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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, for example 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 { 092 093 /** Stores the parent configuration. */ 094 private final BaseHierarchicalConfiguration parent; 095 096 /** The node selector selecting the root node of this configuration. */ 097 private final NodeSelector rootSelector; 098 099 /** 100 * Creates a new instance of {@code SubnodeConfiguration} and initializes it with all relevant properties. 101 * 102 * @param parent the parent configuration 103 * @param model the {@code TrackedNodeModel} to be used for this configuration 104 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if a required argument is missing 105 */ 106 public SubnodeConfiguration(final BaseHierarchicalConfiguration parent, final TrackedNodeModel model) { 107 super(model); 108 if (parent == null) { 109 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parent configuration must not be null!"); 110 } 111 if (model == null) { 112 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Node model must not be null!"); 113 } 114 115 this.parent = parent; 116 rootSelector = model.getSelector(); 117 } 118 119 /** 120 * {@inheritDoc} This implementation returns a copy of the current node model with the same settings. However, it has to 121 * be ensured that the track count for the node selector is increased. 122 * 123 * @return the node model for the clone 124 */ 125 @Override 126 protected NodeModel<ImmutableNode> cloneNodeModel() { 127 final InMemoryNodeModel parentModel = (InMemoryNodeModel) getParent().getModel(); 128 parentModel.trackNode(getRootSelector(), getParent()); 129 return new TrackedNodeModel(getParent(), getRootSelector(), true); 130 } 131 132 /** 133 * Closes this sub configuration. This method closes the underlying {@link TrackedNodeModel}, thus causing the tracked 134 * node acting as root node to be released. Per default, this happens automatically when the model is claimed by the 135 * garbage collector. By calling this method explicitly, it can be indicated that this configuration is no longer used 136 * and that resources used by it can be freed immediately. 137 */ 138 public void close() { 139 getTrackedModel().close(); 140 } 141 142 /** 143 * {@inheritDoc} This implementation makes sure that the correct node model (the one of the parent) is used for the new 144 * sub configuration. 145 */ 146 @Override 147 protected SubnodeConfiguration createSubConfigurationForTrackedNode(final NodeSelector selector, final InMemoryNodeModelSupport parentModelSupport) { 148 return super.createSubConfigurationForTrackedNode(selector, getParent()); 149 } 150 151 /** 152 * {@inheritDoc} This implementation returns a newly created node model with the correct root node set. Note that this 153 * model is not used for property access, but only made available to clients that need to operate on the node structure 154 * of this {@code SubnodeConfiguration}. Be aware that the implementation of this method is not very efficient. 155 */ 156 @Override 157 public InMemoryNodeModel getNodeModel() { 158 final ImmutableNode root = getParent().getNodeModel().getTrackedNode(getRootSelector()); 159 return new InMemoryNodeModel(root); 160 } 161 162 /** 163 * Gets the parent configuration of this subnode configuration. 164 * 165 * @return the parent configuration 166 */ 167 public BaseHierarchicalConfiguration getParent() { 168 return parent; 169 } 170 171 /** 172 * Gets the node model of the root configuration. {@code SubnodeConfiguration} instances created from a hierarchical 173 * configuration operate on the same node model, using different nodes as their local root nodes. With this method the 174 * top-level node model can be obtained. It works even in constellations where a {@code SubnodeConfiguration} has been 175 * created from another {@code SubnodeConfiguration}. 176 * 177 * @return the root node model 178 * @since 2.2 179 */ 180 public InMemoryNodeModel getRootNodeModel() { 181 if (getParent() instanceof SubnodeConfiguration) { 182 return ((SubnodeConfiguration) getParent()).getRootNodeModel(); 183 } 184 return getParent().getNodeModel(); 185 } 186 187 /** 188 * Gets the selector to the root node of this configuration. 189 * 190 * @return the {@code NodeSelector} to the root node 191 */ 192 public NodeSelector getRootSelector() { 193 return rootSelector; 194 } 195 196 /** 197 * {@inheritDoc} This implementation returns a sub selector of the selector of this configuration. 198 */ 199 @Override 200 protected NodeSelector getSubConfigurationNodeSelector(final String key) { 201 return getRootSelector().subSelector(key); 202 } 203 204 /** 205 * {@inheritDoc} This implementation returns the parent model of the {@link TrackedNodeModel} used by this 206 * configuration. 207 */ 208 @Override 209 protected InMemoryNodeModel getSubConfigurationParentModel() { 210 return getTrackedModel().getParentModel(); 211 } 212 213 /** 214 * Convenience method that returns the tracked model used by this sub configuration. 215 * 216 * @return the {@code TrackedNodeModel} 217 */ 218 private TrackedNodeModel getTrackedModel() { 219 return (TrackedNodeModel) getModel(); 220 } 221}