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All property accessor methods are evaluated 034 * relative to this root node. A good use case for a {@code SubnodeConfiguration} is when multiple properties from a 035 * specific sub tree of the whole configuration need to be accessed. Then a {@code SubnodeConfiguration} can be created 036 * with the parent node of the affected sub tree as root node. This allows for simpler property keys and is also more 037 * efficient. 038 * </p> 039 * <p> 040 * By making use of a tracked node as root node, a {@code SubnodeConfiguration} and its parent configuration initially 041 * operate on the same hierarchy of configuration nodes. So if modifications are performed at the subnode configuration, 042 * these changes are immediately visible in the parent configuration. Analogously will updates of the parent 043 * configuration affect the {@code SubnodeConfiguration} if the sub tree spanned by the {@code SubnodeConfiguration}'s 044 * root node is involved. 045 * </p> 046 * <p> 047 * Note that by making use of a {@code NodeSelector} the {@code SubnodeConfiguration} is not associated with a physical 048 * node instance, but the selection criteria stored in the selector are evaluated after each change of the nodes 049 * structure. As an example consider that the selector uses a key with an index into a list element, say index 2. Now if 050 * an update occurs on the underlying nodes structure which removes the first element in this list structure, the 051 * {@code SubnodeConfiguration} still references the element with index 2 which is now another one. 052 * </p> 053 * <p> 054 * There are also possible changes of the underlying nodes structure which completely detach the 055 * {@code SubnodeConfiguration} from its parent configuration. For instance, the key referenced by the 056 * {@code SubnodeConfiguration} could be removed in the parent configuration. If this happens, the 057 * {@code SubnodeConfiguration} stays functional; however, it now operates on a separate node model than its parent 058 * configuration. Changes made by one configuration are no longer visible for the other one (as the node models have no 059 * longer overlapping nodes, there is no way to have a synchronization here). 060 * </p> 061 * <p> 062 * When a subnode configuration is created, it inherits the settings of its parent configuration, e.g. some flags like 063 * the {@code throwExceptionOnMissing} flag or the settings for handling list delimiters) or the expression engine. If 064 * these settings are changed later in either the subnode or the parent configuration, the changes are not visible for 065 * each other. So you could create a subnode configuration, and change its expression engine without affecting the 066 * parent configuration. 067 * </p> 068 * <p> 069 * Because the {@code SubnodeConfiguration} operates on the same nodes structure as its parent it uses the same 070 * {@code Synchronizer} instance per default. This means that locks held on one {@code SubnodeConfiguration} also impact 071 * the parent configuration and all of its other {@code SubnodeConfiguration} objects. You should not change this 072 * without a good reason! Otherwise, there is the risk of data corruption when multiple threads access these 073 * configuration concurrently. 074 * </p> 075 * <p> 076 * From its purpose this class is quite similar to {@link SubsetConfiguration}. The difference is that a subset 077 * configuration of a hierarchical configuration may combine multiple configuration nodes from different sub trees of 078 * the configuration, while all nodes in a subnode configuration belong to the same sub tree. If an application can live 079 * with this limitation, it is recommended to use this class instead of {@code SubsetConfiguration} because creating a 080 * subset configuration is more expensive than creating a subnode configuration. 081 * </p> 082 * <p> 083 * It is strongly recommended to create {@code SubnodeConfiguration} instances only through the 084 * {@code configurationAt()} methods of a hierarchical configuration. These methods ensure that all necessary 085 * initializations are done. Creating instances manually without doing proper initialization may break some of the 086 * functionality provided by this class. 087 * </p> 088 * 089 * @since 1.3 090 */ 091public class SubnodeConfiguration extends BaseHierarchicalConfiguration { 092 /** Stores the parent configuration. */ 093 private final BaseHierarchicalConfiguration parent; 094 095 /** The node selector selecting the root node of this configuration. */ 096 private final NodeSelector rootSelector; 097 098 /** 099 * Creates a new instance of {@code SubnodeConfiguration} and initializes it with all relevant properties. 