com.plealog.prefs4j.api

Interface PropertiesDataConnector

All Superinterfaces:

DataConnector

public interface PropertiesDataConnector
extends DataConnector

Defines a data connector capable of serializing standard Java Properties objects.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.plealog.prefs4j.api.DataConnector

DataConnector.TYPE

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Properties	load(String locator) Loads a Properties.
void	save(String locator, Properties props) Saves a Properties.

Methods inherited from interface com.plealog.prefs4j.api.DataConnector

canRead, canWrite, getType, newInstance

Method Detail

save

void save(String locator,
        Properties props)
          throws IOException

Saves a Properties.

Parameters:

locator - the place where to save the Properties.

props - the properties to save

Throws:

IOException - when serialization fails.

load

Properties load(String locator)
                throws IOException

Loads a Properties.

Parameters:

locator - the place where to read the Properties. It's up to the implementation to figure out how to interpret the content of the locator String.

Returns:

the properties read from locator

Throws:

IOException - when serialization fails.