org.openl.rules.common

Interface PropertiesContainer

public interface PropertiesContainer

Properties Container keeps set of properties.

Only one property per name is supported.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addProperty(Property property) Adds property into the container.
Collection<Property>	getProperties() Gets list of all properties in the container.
Property	getProperty(String name) Returns property by name.
boolean	hasProperty(String name) Checks whether property with specified name exists in the container.
Property	removeProperty(String name) Removes property from the container.

Method Detail

addProperty

void addProperty(Property property)
          throws PropertyException

Adds property into the container.

Parameters:

property - adding property

Throws:

PropertyException - if property with the same name exists already and value cannot be updated.

getProperties

Collection<Property> getProperties()

Gets list of all properties in the container.

Returns:

list of properties

getProperty

Property getProperty(String name)
              throws PropertyException

Returns property by name.

Parameters:

name - name of property

Returns:

reference on named property

Throws:

PropertyException - if no property with specified name

hasProperty

boolean hasProperty(String name)

Checks whether property with specified name exists in the container.

Parameters:

name - name of property

Returns:

true if such property exists

removeProperty

Property removeProperty(String name)
                 throws PropertyException

Removes property from the container.

Parameters:

name - name of property

Returns:

removed property

Throws:

PropertyException - if no property with specified name