com.netflix.config

Interface PolledConfigurationSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

JDBCConfigurationSource, URLConfigurationSource

public interface PolledConfigurationSource

The definition of configuration source that brings dynamic changes to the configuration via polling.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PollResult	poll(boolean initial, java.lang.Object checkPoint) Poll the configuration source to get the latest content.

Method Detail

poll

PollResult poll(boolean initial,
              java.lang.Object checkPoint)
                throws java.lang.Exception

Poll the configuration source to get the latest content.

Parameters:

initial - true if this operation is the first poll.

checkPoint - Object that is used to determine the starting point if the result returned is incremental. Null if there is no check point or the caller wishes to get the full content.

Returns:

The content of the configuration which may be full or incremental.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - If any exception occurs when fetching the configurations.