org.apache.commons.configuration2.builder

Interface ConfigurationBuilder<T extends ImmutableConfiguration>

Type Parameters:

T - the concrete type of the ImmutableConfiguration class produced by this builder

All Superinterfaces:

EventSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicConfigurationBuilder, CombinedConfigurationBuilder, FileBasedConfigurationBuilder, MultiFileConfigurationBuilder, ReloadingCombinedConfigurationBuilder, ReloadingFileBasedConfigurationBuilder, ReloadingMultiFileConfigurationBuilder

public interface ConfigurationBuilder<T extends ImmutableConfiguration>
extends EventSource

Definition of an interface for objects that can create ImmutableConfiguration or Configuration objects of a specific type.

This interface defines an abstract way of creating a ImmutableConfiguration object. It does not assume any specific way of how this is done; this is completely in the responsibility of an implementation class. There is just a single method that returns the configuration constructed by this builder.

Note: ImmutableConfiguration is just the base interface for all configuration objects. So that the return type of the getConfiguration() method is ImmutableConfiguration does not mean that only immutable configurations can be created.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	getConfiguration() Returns the configuration provided by this builder.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.configuration2.event.EventSource

addEventListener, removeEventListener

Method Detail

getConfiguration

T getConfiguration()
            throws ConfigurationException

Returns the configuration provided by this builder. An implementation has to perform all necessary steps for creating and initializing a ImmutableConfiguration object.

Returns:

the configuration

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs