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Interface JiveProperties<K,V>

All Superinterfaces:

java.util.Map<K,V>

public interface JiveProperties<K,V>
extends java.util.Map<K,V>

An extension of the Map interface to add support for getting child property names or a Collection of all property names.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface java.util.Map

java.util.Map.Entry<K,V>

Method Summary

java.util.Collection<V>	getChildrenNames(K parentKey) Return all children property names of a parent property as a Collection of String objects.
java.util.Collection<V>	getPropertyNames() Returns all property names as a Collection of String values.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

clear, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, put, putAll, remove, size, values

Method Detail

getChildrenNames

java.util.Collection<V> getChildrenNames(K parentKey)

Return all children property names of a parent property as a Collection of String objects. For example, given the properties X.Y.A, X.Y.B, and X.Y.C, then the child properties of X.Y are X.Y.A, X.Y.B, and X.Y.C. The method is not recursive; ie, it does not return children of children.

Parameters:

parentKey - the name of the parent property.

Returns:

all child property names for the given parent.

getPropertyNames

java.util.Collection<V> getPropertyNames()

Returns all property names as a Collection of String values.

Returns:

all property names.