de.smartics.properties.spi.core.registry
Class ConfigurationRegistry

java.lang.Object
  de.smartics.properties.spi.core.registry.ConfigurationRegistry

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

@ThreadSafe
public final class ConfigurationRegistry
     
     

      
      extends 
      
      Object
     
     
     
     

      
      implements 
      
      Serializable
     
     

Manages configurations for property descriptors. The configurations are backed by META-INF/property/config.xml files. This registry serves as a cache.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ConfigurationRegistry()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

PropertiesContext	get(Class<?> declaringType) Returns the properties context for the declaring type of a property set.
PropertiesContext	get(PropertyDescriptor descriptor) Returns the properties context for the given descriptor.
String	toString() Returns the string representation of the object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConfigurationRegistry

public ConfigurationRegistry()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

get

@CheckForNull
public PropertiesContext get(PropertyDescriptor descriptor)
                      throws NullPointerException

Returns the properties context for the given descriptor.

Parameters:

descriptor - the descriptor whose properties context is requested.

Returns:

the context for the property provided by the descriptor. May return null if the descriptor is unknown.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if descriptor is null.

get

@CheckForNull
public PropertiesContext get(Class<?> declaringType)
                      throws NullPointerException

Returns the properties context for the declaring type of a property set.

Parameters:

declaringType - the declaring type of a property set.

Returns:

the context for the declared properties. May return null if the declaringType is unknown.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if declaringType is null.

toString

public String toString()

Returns the string representation of the object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the string representation of the object.