org.apache.commons.configuration2.reloading

Class CombinedReloadingController

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.configuration2.reloading.ReloadingController

org.apache.commons.configuration2.reloading.CombinedReloadingController

All Implemented Interfaces:

EventSource

public class CombinedReloadingController
extends ReloadingController

A specialized ReloadingController implementation which manages an arbitrary number of other ReloadingController objects.

This class can be used to handle multiple simple controllers for reload operations as a single object. As a usage example consider a combined configuration containing a number of configuration sources of which some support reloading. In this scenario all ReloadingController instances for the reloading-enabled sources can be added to a CombinedReloadingController. Then by triggering the combined controller a reload check is performed on all child sources.

This class is a typical implementation of the composite pattern. An instance is constructed with a collection of sub ReloadingController objects. Its operations are implemented by delegating to all child controllers.

This class expects the managed controller objects to be passed to the constructor. From this list a defensive copy is created so that it cannot be changed later on. Derived classes can override the getSubControllers() method if they need another way to handle child controllers (e.g. a more dynamic way). However, they are then responsible to ensure a safe access to this list in a multi-threaded environment.

Since:

2.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CombinedReloadingController(Collection<? extends ReloadingController> subCtrls) Creates a new instance of CombinedReloadingController and initializes it with the ReloadingController objects to be managed.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ReloadingDetector	getDetector() Returns the ReloadingDetector used by this controller.
Collection<ReloadingController>	getSubControllers() Returns a (unmodifiable) collection with the sub controllers managed by this combined controller.
void	resetInitialReloadingState() Resets the reloading state of all managed sub controllers unconditionally.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.configuration2.reloading.ReloadingController

addEventListener, checkForReloading, isInReloadingState, removeEventListener, resetReloadingState

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CombinedReloadingController

public CombinedReloadingController(Collection<? extends ReloadingController> subCtrls)

Creates a new instance of CombinedReloadingController and initializes it with the ReloadingController objects to be managed.

Parameters:

subCtrls - the collection with sub ReloadingControllers (must not be null or contain null entries)

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the passed in collection is null or contains null entries

Method Detail

getSubControllers

public Collection<ReloadingController> getSubControllers()

Returns a (unmodifiable) collection with the sub controllers managed by this combined controller.

Returns:

a collection with sub controllers

getDetector

public ReloadingDetector getDetector()

Returns the ReloadingDetector used by this controller. This implementation returns a special reloading detector which operates on all managed controllers.

Overrides:

getDetector in class ReloadingController

Returns:

the ReloadingDetector

resetInitialReloadingState

public void resetInitialReloadingState()

Resets the reloading state of all managed sub controllers unconditionally. This method is intended to be called after the creation of an instance. It may be the case that some of the sub controllers are already in reloading state, so their state is out of sync with this controller's global reloading state. This method ensures that the reloading state of all sub controllers is reset.