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Interface PropertyProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertyProviderImpl

public interface PropertyProvider

Interface defining a method to return a properties value.

See Also:

PropertyProviderImpl

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

getProperty(java.lang.String propertySetType, java.lang.String propertySet, java.lang.String propertyName) Retrieve a property value as a string.

Method Detail

getProperty

public java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String propertySetType,
                                    java.lang.String propertySet,
                                    java.lang.String propertyName)
                             throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Retrieve a property value as a string.

Parameters:

propertySetType - the type of property set (user, request, session, event).

propertySet - the name of the property set.

propertyName - the name of the property.

Returns:

the property value, or null.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if an arg is invalid or the PropertyProvider isn't configured for the specified args.