org.apache.commons.configuration.plist
Class PropertyListConfiguration

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.configuration.event.EventSource
      org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractConfiguration
          org.apache.commons.configuration.HierarchicalConfiguration
              org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration
                  org.apache.commons.configuration.plist.PropertyListConfiguration

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, Configuration, ConfigurationListener, FileConfiguration, Serializable

public class PropertyListConfiguration

extends AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration

NeXT / OpenStep style configuration. This configuration can read and write ASCII plist files. It supports the GNUStep extension to specify date objects.

References:

• Apple Documentation - Old-Style ASCII Property Lists
• GNUStep Documentation

Example:

 {
     foo = "bar";

     array = ( value1, value2, value3 );

     data = <4f3e0145ab>;

     date = <*D2007-05-05 20:05:00 +0100>;

     nested =
     {
         key1 = value1;
         key2 = value;
         nested =
         {
             foo = bar
         }
     }
 }
 

Since:

1.2

Version:

$Revision: 628705 $, $Date: 2008-02-18 13:37:19 +0100 (Mo, 18 Feb 2008) $

Author:

Emmanuel Bourg

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration

AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration.FileConfigurationDelegate

Nested classes inherited from class org.apache.commons.configuration.HierarchicalConfiguration

HierarchicalConfiguration.BuilderVisitor, HierarchicalConfiguration.Node, HierarchicalConfiguration.NodeVisitor

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.configuration.HierarchicalConfiguration

EVENT_ADD_NODES, EVENT_CLEAR_TREE, EVENT_SUBNODE_CHANGED

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractConfiguration

END_TOKEN, EVENT_ADD_PROPERTY, EVENT_CLEAR, EVENT_CLEAR_PROPERTY, EVENT_READ_PROPERTY, EVENT_SET_PROPERTY, START_TOKEN

Constructor Summary

PropertyListConfiguration()
Creates an empty PropertyListConfiguration object which can be used to synthesize a new plist file by adding values and then saving().

PropertyListConfiguration(File file)
Creates and loads the property list from the specified file.

PropertyListConfiguration(HierarchicalConfiguration c)
Creates a new instance of PropertyListConfiguration and copies the content of the specified configuration into this object.

PropertyListConfiguration(String fileName)
Creates and loads the property list from the specified file.

PropertyListConfiguration(URL url)
Creates and loads the property list from the specified URL.

Method Summary

void	addProperty(String key, Object value) Add a property to the configuration.
void	load(Reader in) Load the configuration from the specified reader.
void	save(Writer out) Save the configuration to the specified writer.
void	setProperty(String key, Object value) Set a property, this will replace any previously set values.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration

addNodes, addPropertyDirect, clearProperty, clearTree, configurationChanged, containsKey, createDelegate, fetchNodeList, getBasePath, getDelegate, getEncoding, getFile, getFileName, getKeys, getKeys, getProperty, getReloadingStrategy, getURL, isAutoSave, isEmpty, load, load, load, load, load, load, reload, save, save, save, save, save, save, setAutoSave, setBasePath, setDelegate, setEncoding, setFile, setFileName, setReloadingStrategy, setURL, subnodeConfigurationChanged

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.configuration.HierarchicalConfiguration

clearNode, clearNode, clearReferences, clone, configurationAt, configurationAt, configurationsAt, createAddPath, createNode, createSubnodeConfiguration, createSubnodeConfiguration, fetchAddNode, findLastPathNode, findPropertyNodes, getDefaultExpressionEngine, getExpressionEngine, getMaxIndex, getRoot, getRootNode, interpolatedConfiguration, nodeDefined, nodeDefined, removeNode, removeNode, setDefaultExpressionEngine, setExpressionEngine, setRoot, setRootNode, subset

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractConfiguration

addErrorLogListener, append, clear, clearPropertyDirect, copy, createInterpolator, getBigDecimal, getBigDecimal, getBigInteger, getBigInteger, getBoolean, getBoolean, getBoolean, getByte, getByte, getByte, getDefaultListDelimiter, getDelimiter, getDouble, getDouble, getDouble, getFloat, getFloat, getFloat, getInt, getInt, getInteger, getInterpolator, getList, getList, getListDelimiter, getLogger, getLong, getLong, getLong, getProperties, getProperties, getShort, getShort, getShort, getString, getString, getStringArray, getSubstitutor, interpolate, interpolate, interpolateHelper, isDelimiterParsingDisabled, isThrowExceptionOnMissing, resolveContainerStore, setDefaultListDelimiter, setDelimiter, setDelimiterParsingDisabled, setListDelimiter, setLogger, setThrowExceptionOnMissing

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.configuration.event.EventSource

addConfigurationListener, addErrorListener, clearConfigurationListeners, clearErrorListeners, createErrorEvent, createEvent, fireError, fireEvent, getConfigurationListeners, getErrorListeners, isDetailEvents, removeConfigurationListener, removeErrorListener, setDetailEvents

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration

clear, getBigDecimal, getBigDecimal, getBigInteger, getBigInteger, getBoolean, getBoolean, getBoolean, getByte, getByte, getByte, getDouble, getDouble, getDouble, getFloat, getFloat, getFloat, getInt, getInt, getInteger, getList, getList, getLong, getLong, getLong, getProperties, getShort, getShort, getShort, getString, getString, getStringArray, subset

Constructor Detail

PropertyListConfiguration

public PropertyListConfiguration()

Creates an empty PropertyListConfiguration object which can be used to synthesize a new plist file by adding values and then saving().

PropertyListConfiguration

public PropertyListConfiguration(HierarchicalConfiguration c)

Creates a new instance of PropertyListConfiguration and copies the content of the specified configuration into this object.

Parameters:

c - the configuration to copy

Since:

1.4

PropertyListConfiguration

public PropertyListConfiguration(String fileName)
                          throws ConfigurationException

Creates and loads the property list from the specified file.

Parameters:

fileName - The name of the plist file to load.

Throws:

ConfigurationException - Error while loading the plist file

PropertyListConfiguration

public PropertyListConfiguration(File file)
                          throws ConfigurationException

Creates and loads the property list from the specified file.

Parameters:

file - The plist file to load.

Throws:

ConfigurationException - Error while loading the plist file

PropertyListConfiguration

public PropertyListConfiguration(URL url)
                          throws ConfigurationException

Creates and loads the property list from the specified URL.

Parameters:

url - The location of the plist file to load.

Throws:

ConfigurationException - Error while loading the plist file

Method Detail

setProperty

public void setProperty(String key,
                        Object value)

Description copied from interface: Configuration

Set a property, this will replace any previously set values. Set values is implicitly a call to clearProperty(key), addProperty(key, value).

Specified by:

setProperty in interface Configuration

Overrides:

setProperty in class AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration

addProperty

public void addProperty(String key,
                        Object value)

Description copied from interface: Configuration

Add a property to the configuration. If it already exists then the value stated here will be added to the configuration entry. For example, if the property:

resource.loader = file

is already present in the configuration and you call

addProperty("resource.loader", "classpath")

Then you will end up with a List like the following:

["file", "classpath"]

Specified by:

addProperty in interface Configuration

Overrides:

addProperty in class AbstractConfiguration

load

public void load(Reader in)
          throws ConfigurationException

Description copied from interface: FileConfiguration

Load the configuration from the specified reader.

Parameters:

in - the reader

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the load operation

save

public void save(Writer out)
          throws ConfigurationException

Description copied from interface: FileConfiguration

Save the configuration to the specified writer.

Parameters:

out - the writer

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs during the save operation