100 * 101 * @param parent the parent configuration 102 * @param model the {@code TrackedNodeModel} to be used for this configuration 103 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if a required argument is missing 104 */ 105 public SubnodeConfiguration(final BaseHierarchicalConfiguration parent, final TrackedNodeModel model) { 106 super(model); 107 if (parent == null) { 108 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parent configuration must not be null!"); 109 } 110 if (model == null) { 111 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Node model must not be null!"); 112 } 113 114 this.parent = parent; 115 rootSelector = model.getSelector(); 116 } 117 118 /** 119 * {@inheritDoc} This implementation returns a copy of the current node model with the same settings. However, it has to 120 * be ensured that the track count for the node selector is increased. 121 * 122 * @return the node model for the clone 123 */ 124 @Override 125 protected NodeModel<ImmutableNode> cloneNodeModel() { 126 final InMemoryNodeModel parentModel = (InMemoryNodeModel) getParent().getModel(); 127 parentModel.trackNode(getRootSelector(), getParent()); 128 return new TrackedNodeModel(getParent(), getRootSelector(), true); 129 } 130 131 /** 132 * Closes this sub configuration. This method closes the underlying {@link TrackedNodeModel}, thus causing the tracked 133 * node acting as root node to be released. Per default, this happens automatically when the model is claimed by the 134 * garbage collector. By calling this method explicitly, it can be indicated that this configuration is no longer used 135 * and that resources used by it can be freed immediately. 136 */ 137 public void close() { 138 getTrackedModel().close(); 139 } 140 141 /** 142 * {@inheritDoc} This implementation makes sure that the correct node model (the one of the parent) is used for the new 143 * sub configuration. 144 */ 145 @Override 146 protected SubnodeConfiguration createSubConfigurationForTrackedNode(final NodeSelector selector, final InMemoryNodeModelSupport parentModelSupport) { 147 return super.createSubConfigurationForTrackedNode(selector, getParent()); 148 } 149 150 /** 151 * {@inheritDoc} This implementation returns a newly created node model with the correct root node set. Note that this 152 * model is not used for property access, but only made available to clients that need to operate on the node structure 153 * of this {@code SubnodeConfiguration}. Be aware that the implementation of this method is not very efficient. 154 */ 155 @Override 156 public InMemoryNodeModel getNodeModel() { 157 final ImmutableNode root = getParent().getNodeModel().getTrackedNode(getRootSelector()); 158 return new InMemoryNodeModel(root); 159 } 160 161 /** 162 * Gets the parent configuration of this subnode configuration. 163 * 164 * @return the parent configuration 165 */ 166 public BaseHierarchicalConfiguration getParent() { 167 return parent; 168 } 169 170 /** 171 * Gets the node model of the root configuration. {@code SubnodeConfiguration} instances created from a hierarchical 172 * configuration operate on the same node model, using different nodes as their local root nodes. With this method the 173 * top-level node model can be obtained. It works even in constellations where a {@code SubnodeConfiguration} has been 174 * created from another {@code SubnodeConfiguration}. 175 * 176 * @return the root node model 177 * @since 2.2 178 */ 179 public InMemoryNodeModel getRootNodeModel() { 180 if (getParent() instanceof SubnodeConfiguration) { 181 return ((SubnodeConfiguration) getParent()).getRootNodeModel(); 182 } 183 return getParent().getNodeModel(); 184 } 185 186 /** 187 * Gets the selector to the root node of this configuration. 188 * 189 * @return the {@code NodeSelector} to the root node 190 */ 191 public NodeSelector getRootSelector() { 192 return rootSelector; 193 } 194 195 /** 196 * {@inheritDoc} This implementation returns a sub selector of the selector of this configuration. 197 */ 198 @Override 199 protected NodeSelector getSubConfigurationNodeSelector(final String key) { 200 return getRootSelector().subSelector(key); 201 } 202 203 /** 204 * {@inheritDoc} This implementation returns the parent model of the {@link TrackedNodeModel} used by this 205 * configuration. 206 */ 207 @Override 208 protected InMemoryNodeModel getSubConfigurationParentModel() { 209 return getTrackedModel().getParentModel(); 210 } 211 212 /** 213 * Convenience method that returns the tracked model used by this sub configuration. 214 * 215 * @return the {@code TrackedNodeModel} 216 */ 217 private TrackedNodeModel getTrackedModel() { 218 return (TrackedNodeModel) getModel(); 219 } 220}