Package groovy.util

Class ConfigObject

java.lang.Object
groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport
groovy.util.ConfigObject
All Implemented Interfaces:
GroovyObject, Writable, Cloneable, Map
public class ConfigObject extends GroovyObjectSupport implements Writable, Map, Cloneable
A ConfigObject at a simple level is a Map that creates configuration entries (other ConfigObjects) when referencing them. This means that navigating to foo.bar.stuff will not return null but nested ConfigObjects which are of course empty maps The Groovy truth can be used to check for the existence of "real" entries.
Since:
1.5

  • Constructor Details

    • ConfigObject

      public ConfigObject(URL file)

    • ConfigObject

      public ConfigObject()

  • Method Details

    • getConfigFile

      public URL getConfigFile()

    • setConfigFile

      public void setConfigFile(URL configFile)

    • writeTo

      public Writer writeTo(Writer outArg) throws IOException
      Writes this config object into a String serialized representation which can later be parsed back using the parse() method
      Specified by:
      writeTo in interface Writable
      Parameters:
      outArg - the Writer to which this Writable should output its data.
      Returns:
      the Writer that was passed
      Throws:
      IOException - if an error occurred while outputting data to the writer
      See Also:

    • getProperty

      public Object getProperty(String name)
      Overrides the default getProperty implementation to create nested ConfigObject instances on demand for non-existent keys
      Specified by:
      getProperty in interface GroovyObject
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the property of interest
      Returns:
      the given property

    • flatten

      public Map flatten()
      A ConfigObject is a tree structure consisting of nested maps. This flattens the maps into a single level structure like a properties file

    • flatten

      public Map flatten(Map target)
      Flattens this ConfigObject populating the results into the target Map
      See Also:

    • merge

      public Map merge(ConfigObject other)
      Merges the given map with this ConfigObject overriding any matching configuration entries in this ConfigObject
      Parameters:
      other - The ConfigObject to merge with
      Returns:
      The result of the merge

    • toProperties

      public Properties toProperties()
      Converts this ConfigObject into a the java.util.Properties format, flattening the tree structure beforehand
      Returns:
      A java.util.Properties instance

    • toProperties

      public Properties toProperties(String prefix)
      Converts this ConfigObject ino the java.util.Properties format, flatten the tree and prefixing all entries with the given prefix
      Parameters:
      prefix - The prefix to append before property entries
      Returns:
      A java.util.Properties instance

    • size

      public int size()
      Specified by:
      size in interface Map

    • isEmpty

      public boolean isEmpty()
      Specified by:
      isEmpty in interface Map

    • containsKey

      public boolean containsKey(Object key)
      Specified by:
      containsKey in interface Map

    • containsValue

      public boolean containsValue(Object value)
      Specified by:
      containsValue in interface Map

    • get

      public Object get(Object key)
      Specified by:
      get in interface Map

    • put

      public Object put(Object key, Object value)
      Specified by:
      put in interface Map

    • remove

      public Object remove(Object key)
      Specified by:
      remove in interface Map

    • putAll

      public void putAll(Map m)
      Specified by:
      putAll in interface Map

    • clear

      public void clear()
      Specified by:
      clear in interface Map

    • keySet

      public Set keySet()
      Specified by:
      keySet in interface Map

    • values

      public Collection values()
      Specified by:
      values in interface Map

    • entrySet

      public Set entrySet()
      Specified by:
      entrySet in interface Map

    • clone

      public ConfigObject clone()
      Returns a shallow copy of this ConfigObject, keys and configuration entries are not cloned.
      Overrides:
      clone in class Object
      Returns:
      a shallow copy of this ConfigObject

    • isSet

      public Boolean isSet(String option)
      Checks if a config option is set. Example usage: 
       def config = new ConfigSlurper().parse("foo { password='' }")
 assert config.foo.isSet('password')
 assert config.foo.isSet('username') == false
      The check works only for options one block below the current block. E.g. config.isSet('foo.password') will always return false.
      Parameters:
      option - The name of the option
      Returns:
      true if the option is set false otherwise
      Since:
      2.3.0

    • prettyPrint

      public String prettyPrint()

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object