org.ow2.util.xmlconfig.source
Interface IConfigurationSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

InputStreamConfigurationSource, XMLConfigurationSource

public interface IConfigurationSource

Represents the source of a configuration.

Author:

Guillaume Sauthier

Method Summary

org.w3c.dom.Document	getDocument(boolean validating) Parse the configuration source's content.
java.lang.String	getName()

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns:

the name of the source (useful for textual representation).

getDocument

org.w3c.dom.Document getDocument(boolean validating)
                                 throws org.ow2.util.xml.DocumentParserException

Parse the configuration source's content.

Parameters:

validating - is the parser validating ?

Returns:

the parsed Document

Throws:

org.ow2.util.xml.DocumentParserException - if the document cannot be parsed or is not valid.