org.apache.commons.configuration
Class ConfigurationMap

java.lang.Object
  java.util.AbstractMap
      org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationMap

All Implemented Interfaces:

Map

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConfigurationDynaBean

public class ConfigurationMap
extends AbstractMap

The ConfigurationMap wraps a configuration-collection Configuration instance to provide a Map interface.

Note: This implementation is incomplete.

Since:

1.0

Version:

$Revision: 492216 $, $Date: 2007-01-03 17:51:24 +0100 (Mi, 03 Jan 2007) $

Author:

Ricardo Gladwell

Nested Class Summary

(package private) static class

ConfigurationMap.ConfigurationSet Set of entries in the map.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface java.util.Map

Map.Entry<K,V>

Constructor Summary

ConfigurationMap(Configuration configuration)
Creates a new instance of a ConfigurationMap that wraps the specified Configuration instance.

Method Summary

Set	entrySet() Returns a set with the entries contained in this configuration-based map.
Object	get(Object key) Returns the value of the specified key.
Configuration	getConfiguration() Returns the wrapped Configuration object.
Object	put(Object key, Object value) Stores the value for the specified key.

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

clear, clone, containsKey, containsValue, equals, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, putAll, remove, size, toString, values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ConfigurationMap

public ConfigurationMap(Configuration configuration)

Creates a new instance of a ConfigurationMap that wraps the specified Configuration instance.

Parameters:

configuration - Configuration instance.

Method Detail

getConfiguration

public Configuration getConfiguration()

Returns the wrapped Configuration object.

Returns:

the wrapped configuration

Since:

1.2

entrySet

public Set entrySet()

Returns a set with the entries contained in this configuration-based map.

Specified by:

entrySet in interface Map

Specified by:

entrySet in class AbstractMap

Returns:

a set with the contained entries

See Also:

Map.entrySet()

put

public Object put(Object key,
                  Object value)

Stores the value for the specified key. The value is stored in the underlying configuration.

Specified by:

put in interface Map

Overrides:

put in class AbstractMap

Parameters:

key - the key (will be converted to a string)

value - the value

Returns:

the old value of this key or null if it is new

See Also:

Map.put(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)

get

public Object get(Object key)

Returns the value of the specified key. The key is converted to a string and then passed to the underlying configuration.

Specified by:

get in interface Map

Overrides:

get in class AbstractMap

Parameters:

key - the key

Returns:

the value of this key

See Also:

Map.get(java.lang.Object)