Author: oheger Date: Tue Mar 19 21:09:08 2013 New Revision: 1458518 URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1458518 Log: Added a new parameters interface for properties of a properties configuration.
Added: commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/PropertiesBuilderProperties.java Added: commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/PropertiesBuilderProperties.java URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/PropertiesBuilderProperties.java?rev=1458518&view=auto ============================================================================== --- commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/PropertiesBuilderProperties.java (added) +++ commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/PropertiesBuilderProperties.java Tue Mar 19 21:09:08 2013 @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with + * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. + * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 + * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with + * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License. + */ +package org.apache.commons.configuration.builder; + +import org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertiesConfiguration.IOFactory; +import org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertiesConfigurationLayout; + +/** + * <p> + * Definition of a parameters interface for properties configurations. + * </p> + * <p> + * This interface defines additional properties which can be set when + * initializing a {@code PropertiesConfiguration} object. + * </p> + * + * @version $Id$ + * @since 2.0 + * @param <T> the type of the result of all set methods for method chaining + */ +public interface PropertiesBuilderProperties<T> +{ + /** + * Sets a flag whether include files are supported by the properties + * configuration object. If set to <b>true</b>, files listed by an include + * property are loaded automatically. + * + * @param f the value of the flag + * @return a reference to this object for method chaining + */ + T setIncludesAllowed(boolean f); + + /** + * Sets the layout object for the properties configuration object. With this + * method a custom layout object can be set. If no layout is provided, the + * configuration will use a default layout. + * + * @param layout the {@code PropertiesConfigurationLayout} object to be used + * by the configuration + * @return a reference to this object for method chaining + */ + T setLayout(PropertiesConfigurationLayout layout); + + /** + * Sets the {@code IOFactory} to be used by the properties configuration + * object. With this method a custom factory for input and output streams + * can be set. This allows customizing the format of properties read or + * written by the configuration. If no {@code IOFactory} is provided, the + * configuration uses a default one. + * + * @param factory the {@code IOFactory} to be used by the configuration + * @return a reference to this object for method chaining + */ + T setIOFactory(IOFactory factory); +}