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| package org.apache.commons.configuration2.builder; |
| |
| import org.apache.commons.configuration2.ImmutableConfiguration; |
| import org.apache.commons.configuration2.event.EventSource; |
| import org.apache.commons.configuration2.ex.ConfigurationException; |
| |
| /** |
| * <p> |
| * Definition of an interface for objects that can create {@link ImmutableConfiguration} or |
| * {@link org.apache.commons.configuration2.Configuration Configuration} objects of a specific type. |
| * </p> |
| * <p> |
| * This interface defines an abstract way of creating a {@code ImmutableConfiguration} object. It does not assume any |
| * specific way of how this is done; this is completely in the responsibility of an implementation class. There is just |
| * a single method that returns the configuration constructed by this builder. |
| * </p> |
| * <p> |
| * Note: {@code ImmutableConfiguration} is just the base interface for all configuration objects. So that the return |
| * type of the {@code getConfiguration()} method is {@code ImmutableConfiguration} does not mean that only immutable |
| * configurations can be created. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @since 2.0 |
| * @param <T> the concrete type of the {@code ImmutableConfiguration} class produced by this builder |
| */ |
| public interface ConfigurationBuilder<T extends ImmutableConfiguration> extends EventSource { |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the configuration provided by this builder. An implementation has to perform all necessary steps for creating |
| * and initializing a {@code ImmutableConfiguration} object. |
| * |
| * @return the configuration |
| * @throws ConfigurationException if an error occurs |
| */ |
| T getConfiguration() throws ConfigurationException; |
| } |