org.apache.avalon.phoenix.interfaces
Interface ConfigurationRepository

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultConfigurationRepository, FileSystemPersistentConfigurationRepository

public interface ConfigurationRepository

Repository from which all configuration data is retrieved.

Author:

Peter Donald

Field Summary

static String

ROLE

Method Summary

Configuration	getConfiguration(String application, String block) Retrieve configuration information from the repository
void	removeConfiguration(String application, String block) Remove configuration information in the repository
void	storeConfiguration(String application, String block, Configuration configuration) Store configuration information in the repository

Field Detail

ROLE

public static final String ROLE

Method Detail

getConfiguration

public Configuration getConfiguration(String application,
                                      String block)
                               throws ConfigurationException

Retrieve configuration information from the repository

Parameters:

application - Application name

block - Block name to get configuration for

Returns:

Configuration information

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if no configuration could be found

storeConfiguration

public void storeConfiguration(String application,
                               String block,
                               Configuration configuration)
                        throws ConfigurationException

Store configuration information in the repository

Parameters:

application - Application name

block - Block name to store configuration for

configuration - information to store.

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if configuration could not be stored

removeConfiguration

public void removeConfiguration(String application,
                                String block)
                         throws ConfigurationException

Remove configuration information in the repository

Parameters:

application - Application name

block - Block name to store configuration for

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if configuration could not be removed