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package org.apache.commons.configuration2;

import org.apache.commons.configuration2.interpol.Lookup;

/**
 * <p>
 * A specialized implementation of the {@code Lookup} interface which uses a
 * {@code Configuration} object to resolve variables.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * This class is passed an {@link ImmutableConfiguration} object at construction
 * time. In its implementation of the {@code lookup()} method it simply queries
 * this configuration for the passed in variable name. So the keys passed to
 * {@code lookup()} are mapped directly to configuration properties.
 * </p>
 *
 * @version $Id$
 * @since 2.0
 */
public class ConfigurationLookup implements Lookup
{
    /** The configuration to which lookups are delegated. */
    private final ImmutableConfiguration configuration;

    /**
     * Creates a new instance of {@code ConfigurationLookup} and sets the
     * associated {@code ImmutableConfiguration}.
     *
     * @param config the configuration to use for lookups (must not be
     *        <b>null</b>)
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the configuration is <b>null</b>
     */
    public ConfigurationLookup(ImmutableConfiguration config)
    {
        if (config == null)
        {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "Configuration must not be null!");
        }
        configuration = config;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the {@code ImmutableConfiguration} used by this object.
     *
     * @return the associated {@code ImmutableConfiguration}
     */
    public ImmutableConfiguration getConfiguration()
    {
        return configuration;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc} This implementation calls {@code getProperty()} on the
     * associated configuration. The return value is directly returned. Note
     * that this may be a complex object, e.g. a collection or an array.
     */
    @Override
    public Object lookup(String variable)
    {
        return getConfiguration().getProperty(variable);
    }
}