ch.jalu.configme.resource

Interface PropertyReader

All Known Implementing Classes:

YamlFileReader

public interface PropertyReader

Property reader.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	getObject(String path) Returns the value for the given path, or null if not present.
<T> T	getTypedObject(String path, Class<T> clazz) Returns the value for the given path in a typed manner.
void	reload() Reloads the properties from the external source.
void	set(String path, Object value) Sets the value at the given path in memory.

Method Detail

getObject

Object getObject(String path)

Returns the value for the given path, or null if not present.

Parameters:

path - the path to retrieve the value for

Returns:

the value, or null if not available

getTypedObject

<T> T getTypedObject(String path,
                     Class<T> clazz)

Returns the value for the given path in a typed manner. Returns null if no value is present or if the value does not match the requested type.

Type Parameters:

T - the class' type

Parameters:

path - the path to retrieve the value for

clazz - the class to cast the value to if possible

Returns:

the typed value, or null if unavailable or not applicable

set

void set(String path,
         @Nullable
         Object value)

Sets the value at the given path in memory. This method does not persist any values to an external resource; this should only be done by PropertyResource.exportProperties(ch.jalu.configme.configurationdata.ConfigurationData).

Parameters:

path - the path to set a value for

value - the value to set

reload

void reload()

Reloads the properties from the external source.