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package org.apache.commons.configuration2;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.Properties;
import org.apache.commons.configuration2.ex.ConfigurationRuntimeException;
/**
*
* A Map based Configuration.
*
*
* This implementation of the {@code Configuration} interface is initialized with a {@link java.util.Map}. The methods
* of the {@code Configuration} interface are implemented on top of the content of this map. The following storage
* scheme is used:
*
*
* Property keys are directly mapped to map keys, i.e. the {@code getProperty()} method directly performs a
* {@code get()} on the map. Analogously, {@code setProperty()} or {@code addProperty()} operations write new data into
* the map. If a value is added to an existing property, a {@link java.util.List} is created, which stores the values of
* this property.
*
*
* An important use case of this class is to treat a map as a {@code Configuration} allowing access to its data through
* the richer interface. This can be a bit problematic in some cases because the map may contain values that need not
* adhere to the default storage scheme used by typical configuration implementations, e.g. regarding lists. In such
* cases care must be taken when manipulating the data through the {@code Configuration} interface, e.g. by calling
* {@code addProperty()}; results may be different than expected.
*
*
* The handling of list delimiters is a bit different for this configuration implementation: When a property of type
* String is queried, it is passed to the current {@link org.apache.commons.configuration2.convert.ListDelimiterHandler
* ListDelimiterHandler} which may generate multiple values. Note that per default a list delimiter handler is set which
* does not do any list splitting, so this feature is disabled. It can be enabled by setting a properly configured
* {@code ListDelimiterHandler} implementation, e.g. a
* {@link org.apache.commons.configuration2.convert.DefaultListDelimiterHandler DefaultListDelimiterHandler} object.
*
*
* Notice that list splitting is only performed for single string values. If a property has multiple values, the single
* values are not split even if they contain the list delimiter character.
*
*
* As the underlying {@code Map} is directly used as store of the property values, the thread-safety of this
* {@code Configuration} implementation depends on the map passed to the constructor.
*
*
* Notes about type safety: For properties with multiple values this implementation creates lists of type {@code Object}
* and stores them. If a property is assigned another value, the value is added to the list. This can cause problems if
* the map passed to the constructor already contains lists of other types. This should be avoided, otherwise it cannot
* be guaranteed that the application might throw {@code ClassCastException} exceptions later.
*
*
* @since 1.1
*/
public class MapConfiguration extends AbstractConfiguration implements Cloneable {
/**
* Helper method for converting the type of the {@code Properties} object to a supported map type. As stated by the
* comment of the constructor, we expect the {@code Properties} object to contain only String key; therefore, it is safe
* to do this cast.
*
* @param props the {@code Properties} to be copied
* @return a newly created map with all string keys of the properties
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
private static Map toMap(final Properties props) {
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
final Map map = props;
return map;
}
/** The Map decorated by this configuration. */
protected Map map;
/** A flag whether trimming of property values should be disabled. */
private boolean trimmingDisabled;
/**
* Create a Configuration decorator around the specified Map. The map is used to store the configuration properties, any
* change will also affect the Map.
*
* @param map the map
*/
public MapConfiguration(final Map map) {
this.map = (Map) Objects.requireNonNull(map, "map");
}
/**
* Creates a new instance of {@code MapConfiguration} which uses the specified {@code Properties} object as its data
* store. All changes of this configuration affect the given {@code Properties} object and vice versa. Note that while
* {@code Properties} actually implements {@code Map