org.apache.excalibur.configuration.merged

Class ConfigurationSplitter

java.lang.Object

org.apache.excalibur.configuration.merged.ConfigurationSplitter

public class ConfigurationSplitter
extends java.lang.Object

The ConfigurationSplitter will take two Configuration objects and calculate the differences between them. The resulting Configuration will contain special attribute that can be used by the ConfigurationMerger to reconstruct the original Configuration

Author:

Peter Royal

See Also:

ConfigurationMerger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ConfigurationSplitter()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration	split(org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration merged, org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration base) Split a configuration, given a merged configuration and a base configuration.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConfigurationSplitter

public ConfigurationSplitter()

Method Detail

split

public static org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration split(org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration merged,
                                                            org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration base)
                                                                     throws org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.ConfigurationException

Split a configuration, given a merged configuration and a base configuration. Functionally equivalent to producing a diff between the merged and base.

Parameters:

merged - Configuration that is a combination of the result and the base param

base - Configuration that when merged with the result will yield the merged param

Returns:

a Configuration that when merged with the base will yeild the merged

Throws:

org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.ConfigurationException - if unable to split