org.settings4j

Interface Settings4jRepository

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSettingsRepository

public interface Settings4jRepository

Holder for a single Settings4jInstance.

Author:

Harald.Brabenetz

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getConnectorCount() Return the Connector Count.
Settings4jInstance	getSettings() Retrieve the appropriate Settings4j instance.
Settings4jInstance	getSettings(Settings4jFactory factory) Retrieve the appropriate Settings4j instance or create it with the give factory if doesn'r already exist.
void	resetConfiguration() Remove the Settings, Connectors and other Objects from the Repository.

Method Detail

getSettings

Settings4jInstance getSettings()

Retrieve the appropriate Settings4j instance.

Returns:

the appropriate Settings4jInstance

getSettings

Settings4jInstance getSettings(Settings4jFactory factory)

Retrieve the appropriate Settings4j instance or create it with the give factory if doesn'r already exist.

Parameters:

factory - The factory to create a Settings4jInstance.

Returns:

the appropriate Settings4jInstance

getConnectorCount

int getConnectorCount()

Return the Connector Count.
If the connector count is 0. the Settings will be reinitialized with the default-fallback-config in SettingsManager.getSettings()

Returns:

The Connector Count.

resetConfiguration

void resetConfiguration()

Remove the Settings, Connectors and other Objects from the Repository.

Make it ready to fill it with a new Configuration.

Example (maybe in an init()-Method of your Application):

 // clear Settings from "settings4j.xml"
 SettingsRepository settingsRepository = SettingsManager.getSettingsRepository();
 settingsRepository.resetConfiguration();

 // read XML Custome to configure the repository
 URL url = ClasspathContentResolver.getResource("customizedSettings4j.xml");
 DOMConfigurator domConfigurator = new DOMConfigurator(settingsRepository);
 domConfigurator.doConfigure(url);