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| 1 | /* | |
| 2 | * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more | |
| 3 | * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with | |
| 4 | * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. | |
| 5 | * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 | |
| 6 | * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with | |
| 7 | * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
| 8 | * | |
| 9 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
| 10 | * | |
| 11 | * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | |
| 12 | * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | |
| 13 | * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | |
| 14 | * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | |
| 15 | * limitations under the License. | |
| 16 | */ | |
| 17 | package org.apache.commons.configuration.tree; | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | import java.util.List; | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | /** | |
| 22 | * <p> | |
| 23 | * Definition of an interface for the nodes of a hierarchical configuration. | |
| 24 | * </p> | |
| 25 | * <p> | |
| 26 | * This interface defines a tree like structure for configuration data. A node | |
| 27 | * has a value and can have an arbitrary number of children and attribures. | |
| 28 | * </p> | |
| 29 | * | |
| 30 | * @since 1.3 | |
| 31 | * @author Oliver Heger | |
| 32 | * @version $Id: ConfigurationNode.java 439648 2006-09-02 20:42:10Z oheger $ | |
| 33 | */ | |
| 34 | public interface ConfigurationNode | |
| 35 | { | |
| 36 | /** | |
| 37 | * Returns the name of this node. | |
| 38 | * | |
| 39 | * @return the node name | |
| 40 | */ | |
| 41 | String getName(); | |
| 42 | ||
| 43 | /** | |
| 44 | * Sets the name of this node. | |
| 45 | * | |
| 46 | * @param name the node name | |
| 47 | */ | |
| 48 | void setName(String name); | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | /** | |
| 51 | * Returns the value of this node. | |
| 52 | * | |
| 53 | * @return the node's value | |
| 54 | */ | |
| 55 | Object getValue(); | |
| 56 | ||
| 57 | /** | |
| 58 | * Sets the value of this node. | |
| 59 | * | |
| 60 | * @param val the node's value | |
| 61 | */ | |
| 62 | void setValue(Object val); | |
| 63 | ||
| 64 | /** | |
| 65 | * Returns this node's reference. | |
| 66 | * | |
| 67 | * @return the reference | |
| 68 | */ | |
| 69 | Object getReference(); | |
| 70 | ||
| 71 | /** | |
| 72 | * Sets this node's reference. This reference can be used by concrete | |
| 73 | * Configuration implementations to store data associated with each node. A | |
| 74 | * XML based configuration for instance could here store a reference to the | |
| 75 | * corresponding DOM element. | |
| 76 | * | |
| 77 | * @param ref the reference | |
| 78 | */ | |
| 79 | void setReference(Object ref); | |
| 80 | ||
| 81 | /** | |
| 82 | * Returns this node's parent. Can be <b>null</b>, then this node is the | |
| 83 | * top level node. | |
| 84 | * | |
| 85 | * @return the parent of this node | |
| 86 | */ | |
| 87 | ConfigurationNode getParentNode(); | |
| 88 | ||
| 89 | /** | |
| 90 | * Sets the parent of this node. | |
| 91 | * | |
| 92 | * @param parent the parent of this node | |
| 93 | */ | |
| 94 | void setParentNode(ConfigurationNode parent); | |
| 95 | ||
| 96 | /** | |
| 97 | * Adds a child to this node. | |
| 98 | * | |
| 99 | * @param node the new child | |
| 100 | */ | |
| 101 | void addChild(ConfigurationNode node); | |
| 102 | ||
| 103 | /** | |
| 104 | * Returns a list with the child nodes of this node. The nodes in this list | |
| 105 | * should be in the order they were inserted into this node. | |
| 106 | * | |
| 107 | * @return a list with the children of this node (never <b>null</b>) | |
| 108 | */ | |
| 109 | List getChildren(); | |
| 110 | ||
| 111 | /** | |
| 112 | * Returns the number of this node's children. | |
| 113 | * | |
| 114 | * @return the number of the children of this node | |
| 115 | */ | |
| 116 | int getChildrenCount(); | |
| 117 | ||
| 118 | /** | |
| 119 | * Returns a list with all children of this node with the given name. | |
| 120 | * | |
| 121 | * @param name the name of the searched children | |
| 122 | * @return a list with all child nodes with this name (never <b>null</b>) | |
| 123 | */ | |
| 124 | List getChildren(String name); | |
| 125 | ||
| 126 | /** | |
| 127 | * Returns the number of children with the given name. | |
| 128 | * | |
| 129 | * @param name the name | |
| 130 | * @return the number of children with this name | |
| 131 | */ | |
| 132 | int getChildrenCount(String name); | |
| 133 | ||
| 134 | /** | |
