com.bea.content.expression
Interface PropertyProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultPropertyProvider

public interface PropertyProvider

Interface defining a method to return a property value.

Method Summary

Object

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

Method Detail

getProperty

public Object getProperty(String propertySetType,
                          String propertySet,
                          String propertyName)
                   throws 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:

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