com.netscape.certsrv.base

Interface ISourceConfigStore

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IConfigStore

public interface ISourceConfigStore
extends java.io.Serializable

An interface that represents the source that creates the configuration store tree. Note that the tree can be built based on the information from a text file or ldap entries.

Version:

$Revision$, $Date$

See Also:

IConfigStore

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	get(java.lang.String name) Gets a property.
java.util.Enumeration<java.lang.String>	keys() Returns an enumeration of the config store's keys.
void	load(java.io.InputStream in) Reads a config store from an input stream.
java.lang.String	put(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) Retrieves a property.
void	save(java.io.OutputStream out, java.lang.String header) Stores this config store to the specified output stream.

Method Detail

get

java.lang.String get(java.lang.String name)

Gets a property.

Parameters:

name - The property name

Returns:

property value

put

java.lang.String put(java.lang.String name,
                     java.lang.String value)

Retrieves a property.

Parameters:

name - The property name

value - The property value

keys

java.util.Enumeration<java.lang.String> keys()

Returns an enumeration of the config store's keys.

Returns:

a list of keys

See Also:

Hashtable.elements(), Enumeration

load

void load(java.io.InputStream in)
   throws java.io.IOException

Reads a config store from an input stream.

Parameters:

in - input stream where the properties are located

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an IO error occurs while loading from input.

save

void save(java.io.OutputStream out,
          java.lang.String header)

Stores this config store to the specified output stream.

Parameters:

out - output stream where the properties should be serialized

header - optional header to be serialized