Package org.apache.commons.configuration2

Class MapConfiguration

java.lang.Object
org.apache.commons.configuration2.event.BaseEventSource
org.apache.commons.configuration2.AbstractConfiguration
org.apache.commons.configuration2.MapConfiguration
All Implemented Interfaces:
Cloneable, Configuration, EventSource, ImmutableConfiguration, SynchronizerSupport
Direct Known Subclasses:
EnvironmentConfiguration, SystemConfiguration
public class MapConfiguration extends AbstractConfiguration implements Cloneable

A Map based Configuration.

This implementation of the Configuration interface is initialized with a Map. The methods of the Configuration interface are implemented on top of the content of this map. The following storage scheme is used:

Property keys are directly mapped to map keys, i.e. the getProperty() method directly performs a get() on the map. Analogously, setProperty() or addProperty() operations write new data into the map. If a value is added to an existing property, a List is created, which stores the values of this property.

An important use case of this class is to treat a map as a Configuration allowing access to its data through the richer interface. This can be a bit problematic in some cases because the map may contain values that need not adhere to the default storage scheme used by typical configuration implementations, e.g. regarding lists. In such cases care must be taken when manipulating the data through the Configuration interface, e.g. by calling addProperty(); results may be different than expected.

The handling of list delimiters is a bit different for this configuration implementation: When a property of type String is queried, it is passed to the current ListDelimiterHandler which may generate multiple values. Note that per default a list delimiter handler is set which does not do any list splitting, so this feature is disabled. It can be enabled by setting a properly configured ListDelimiterHandler implementation, e.g. a DefaultListDelimiterHandler object.

Notice that list splitting is only performed for single string values. If a property has multiple values, the single values are not split even if they contain the list delimiter character.

As the underlying Map is directly used as store of the property values, the thread-safety of this Configuration implementation depends on the map passed to the constructor.

Notes about type safety: For properties with multiple values this implementation creates lists of type Object and stores them. If a property is assigned another value, the value is added to the list. This can cause problems if the map passed to the constructor already contains lists of other types. This should be avoided, otherwise it cannot be guaranteed that the application might throw ClassCastException exceptions later.

Since:
1.1

  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

    • MapConfiguration

      public MapConfiguration(Map<String,?> map)
      Create a Configuration decorator around the specified Map. The map is used to store the configuration properties, any change will also affect the Map.
      Parameters:
      map - the map

    • MapConfiguration

      public MapConfiguration(Properties props)
      Creates a new instance of MapConfiguration which uses the specified Properties object as its data store. All changes of this configuration affect the given Properties object and vice versa. Note that while Properties actually implements Map<Object, Object>, we expect it to contain only string keys. Other key types will lead to ClassCastException exceptions on certain methods.
      Parameters:
      props - the Properties object defining the content of this configuration
      Since:
      1.8

  • Method Details

    • getMap

      public Map<String,Object> getMap()
      Gets the Map decorated by this configuration.
      Returns:
      the map this configuration is based onto

    • isTrimmingDisabled

      public boolean isTrimmingDisabled()
      Returns the flag whether trimming of property values is disabled.
      Returns:
      true if trimming of property values is disabled; false otherwise
      Since:
      1.7

    • setTrimmingDisabled

      public void setTrimmingDisabled(boolean trimmingDisabled)
      Sets a flag whether trimming of property values is disabled. This flag is only evaluated if list splitting is enabled. Refer to the header comment for more information about list splitting and trimming.
      Parameters:
      trimmingDisabled - a flag whether trimming of property values should be disabled
      Since:
      1.7

    • getPropertyInternal

      protected Object getPropertyInternal(String key)
      Description copied from class: AbstractConfiguration
      Actually obtains the value of the specified property. This method is called by getProperty(). Concrete subclasses must define it to fetch the value of the desired property.
      Specified by:
      getPropertyInternal in class AbstractConfiguration
      Parameters:
      key - the key of the property in question
      Returns:
      the (raw) value of this property

    • addPropertyDirect

      protected void addPropertyDirect(String key, Object value)
      Description copied from class: AbstractConfiguration
      Adds a key/value pair to the Configuration. Override this method to provide write access to underlying Configuration store.
      Specified by:
      addPropertyDirect in class AbstractConfiguration
      Parameters:
      key - key to use for mapping
      value - object to store

    • isEmptyInternal

      protected boolean isEmptyInternal()
      Description copied from class: AbstractConfiguration
      Actually checks whether this configuration contains data. This method is called by isEmpty(). It has to be defined by concrete subclasses.
      Specified by:
      isEmptyInternal in class AbstractConfiguration
      Returns:
      true if this configuration contains no data, false otherwise

    • containsKeyInternal

      protected boolean containsKeyInternal(String key)
      Description copied from class: AbstractConfiguration
      Actually checks whether the specified key is contained in this configuration. This method is called by containsKey(). It has to be defined by concrete subclasses.
      Specified by:
      containsKeyInternal in class AbstractConfiguration
      Parameters:
      key - the key in question
      Returns:
      true if this key is contained in this configuration, false otherwise

    • clearPropertyDirect

      protected void clearPropertyDirect(String key)
      Description copied from class: AbstractConfiguration
      Removes the specified property from this configuration. This method is called by clearProperty() after it has done some preparations. It must be overridden in sub classes.
      Specified by:
      clearPropertyDirect in class AbstractConfiguration
      Parameters:
      key - the key to be removed

    • getKeysInternal

      protected Iterator<String> getKeysInternal()
      Description copied from class: AbstractConfiguration
      Actually creates an iterator for iterating over the keys in this configuration. This method is called by getKeys(), it has to be defined by concrete subclasses.
      Specified by:
      getKeysInternal in class AbstractConfiguration
      Returns:
      an Iterator with all property keys in this configuration

    • sizeInternal

      protected int sizeInternal()
      Description copied from class: AbstractConfiguration
      Actually calculates the size of this configuration. This method is called by size() with a read lock held. The base implementation provided here calculates the size based on the iterator returned by getKeys(). Sub classes which can determine the size in a more efficient way should override this method.
      Overrides:
      sizeInternal in class AbstractConfiguration
      Returns:
      the size of this configuration (i.e. the number of keys)

    • clone

      public Object clone()
      Returns a copy of this object. The returned configuration will contain the same properties as the original. Event listeners are not cloned.
      Overrides:
      clone in class BaseEventSource
      Returns:
      the copy
      Since:
      1.3

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Converts this object to a String suitable for debugging and logging.
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object
      Since:
      2.3