com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api
Interface Configuration

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultConfiguration

public interface Configuration

extends java.io.Serializable

A Configuration is used to configure a Configurable component. The general idea of Configuration/Configurable was taken from Jakarta's Avalon framework.

Author:

lkuehne

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAttribute(java.lang.String aName) The attribute value for an attribute name.
java.lang.String[]	getAttributeNames() The set of attribute names.
Configuration[]	getChildren() The set of child configurations.
java.lang.String	getName() The name of this configuration.

Method Detail

getAttributeNames

public java.lang.String[] getAttributeNames()

The set of attribute names.

Returns:

The set of attribute names, never null.

getAttribute

public java.lang.String getAttribute(java.lang.String aName)
                              throws CheckstyleException

The attribute value for an attribute name.

Parameters:

aName - the attribute name

Returns:

the value that is associated with aName

Throws:

CheckstyleException - if aName is not a valid attribute name

getChildren

public Configuration[] getChildren()

The set of child configurations.

Returns:

The set of child configurations, never null.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

The name of this configuration.

Returns:

The name of this configuration.