org.arch4j.propertytree
Interface PropertyBuilder

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicPropertyBuilder, XMLPropertyBuilder

public interface PropertyBuilder

Title: PropertyBuilder Description: Interface implemented by classes that build Property hierarchies from files. They must be able to recognize thier own files and parse them to create Propertys.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Russ Brown

Method Summary

ReadOnlyProperty	buildProperties(String aFilepath) this method accepts a full filepath and then parses that file to return a Property hierarchy.
boolean	canParse(String aFilePath) this method accepts a filename and then determines if this property builder can build properties from that file, based on its extension.

Method Detail

buildProperties

public ReadOnlyProperty buildProperties(String aFilepath)

this method accepts a full filepath and then parses that file to return a Property hierarchy.

Parameters:

aFilepath - full filepath of a file to parse.

canParse

public boolean canParse(String aFilePath)

this method accepts a filename and then determines if this property builder can build properties from that file, based on its extension.

Returns:

true if this class can create properties from the file