpty, setProperty, subset

Method Detail

load

void load()
          throws ConfigurationException

Load the configuration from the underlying URL. If the URL is not specified, it attempts to locate the specified file name.

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the load operation

load

void load(String fileName)
          throws ConfigurationException

Locate the specified file and load the configuration.

Parameters:

fileName - the name of the file loaded

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the load operation

load

void load(File file)
          throws ConfigurationException

Load the configuration from the specified file.

Parameters:

file - the loaded file

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the load operation

load

void load(URL url)
          throws ConfigurationException

Load the configuration from the specified URL.

Parameters:

url - the URL of the file loaded

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the load operation

load

void load(InputStream in)
          throws ConfigurationException

Load the configuration from the specified stream, using the encoding returned by getEncoding().

Parameters:

in - the input stream

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the load operation

load

void load(InputStream in,
          String encoding)
          throws ConfigurationException

Load the configuration from the specified stream, using the specified encoding. If the encoding is null the default encoding is used.

Parameters:

in - the input stream

encoding - the encoding used. null to use the default encoding

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the load operation

load

void load(Reader in)
          throws ConfigurationException

Load the configuration from the specified reader.

Parameters:

in - the reader

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the load operation

save

void save()
          throws ConfigurationException

Save the configuration.

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the save operation

save

void save(String fileName)
          throws ConfigurationException

Save the configuration to the specified file.

Parameters:

fileName - the name of the file to be saved

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the save operation

save

void save(File file)
          throws ConfigurationException

Save the configuration to the specified file.

Parameters:

file - specifies the file to be saved

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the save operation

save

void save(URL url)
          throws ConfigurationException

Save the configuration to the specified URL if it's a file URL.

Parameters:

url - the URL

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the save operation

save

void save(OutputStream out)
          throws ConfigurationException

Save the configuration to the specified stream, using the encoding returned by getEncoding().

Parameters:

out - the output stream

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the save operation

save

void save(OutputStream out,
          String encoding)
          throws ConfigurationException

Save the configuration to the specified stream, using the specified encoding. If the encoding is null the default encoding is used.

Parameters:

out - the output stream

encoding - the encoding to be used

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the save operation

save

void save(Writer out)
          throws ConfigurationException

Save the configuration to the specified writer.

Parameters:

out - the writer

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the save operation

getFileName

String getFileName()

Return the name of the file.

Returns:

the file name

setFileName

void setFileName(String fileName)

Set the name of the file.

Parameters:

fileName - the name of the file

getBasePath

String getBasePath()

Returns the base path. One way to specify the location of a configuration source is by setting its base path and its file name. This method returns this base path. The concrete value returned by this method depends on the way the location of the configuration file was set. If methods like setFile() or setURL() were used, the base path typically points to the parent directory of the configuration file (e.g. for the URL file:/temp/test.properties the base path will be file:/temp/). If the base path was explictly set using setBasePath(), this method will return the exact value specified here without further modifications.

Returns:

the base path

See Also:

AbstractFileConfiguration.setBasePath(String)

setBasePath

void setBasePath(String basePath)

Sets the base path. The methods setBasePath() and setFileName() can be used together to specify the location of the configuration file to be loaded. If relative file names are to be resolved (e.g. for the include files supported by PropertiesConfiguration), this base path will be used.

Parameters:

basePath - the base path.

getFile

File getFile()

Return the file where the configuration is stored.

Returns:

the configuration file

setFile

void setFile(File file)

Set the file where the configuration is stored.

Parameters:

file - the file

getURL

URL getURL()

Return the URL where the configuration is stored.

Returns:

the URL of the configuration

setURL

void setURL(URL url)

The URL where the configuration is stored.

Parameters:

url - the URL

setAutoSave

void setAutoSave(boolean autoSave)

Enable or disable the automatical saving of modified properties to the disk.

Parameters:

autoSave - true to enable, false to disable

Since:

1.1

isAutoSave

boolean isAutoSave()

Tells if properties are automatically saved to the disk.

Returns:

true if auto-saving is enabled, false otherwise

Since:

1.1

getReloadingStrategy

ReloadingStrategy getReloadingStrategy()

Return the reloading strategy.

Returns:

the reloading strategy currently used

Since:

1.1

setReloadingStrategy

void setReloadingStrategy(ReloadingStrategy strategy)

Set the reloading strategy.

Parameters:

strategy - the reloading strategy to use

Since:

1.1

reload

void reload()

Reload the configuration.

Since:

1.1

getEncoding

String getEncoding()

Return the encoding used to store the configuration file. If the value is null the default encoding is used.

Returns:

the current encoding

Since:

1.1

setEncoding

void setEncoding(String encoding)

Set the encoding used to store the configuration file. Set the encoding to null to use the default encoding.

Parameters:

encoding - the encoding to use

Since:

1.1