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com.sas.portal.portlet.configuration
Interface Configuration

All Superinterfaces:

public interface Configuration

extends java.io.Serializable

This interface represents a persistent configuration for a portlet instance. Configuration objects are unique to a PSPortlet. In simpler terms, this means that each unique combination of portlet/page/user can have its own unique Configuration object. Configuration maps a collection of name/value pairs, represented as instances of Attribute to metadata records with mostly Java Collection semantics. Currently, only OMR PropertySets are supported. A Configuration cannot be instantiated directly. Client code should use the ConfigurationFactory to create and save Configurations.

Since:

1/25/2003

See Also:

ConfigurationFactory, Attribute

Method Summary

void	addAll(Map map) Add all attributes from the map into this configuration
Attribute	getAttribute(String name) Get the attribute of a given name
List	getAttributeNames() Get the list of attribute names known for this configuration
String	getName() Get the name of this configuration object
void	removeAllAttributes() Remove all attributes.
Attribute	removeAttribute(String name) Remove an attribute with a given name, if present
Attribute	setAttribute(Attribute attr) Set the attribute for this configuration
Attribute	setAttribute(String name, String value) Set the attribute name and value pair for this configuration

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Get the name of this configuration object

Returns:

the String name of the configuration object

setAttribute

public Attribute setAttribute(String name,
                              String value)

Set the attribute name and value pair for this configuration

Parameters:

name - the name of the configuration object

value - the value of the configuration object

Returns:

the attribute representing this configuration

setAttribute

public Attribute setAttribute(Attribute attr)

Set the attribute for this configuration

Parameters:

attribute - the attribute containing the name/value pair

Returns:

the attribute representing this configuration

getAttribute

public Attribute getAttribute(String name)

Get the attribute of a given name

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute to return

Returns:

the attribute matching the name given

getAttributeNames

public List getAttributeNames()

Get the list of attribute names known for this configuration

Returns:

the ArrayList of attribute names

removeAttribute

public Attribute removeAttribute(String name)

Remove an attribute with a given name, if present

Parameters:

name - Name of the attribute to remove

Returns:

the attribute removed

removeAllAttributes

public void removeAllAttributes()

Remove all attributes.

addAll

public void addAll(Map map)

Add all attributes from the map into this configuration

Parameters:

map - keys are the names of the attributes, and the value is the value of the attribute.

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