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This artifact provides means to read configuration data from various different locations such as properties from JAR files, file system files or remote HTTP addresses or GIT repositories.

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// REFCODES.ORG
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package org.refcodes.properties;

import java.io.File;

/**
 * Mode of operation regarding the {@link ResourceProperties#reload(ReloadMode)}
 * method.
 */
public enum ReloadMode {

	/**
	 * When reloading properties from a resource, then any properties not
	 * existing in the resource (e.g. in a {@link File}) are removed from the
	 * according {@link ResourceProperties}.
	 */
	ORPHAN_REMOVAL,

	/**
	 * When reloading properties from a resource, then any properties not
	 * existing in the resource (e.g. in a {@link File}) are kept in the
	 * according {@link ResourceProperties}.
	 */
	KEEP_ORPHANS

}