de.smartics.properties.api.config.domain
Interface ConfigurationRepository

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConfigurationRepositoryManagement

All Known Implementing Classes:

InMemoryConfigurationRepositoryManagement

public interface ConfigurationRepository

Provides access to configurations for applications in the configured environments.

Method Summary

ConfigurationProperties	getProperties(ConfigurationKey<?> key) Fetches the properties for the given configuration key.
void	release() Releases resources acquired by this instance.

Method Detail

getProperties

ConfigurationProperties getProperties(ConfigurationKey<?> key)
                                      throws de.smartics.util.lang.NullArgumentException,
                                             MissingConfigurationException

Fetches the properties for the given configuration key.

Parameters:

key - the key that specifies an application in its environment.

Returns:

the requested configuration properties. Never null.

Throws:

de.smartics.util.lang.NullArgumentException - if key is null.

MissingConfigurationException - if there is no configuration for the given key.

release

void release()

Releases resources acquired by this instance.