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

All Superinterfaces:

PropertyProvider, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

PropertyManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

InMemoryPropertiesManager

public interface PropertySource
     
     

      
      extends 
      
      PropertyProvider
     
     

Defines a source for properties with read and write access.

See Also:

PropertyProvider, PropertyManager

Method Summary

Property	removeProperty(String name) Removes a property making it unknown to the system.
Property	setProperty(Property property) Sets the property with the given name to the given value.

Methods inherited from interface de.smartics.properties.api.config.domain.PropertyProvider

containsKey, getConfigurationKey, getProperties, getProperty, getSourceId, isLazy

Method Detail

setProperty

@CheckForNull
Property setProperty(Property property)
                     throws NullPointerException

Sets the property with the given name to the given value.

Parameters:

property - the property to be set.

Returns:

the old property or null if it either was not set or had the value null.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if property is null.

removeProperty

@CheckForNull
Property removeProperty(String name)
                        throws NullPointerException

Removes a property making it unknown to the system. If only the value should be set to null use setProperty(Property).

Parameters:

name - the name of the property to be removed.

Returns:

the old value of the property.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if name is null.