AbstractConfigurationManager (Configuration 0.7.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- io.confound.config.AbstractConfigurationManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConfigurationManager
```
public abstract class AbstractConfigurationManager
extends java.lang.Object
implements ConfigurationManager
```
A configuration manager that knows how to load a configuration by parsing some document from an input stream.

Author:

Garret Wilson

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractConfigurationManager(boolean required)
Constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isRequired()`	Returns whether this configuration manager requires a configuration to be determined.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface io.confound.config.ConfigurationManager
invalidate, isStale, loadConfiguration, saveConfiguration

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractConfigurationManager
```
public AbstractConfigurationManager(boolean required)
```
    Constructor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    required - Whether the manager requires a configuration to be determined when loading.
- Method Detail
  - isRequired
```
public boolean isRequired()
```
    Description copied from interface: ConfigurationManager
    
    Returns whether this configuration manager requires a configuration to be determined. If a configuration is required, attempting to load a configuration will throw an exception if a configuration cannot be determined; otherwise, it will return Optional.empty().
    
    Specified by:
    
    isRequired in interface ConfigurationManager
    
    Returns:
    
    true if a configuration is required and this manager will always return a configuration and throw an exception if one cannot be determined.
    
    See Also:
    
    ConfigurationManager.loadConfiguration()