org.codehaus.plexus.context

Interface Context

public interface Context

Method Summary
boolean	contains(Object key)
Object	get(Object key)
void	hide(Object key) Hides the item in the context.
void	makeReadOnly() Make the context read-only.
void	put(Object key, Object value) Adds the item to the context.

Method Detail

public boolean contains(Object key)

public Object get(Object key)

public void hide(Object key)

Hides the item in the context. After remove(key) has been called, a get(key) will always fail, even if the parent context has such a mapping.

Parameters: key the items key

Throws: java.lang.IllegalStateException if context is read only

public void makeReadOnly()

Make the context read-only. Any attempt to write to the context via put() will result in an IllegalStateException.

public void put(Object key, Object value)

Adds the item to the context.

Parameters: key the key of the item value the item

Throws: java.lang.IllegalStateException if context is read only