com.neeve.config
Interface IConfigSimpleEntity

All Superinterfaces:

IConfigContentNode, IConfigEntity, IConfigNode

public interface IConfigSimpleEntity
extends IConfigEntity

Represents a simple entity in the configuration repository.

A simple entity is an entity whose node forms a leaf node in the configuration tree. A simple entity contains a single property set.

Threading:

This class is not safe for concurrent access by multiple threads

Method Summary

Properties	getProperties() Get the entity's property set.
String	getProperty(String propname, String defval) Get a property value from an entity's property set.
IConfigSimpleEntity	setProperties(Properties props) Set a set of properties in an entity's property set.
IConfigSimpleEntity	setProperty(String propname, String propval) Set a property value in an entity's property set.

Methods inherited from interface com.neeve.config.IConfigEntity

deserialize, getContainer, getName, serialize

Methods inherited from interface com.neeve.config.IConfigContentNode

clear, isDirty, setDirty

Methods inherited from interface com.neeve.config.IConfigNode

getAddress, getRepository

Method Detail

setProperties

IConfigSimpleEntity setProperties(Properties props)

Set a set of properties in an entity's property set.

Parameters:

props - The property table from where to set the properties. A value of null clears all entity properties.

Returns:

Returns the entity on which the method was invoked for invocation chaining.

Threading:

This class is not safe for concurrent access by multiple threads

getProperties

Properties getProperties()

Get the entity's property set.

Returns:

Returns the entity's property set.

Threading:

This class is not safe for concurrent access by multiple threads

setProperty

IConfigSimpleEntity setProperty(String propname,
                                String propval)

Set a property value in an entity's property set.

Parameters:

propname - The property name.

propval - The property value.

Returns:

Returns the entity on which the method was invoked for invocation chaining.

Threading:

This class is not safe for concurrent access by multiple threads

getProperty

String getProperty(String propname,
                   String defval)

Get a property value from an entity's property set.

Parameters:

propname - The name of the property.

defval - The value to return in case the property was not found.

Threading:

This class is not safe for concurrent access by multiple threads