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oracle.security.jps.config
Interface PropertySet

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public interface PropertySet

extends java.io.Serializable

A named, resuable set of name-value pairs.

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Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() Returns name of this PropertySet instance
PropertySet	getParent() Returns parent of this PropertySet instance, or null if none is specified.
java.lang.String	getPrefix() Returns the prefix of this PropertySet instance, or null if none is specified.
java.lang.String	getProperty(java.lang.String name) Given a property name, return the value associated with the specified name.
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String>	toProperties() Convert this PropertySet instance into a Properties instance using fully-qualified property names

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns name of this PropertySet instance

Returns:

name of this PropertySet instance

getPrefix

java.lang.String getPrefix()

Returns the prefix of this PropertySet instance, or null if none is specified.

The prefix is automatically added to the property names included as part of this PropertySet instance.

Note that a child PropertySet inherits the prefix attribute from the parent PropertySet instance.

Returns:

the prefix of this PropertySet instance.

getParent

PropertySet getParent()

Returns parent of this PropertySet instance, or null if none is specified.

Returns:

parent of this PropertySet instance, or null if none is specified.

getProperty

java.lang.String getProperty(java.lang.String name)

Given a property name, return the value associated with the specified name.

Note that the property name can be specified with or without the prefix associated with this property set.

Parameters:

name - name of the property

Returns:

value of the property

toProperties

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> toProperties()

Convert this PropertySet instance into a Properties instance using fully-qualified property names

Returns:

a Properties representing the converted properties

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