org.overlord.commons.config.configurator

Class AbstractPropertiesFileConfigurator

java.lang.Object

org.overlord.commons.config.configurator.AbstractPropertiesFileConfigurator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configurator

Direct Known Subclasses:

FuseConfigurator, JbossConfigurator, JettyConfigurator, TomcatConfigurator, UserHomeConfigurator

public abstract class AbstractPropertiesFileConfigurator
extends Object
implements Configurator

Contains the main configurator code. It tries to read the configuration from the server api, if it is implemented. If not, it reads the configuration from a file located in the server installation path. This file location changes depends on the configurator.

Author:

David Virgil Naranjo

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractPropertiesFileConfigurator() Constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract URL	findConfigUrl(String configName) Locates the config file and returns a URL to it.
protected URL	findConfigUrlInDirectory(File directory, String configName) Returns a URL to a file with the given name inside the given directory.
org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration	provideConfiguration(String configName, Long refreshDelay) Provides the actual application configuration.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.overlord.commons.config.configurator.Configurator

accept

Constructor Detail

AbstractPropertiesFileConfigurator

public AbstractPropertiesFileConfigurator()

Constructor.

Method Detail

provideConfiguration

public org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration provideConfiguration(String configName,
                                                                  Long refreshDelay)
                                                                    throws org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException

Description copied from interface: Configurator

Provides the actual application configuration. Typically this means locating the configuration file for the supported runtime platform.

Specified by:

provideConfiguration in interface Configurator

Parameters:

configName - the name of the config - e.g. used to lookup a properties file

refreshDelay - how often the properties are reloaded

Throws:

org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException

See Also:

Configurator.provideConfiguration(java.lang.String, java.lang.Long)

findConfigUrl

protected abstract URL findConfigUrl(String configName)

Locates the config file and returns a URL to it.

Parameters:

configName -

findConfigUrlInDirectory

protected URL findConfigUrlInDirectory(File directory,
                           String configName)

Returns a URL to a file with the given name inside the given directory.

Parameters:

directory -