Package org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration

Class ConfigurationUtil

java.lang.Object
org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.ConfigurationUtil
public class ConfigurationUtil extends Object
This class has a bunch of utility methods to work with configuration objects.
Since:
4.1.4
Version:
CVS $Revision: 1.18 $ $Date: 2004/05/08 14:05:07 $
Author:
Avalon Development Team

  • Method Details

    • toConfiguration

      public static Configuration toConfiguration(Element element)
      Convert a DOM Element tree into a configuration tree.
      Parameters:
      element - the DOM Element
      Returns:
      the configuration object

    • toElement

      public static Element toElement(Configuration configuration)
      Convert a configuration tree into a DOM Element tree.
      Parameters:
      configuration - the configuration object
      Returns:
      the DOM Element

    • toString

      public static String toString(Configuration configuration)
      Serialize the configuration object to a String. If an exception occurs, the exception message will be returned instead. This method is intended to aid debugging; DefaultConfigurationSerializer.serialize(Configuration) lets the caller handle exceptions.
      Parameters:
      configuration - Configuration instance to serialize
      Returns:
      a non-null String representing the Configuration, or an error message.
      Since:
      12 March, 2003

    • equals

      public static boolean equals(Configuration c1, Configuration c2)
      Test to see if two Configuration's can be considered the same. Name, value, attributes and children are test. The order of children is not taken into consideration for equality.
      Parameters:
      c1 - Configuration to test
      c2 - Configuration to test
      Returns:
      true if the configurations can be considered equals