[Jukebox-cvs] CVS update: J4/src/java/gnu/j4/config Configurable.java Makefile.am

[CVS B. <vt...@fr...>]

  User: vt      
  Date: 00/09/12 17:02:35

  Modified:    src/java/gnu/j4/config Makefile.am
  Added:       src/java/gnu/j4/config Configurable.java
  Log:
  Coming closer to changing the initialization model
  
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  RCS file: /usr/local/cvs/J4/src/java/gnu/j4/config/Makefile.am,v
  retrieving revision 1.9
  retrieving revision 1.10
  diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
  --- Makefile.am	2000/08/24 20:35:49	1.9
  +++ Makefile.am	2000/09/13 00:02:35	1.10
  @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
  -# $Id: Makefile.am,v 1.9 2000/08/24 20:35:49 vt Exp $
  +# $Id: Makefile.am,v 1.10 2000/09/13 00:02:35 vt Exp $
   
   BASE_FILES = ConfigReader.java \
  +	     Configurable.java \
   	     Configuration.java \
   	     PropertiesReader.java
   
  
  
  
  1.1                  J4/src/java/gnu/j4/config/Configurable.java
  
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  Index: Configurable.java
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  package gnu.j4.config;
  
  /**
   * General definition of a configurable object.
   *
   * <p>
   *
   * Generally speaking, there's one serious problem with the configuration
   * per se: the chicken and egg problem, or the bootstrap sequence.
   *
   * <p>
   *
   * For example, every configurable object has to be able to tell what
   * exactly part of the original configuration is responsible for its
   * configuration, and it is not easy to determine. Thus, in order to
   *
   * @author Copyright &copy; <a href="mailto:vt...@fr...">Vadim Tkachenko</a> 1998-2000
   *
   * @version $Id: Configurable.java,v 1.1 2000/09/13 00:02:35 vt Exp $
   */
  public interface Configurable {
  
      /**
       * Configure the object.
       *
       * {@link #getConfigurationRoot getConfigurationRoot()} must not return
       * <code>null</code> at the time this method is called.
       *
       * @exception IllegalStateException if it turns out {@link
       * #getConfigurationRoot getConfigurationRoot()} did return null. We
       * cannot proceed without knowing where our configuration is.
       */
      public void configure(Configuration conf);
      
      /**
       * Get the path to the root configuration element.
       *
       * @return Dot delimited string defining the way from the configuration
       * top to the configuration element defining the configuration for this
       * object.
       */
      public String getConfigurationRoot();
  }