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* Description: Configuration Provider
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package org.openmdx.kernel.configuration;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* To access the components or subcomponents configuration
*/
public interface ConfigurationProvider {
/**
* Get a specific configuration
*
* @param section
* the qualified name of the section to be parsed (dot is used as separator)
*
* @return the requested configuration which may be empty but never
* is null
*
*/
Configuration getConfiguration(
String section
);
/**
* Get a specific configuration
*
* @param section
* the qualified name of the section to be parsed (dot is used as separator)
* @param override
* overrides the given entries or amends them by new ones
* @return the requested configuration which may be empty but never
* is null
*
*/
Configuration getConfiguration(
String section,
Map override
);
}