uk.co.jcp.util.properties
Class PropertyManager

java.lang.Object
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public class PropertyManager

extends java.lang.Object

Contains a set of static accessor methods for using a PropertyFactoryRegistry

Method Summary

static JCPProperties	getInstance(java.lang.String source) Get an instance of JCPProperties from the default provider
static JCPProperties	getInstance(java.lang.String source, JCPProperties parentProperties) Get an instance of JCPProperties from the default provider
static JCPProperties	getInstance(java.lang.String resource, java.lang.String source) Get an instance of JCPProperties from a specific provider
static JCPProperties	getInstance(java.lang.String resource, java.lang.String source, JCPProperties parentProperties) Get an instance of JCPProperties from a specific provider
boolean	isRegistered(java.lang.String resource) Determine if the property factory for the named rsource has been registered
static void	registerPropertyFactory(JCPPropertyFactory factory) Register a property factory
static void	setDefaultPropertyFactory(JCPPropertyFactory factory) Set the default property factory.
static void	setRegistry(JCPPropertyFactoryRegistry registry) Set the registry instance that the manager uses

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

setRegistry

public static void setRegistry(JCPPropertyFactoryRegistry registry)

Set the registry instance that the manager uses

getInstance

public static JCPProperties getInstance(java.lang.String source)
                                 throws PropertyException

Get an instance of JCPProperties from the default provider

Parameters:

source - the identifier for the property source (e.g. a filename)

Returns:

an instance of JCPProperties

Throws:

PropertyException - if the instance couple not be created

getInstance

public static JCPProperties getInstance(java.lang.String source,
                                        JCPProperties parentProperties)
                                 throws PropertyException

Get an instance of JCPProperties from the default provider

Parameters:

source - the identifier for the property source (e.g. a filename)

parentProperties - another properties object from which the new object will inherit values

Returns:

an instance of JCPProperties

Throws:

PropertyException - if the instance couple not be created

getInstance

public static JCPProperties getInstance(java.lang.String resource,
                                        java.lang.String source)
                                 throws PropertyException

Get an instance of JCPProperties from a specific provider

Parameters:

resource - the identifier for the property resource (e.g. "INI")

source - the identifier for the property source (e.g. a filename)

Returns:

an instance of JCPProperties

Throws:

PropertyException - if the instance couple not be created

getInstance

public static JCPProperties getInstance(java.lang.String resource,
                                        java.lang.String source,
                                        JCPProperties parentProperties)
                                 throws PropertyException

Get an instance of JCPProperties from a specific provider

Parameters:

resource - the identifier for the property resource (e.g. "INI")

source - the identifier for the property source (e.g. a filename)

parentProperties - another properties object from which the new object will inherit values

Returns:

an instance of JCPProperties

Throws:

PropertyException - if the instance couple not be created

registerPropertyFactory

public static void registerPropertyFactory(JCPPropertyFactory factory)

Register a property factory

Parameters:

factory - the factory to register

setDefaultPropertyFactory

public static void setDefaultPropertyFactory(JCPPropertyFactory factory)
                                      throws PropertyException

Set the default property factory. Can only be set once.

Parameters:

factory - the factory to register

Throws:

PropertyException - if the default has already been set

isRegistered

public boolean isRegistered(java.lang.String resource)

Determine if the property factory for the named rsource has been registered

Parameters:

resource - the name of the resource

Returns:

true if the resource factory has been registered