local.tomas.util.configuration
Class ConfigurationUtils

java.lang.Object
  local.tomas.util.configuration.ConfigurationUtils

public final class ConfigurationUtils
extends Object

Configuration utilities.

Author:

tomas.teubner

Method Summary

static Properties	asProperties(org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration configuration) Convert configuration to properties.
static Object	createConfiguredObject(org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration conf) Create a object configured from a configuration.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

asProperties

public static Properties asProperties(org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration configuration)

Convert configuration to properties. Each key of the configuration is used as the name of a property.

Parameters:

configuration - the configuration

Returns:

the properties

createConfiguredObject

public static Object createConfiguredObject(org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration conf)
                                     throws FactoryException

Create a object configured from a configuration. The root node of the configuration must have an attribute class=... specifying the fully qualified class name of the object. The object's class must have a constructor with a single Configuration argument.

Parameters:

conf - the configuration

Returns:

the configured bean

Throws:

FactoryException - on object creation failures