org.overlord.commons.config.configurator

Interface Configurator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPropertiesFileConfigurator, FuseConfigurator, JbossConfigurator, JettyConfigurator, JndiConfigurator, TomcatConfigurator, UserHomeConfigurator

public interface Configurator

Allows to read the Configuration properties from a specific server instance.

Author:

David Virgil Naranjo

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	accept() Returns true if this configurator accepts the responsiblity of providing configuration information for the application.
org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration	provideConfiguration(String configName, Long refreshDelay) Provides the actual application configuration.

Method Detail

accept

boolean accept()

Returns true if this configurator accepts the responsiblity of providing configuration information for the application. Implementations of this interface are, generally, created for each supported runtime platform. The implementation of 'accept' should return true only if the current runtime platform matches the one supported by the impl.

provideConfiguration

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

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

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