| 135 | * Returns the child node with the given index. If the index does not | |
| 136 | * exist, an exception will be thrown. | |
| 137 | * @param index the index of the child node (0-based) | |
| 138 | * @return the child node with this index | |
| 139 | */ | |
| 140 | ConfigurationNode getChild(int index); | |
| 141 | ||
| 142 | /** | |
| 143 | * Removes the given node from this node's children. | |
| 144 | * | |
| 145 | * @param child the child node to be removed | |
| 146 | * @return a flag if the node could be removed | |
| 147 | */ | |
| 148 | boolean removeChild(ConfigurationNode child); | |
| 149 | ||
| 150 | /** | |
| 151 | * Removes all child nodes of this node with the given name. | |
| 152 | * | |
| 153 | * @param childName the name of the children to be removed | |
| 154 | * @return a flag if at least one child was removed | |
| 155 | */ | |
| 156 | boolean removeChild(String childName); | |
| 157 | ||
| 158 | /** | |
| 159 | * Removes all children from this node. | |
| 160 | */ | |
| 161 | void removeChildren(); | |
| 162 | ||
| 163 | /** | |
| 164 | * Returns a flag whether this node is an attribute. | |
| 165 | * | |
| 166 | * @return a flag whether this node is an attribute | |
| 167 | */ | |
| 168 | boolean isAttribute(); | |
| 169 | ||
| 170 | /** | |
| 171 | * Sets a flag whether this node is an attribute. | |
| 172 | * | |
| 173 | * @param f the attribute flag | |
| 174 | */ | |
| 175 | void setAttribute(boolean f); | |
| 176 | ||
| 177 | /** | |
| 178 | * Returns a list with this node's attributes. Attributes are also modeled | |
| 179 | * as <code>ConfigurationNode</code> objects. | |
| 180 | * | |
| 181 | * @return a list with the attributes | |
| 182 | */ | |
| 183 | List getAttributes(); | |
| 184 | ||
| 185 | /** | |
| 186 | * Returns the number of attributes of this node. | |
| 187 | * @return the number of attributes | |
| 188 | */ | |
| 189 | int getAttributeCount(); | |
| 190 | ||
| 191 | /** | |
| 192 | * Returns a list with the attribute nodes with the given name. Attributes | |
| 193 | * with same names can be added multiple times, so the return value of this | |
| 194 | * method is a list. | |
| 195 | * | |
| 196 | * @param name the name of the attribute | |
| 197 | * @return the attribute nodes with this name (never <b>null</b>) | |
| 198 | */ | |
| 199 | List getAttributes(String name); | |
| 200 | ||
| 201 | /** | |
| 202 | * Returns the number of attributes with the given name. | |
| 203 | * | |
| 204 | * @param name the name of the attribute | |
| 205 | * @return the number of attributes with this name | |
| 206 | */ | |
| 207 | int getAttributeCount(String name); | |
| 208 | ||
| 209 | /** | |
| 210 | * Returns the attribute node with the given index. If no such index exists, | |
| 211 | * an exception will be thrown. | |
| 212 | * @param index the index | |
| 213 | * @return the attribute node with this index | |
| 214 | */ | |
| 215 | ConfigurationNode getAttribute(int index); | |
| 216 | ||
| 217 | /** | |
| 218 | * Removes the specified attribute from this node. | |
| 219 | * | |
| 220 | * @param node the attribute to remove | |
| 221 | * @return a flag if the node could be removed | |
| 222 | */ | |
| 223 | boolean removeAttribute(ConfigurationNode node); | |
| 224 | ||
| 225 | /** | |
| 226 | * Removes all attributes with the given name. | |
| 227 | * | |
| 228 | * @param name the name of the attributes to be removed | |
| 229 | * @return a flag if at least one attribute was removed | |
| 230 | */ | |
| 231 | boolean removeAttribute(String name); | |
| 232 | ||
| 233 | /** | |
| 234 | * Removes all attributes of this node. | |
| 235 | */ | |
| 236 | void removeAttributes(); | |
| 237 | ||
| 238 | /** | |
| 239 | * Adds the specified attribute to this node | |
| 240 | * | |
| 241 | * @param attr the attribute node | |
| 242 | */ | |
| 243 | void addAttribute(ConfigurationNode attr); | |
| 244 | ||
| 245 | /** | |
| 246 | * Returns a flag if this node is defined. This means that the node contains | |
| 247 | * some data. | |
| 248 | * | |
| 249 | * @return a flag whether this node is defined | |
| 250 | */ | |
| 251 | boolean isDefined(); | |
| 252 | ||
| 253 | /** | |
| 254 | * Visits this node and all its sub nodes. This method provides a simple | |
| 255 | * means for going through a hierarchical structure of configuration nodes. | |
| 256 | * | |
| 257 | * @see ConfigurationNodeVisitor | |
| 258 | * @param visitor the visitor | |
| 259 | */ | |
| 260 | void visit(ConfigurationNodeVisitor visitor); | |
| 261 | ||
| 262 | /** | |
| 263 | * Returns a copy of this node. | |
| 264 | * @return the copy | |
| 265 | */ | |
| 266 | Object clone(); | |
| 267 | } |