org.apache.commons.configuration

Class ConfigurationFactory.ConfigurationBuilder

public static class ConfigurationFactory.ConfigurationBuilder extends Object

An internally used helper class for constructing the composite configuration object.

Field Summary
Collection	additionalConfigs Stores a collection with the configs from the additional section.
CompositeConfiguration	config Stores the composite configuration.

Constructor Summary
	ConfigurationBuilder() Creates a new instance of `ConfigurationBuilder`.

Method Summary
void	addAdditionalConfig(ConfigurationFactory.AdditionalConfigurationData data) Adds information about an additional configuration.
void	addConfiguration(Configuration conf) Adds a new configuration to this object.
protected Configuration	createAdditionalConfiguration(Collection configs) Creates a configuration object with the union of all properties defined in the `<additional>` section.
HierarchicalConfiguration.Node	createRootNode(ConfigurationFactory.AdditionalConfigurationData cdata) Creates a configuration root node for the specified configuration.
CompositeConfiguration	getConfiguration() Returns the final composite configuration.

Field Detail

additionalConfigs

private Collection additionalConfigs

Stores a collection with the configs from the additional section.

config

private CompositeConfiguration config

Stores the composite configuration.

Constructor Detail

ConfigurationBuilder

public ConfigurationBuilder()

Creates a new instance of ConfigurationBuilder.

Method Detail

addAdditionalConfig

public void addAdditionalConfig(ConfigurationFactory.AdditionalConfigurationData data)

Adds information about an additional configuration. This method is called by Digester.

Parameters: data the data about the additional configuration

addConfiguration

public void addConfiguration(Configuration conf)

Adds a new configuration to this object. This method is called by Digester.

Parameters: conf the configuration to be added

createAdditionalConfiguration

protected Configuration createAdditionalConfiguration(Collection configs)

Creates a configuration object with the union of all properties defined in the <additional> section. This implementation returns a HierarchicalConfiguration object.

Parameters: configs a collection with AdditionalConfigurationData objects

Returns: the union configuration (can be null)

createRootNode

private HierarchicalConfiguration.Node createRootNode(ConfigurationFactory.AdditionalConfigurationData cdata)

Creates a configuration root node for the specified configuration.

Parameters: cdata the configuration data object

Returns: a root node for this configuration

getConfiguration

public CompositeConfiguration getConfiguration()

Returns the final composite configuration.

Returns: the final configuration object