Author: oheger
Date: Sun Nov 24 20:35:03 2013
New Revision: 1545070
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1545070
Log:
Added DefaultParametersHandler interface.
Objects implementing this interface can be registered at the Parameters class
to initialize newly created parameters object.
Added:
commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/DefaultParametersHandler.java
Added:
commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/DefaultParametersHandler.java
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/DefaultParametersHandler.java?rev=1545070&view=auto
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commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/DefaultParametersHandler.java
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commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/DefaultParametersHandler.java
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+/*
+ * 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.fluent;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * Definition of an interface for setting default values for specific
+ * configuration parameter objects.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * An object implementing this interface knows how to initialize a parameters
+ * object of a specific class with default values. Such objects can be
+ * registered at the {@link Parameters} class. Whenever a specific parameters
+ * object is created all registered {@code DefaultParametersHandler} objects
+ * that can handle this parameters type are invoked, so that they get the
chance
+ * to perform arbitrary initialization.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @version $Id: $
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+public interface DefaultParametersHandler<T>
+{
+ /**
+ * Initializes the specified parameters object with default values. This
+ * method is called after the parameters object was created and before it
is
+ * passed to the calling code. A concrete implementation can perform
+ * arbitrary initializations. Note that if there are multiple
+ * {@code DefaultParametersHandler} objects registered supporting this
+ * parameters type they are called in the order they have been registered.
+ * So handlers registered later can override initializations done by
+ * handlers registered earlier.
+ *
+ * @param parameters the parameters object to be initialized
+ */
+ void initializeDefaults(T parameters);
+}
