Class HierarchicalConfiguration

    • Constructor Detail

      • HierarchicalConfiguration

        public HierarchicalConfiguration()
        Creates a new configuration.
      • HierarchicalConfiguration

        public HierarchicalConfiguration​(Configuration parentConfiguration)
        Creates a new configuration.
        Parameters:
        parentConfiguration - the parent configuration.
    • Method Detail

      • getConfigProperty

        public String getConfigProperty​(String key)
        Returns the configuration property with the specified key.
        Specified by:
        getConfigProperty in interface Configuration
        Parameters:
        key - the property key.
        Returns:
        the property value.
      • getConfigProperty

        public String getConfigProperty​(String key,
                                        String defaultValue)
        Returns the configuration property with the specified key (or the specified default value if there is no such property).

        If the property is not defined in this configuration, the code will lookup the property in the parent configuration.

        Specified by:
        getConfigProperty in interface Configuration
        Parameters:
        key - the property key.
        defaultValue - the default value.
        Returns:
        the property value.
      • isLocallyDefined

        public boolean isLocallyDefined​(String key)
        Checks, whether the given key is localy defined in this instance or whether the key's value is inherited.
        Parameters:
        key - the key that should be checked.
        Returns:
        true, if the key is defined locally, false otherwise.
      • getConfiguration

        protected Properties getConfiguration()
        Returns the collection of properties for the configuration.
        Returns:
        the properties.
      • insertConfiguration

        public void insertConfiguration​(HierarchicalConfiguration config)
        The new configuartion will be inserted into the list of report configuration, so that this configuration has the given report configuration instance as parent.
        Parameters:
        config - the new report configuration.
      • setParentConfig

        protected void setParentConfig​(Configuration config)
        Set the parent configuration. The parent configuration is queried, if the requested configuration values was not found in this report configuration.
        Parameters:
        config - the parent configuration.
      • getParentConfig

        protected Configuration getParentConfig()
        Returns the parent configuration. The parent configuration is queried, if the requested configuration values was not found in this report configuration.
        Returns:
        the parent configuration.
      • getConfigProperties

        public Enumeration getConfigProperties()
        Returns all defined configuration properties for the report. The enumeration contains all keys of the changed properties, properties set from files or the system properties are not included.
        Specified by:
        getConfigProperties in interface Configuration
        Specified by:
        getConfigProperties in interface ModifiableConfiguration
        Returns:
        all defined configuration properties for the report.
      • isParentSaved

        protected boolean isParentSaved()
        Checks, whether the parent configuration can be serialized. Usually the global configuration is not serialized and should return false here.
        Returns:
        true, if the parent config can be serialized, false otherwise.
      • configurationLoaded

        protected void configurationLoaded()
        A callback method to reconnect this configuration with the global configuration after deserialization.