com.opensymphony.xwork2.config
Interface PackageProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConfigurationProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

StubConfigurationProvider, XmlConfigurationProvider, XWorkConfigurationProvider

public interface PackageProvider

Provides configuration packages. The separate init and loadPackages calls are due to the need to preserve backwards compatibility with the 2.0 ConfigurationProvider interface

Since:

2.1

Method Summary

void	init(Configuration configuration) Initializes with the configuration
void	loadPackages() Loads the packages for the configuration.
boolean	needsReload() Tells whether the PackageProvider should reload its configuration

Method Detail

init

void init(Configuration configuration)
          throws ConfigurationException

Initializes with the configuration

Parameters:

configuration - The configuration

Throws:

ConfigurationException - If anything goes wrong

needsReload

boolean needsReload()

Tells whether the PackageProvider should reload its configuration

Returns:

true, whether the PackageProvider should reload its configuration, falseotherwise.

loadPackages

void loadPackages()
                  throws ConfigurationException

Loads the packages for the configuration.

Throws:

ConfigurationException