Package org.apache.commons.configuration

Class ConfigurationFactory.ConfigurationBuilder

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationFactory.ConfigurationBuilder

Enclosing class:

ConfigurationFactory

public static class ConfigurationFactory.ConfigurationBuilder
extends java.lang.Object

An internally used helper class for constructing the composite configuration object.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ConfigurationBuilder()	Creates a new instance of ConfigurationBuilder.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addAdditionalConfig(ConfigurationFactory.AdditionalConfigurationData data)	Adds information about an additional configuration.
void	addConfiguration(Configuration conf)	Adds a new configuration to this object.
protected Configuration	createAdditionalConfiguration(java.util.Collection<ConfigurationFactory.AdditionalConfigurationData> configs)	Creates a configuration object with the union of all properties defined in the <additional> section.
CompositeConfiguration	getConfiguration()	Returns the final composite configuration.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ConfigurationBuilder

public ConfigurationBuilder()

Creates a new instance of ConfigurationBuilder.

Method Detail

addConfiguration

public void addConfiguration(Configuration conf)

Adds a new configuration to this object. This method is called by Digester.

Parameters:

conf - the configuration to be added

addAdditionalConfig

public void addAdditionalConfig(ConfigurationFactory.AdditionalConfigurationData data)

Adds information about an additional configuration. This method is called by Digester.

Parameters:

data - the data about the additional configuration

getConfiguration

public CompositeConfiguration getConfiguration()

Returns the final composite configuration.

Returns:

the final configuration object

createAdditionalConfiguration

protected Configuration createAdditionalConfiguration(java.util.Collection<ConfigurationFactory.AdditionalConfigurationData> configs)

Creates a configuration object with the union of all properties defined in the <additional> section. This implementation returns a HierarchicalConfiguration object.

Parameters:

configs - a collection with AdditionalConfigurationData objects

Returns:

the union configuration (can be null)