uk.co.jcp.util.properties
Interface JCPProperties

All Superinterfaces:

PropertySection, java.io.Serializable

public interface JCPProperties

extends PropertySection

Class to embody a set of properties in easy to access form such that properties can be retrieved as the desired type

Method Summary

void	addSection(java.lang.String sectionName, PropertySection section) Adds a section to this properties object.
PropertySection	getSection(java.lang.String sectionName) Get a Properties object representing the named section
java.util.Enumeration	getSections() Return an Emueration of the section names that this property resource contains
void	save() Save the properties to the source they came from
void	setParentProperties(JCPProperties jcp) set parent properties for this object.

Methods inherited from interface uk.co.jcp.util.properties.PropertySection

getBlobProperty, getBlobProperty, getBooleanProperty, getBooleanProperty, getDateProperty, getDateProperty, getDateProperty, getDateProperty, getDoubleProperty, getDoubleProperty, getEnumeratedProperty, getFloatProperty, getFloatProperty, getIntProperty, getIntProperty, getKeys, getLongProperty, getLongProperty, getObjectProperty, getObjectProperty, getSectionName, getStringProperty, getStringProperty, setBooleanProperty, setDateProperty, setDateProperty, setDoubleProperty, setEnumeratedProperty, setFloatProperty, setIntProperty, setLongProperty, setObjectProperty, setStringProperty

Method Detail

getSections

public java.util.Enumeration getSections()
                                  throws SectionNotFoundException

Return an Emueration of the section names that this property resource contains

Returns:

an Enumeration of Strings

Throws:

SectionNotFoundException - if no sections are present

getSection

public PropertySection getSection(java.lang.String sectionName)
                           throws SectionNotFoundException

Get a Properties object representing the named section

Returns:

the properties contained in the named section

Throws:

SectionNotFoundException - if the section is not present

addSection

public void addSection(java.lang.String sectionName,
                       PropertySection section)
                throws PropertyException

Adds a section to this properties object.

Throws:

SectionAlreadyDefined - if the section is already present.

save

public void save()
          throws PropertyException

Save the properties to the source they came from

Throws:

PropertyException - if the properties could not be saved

setParentProperties

public void setParentProperties(JCPProperties jcp)

set parent properties for this object.