org.codehaus.plexus.configuration
Class PlexusConfigurationUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfigurationUtils

public final class PlexusConfigurationUtils
extends Object

Utilities for working with PlexusConfiguration objects

Version:

$Revision: 25140 $

Author:

Eric Dalquist

Nested Class Summary

static class

PlexusConfigurationUtils.MergePolicyType Defines the various types of merge policy type attributes

Field Summary

static Comparator<org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration>	PLEXUS_CONFIG_COMPARATOR Does a deep-comparison of two PlexusConfiguration objects
static String	REMOVE_DUPLICATE_POLICY How duplicate entries should be handled post-merge, if true they are removed, if false they are not removed.

Method Summary

static org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration

merge(org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration primary, org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration secondary) Merge two elements, treats the two elements as if PlexusConfigurationUtils.MergePolicyType.SELF_MERGE_POLICY is set to MergePolicy.MERGE on the secondary argument

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

REMOVE_DUPLICATE_POLICY

public static final String REMOVE_DUPLICATE_POLICY

How duplicate entries should be handled post-merge, if true they are removed, if false they are not removed. Defaults to false.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

PLEXUS_CONFIG_COMPARATOR

public static Comparator<org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration> PLEXUS_CONFIG_COMPARATOR

Does a deep-comparison of two PlexusConfiguration objects

Method Detail

merge

public static org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration merge(org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration primary,
                                                                          org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration secondary)

Merge two elements, treats the two elements as if PlexusConfigurationUtils.MergePolicyType.SELF_MERGE_POLICY is set to MergePolicy.MERGE on the secondary argument