Settings.java

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2000-present Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
 * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
 * any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
 * details.
 */

package com.liferay.portal.kernel.settings;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * @author Raymond Augé
 * @author Jorge Ferrer
 * @author Iván Zaera
 */
public interface Settings {

	public ModifiableSettings getModifiableSettings();

	public Settings getParentSettings();

	public String getValue(String key, String defaultValue);

	public String[] getValues(String key, String[] defaultValue);

	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
	@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
	public @interface Config {

		public String[] settingsIds();

	}

	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
	@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
	public @interface OverrideClass {

		public Class<?> value() default Object.class;

	}

	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
	@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
	public @interface Property {

		public boolean ignore() default false;

		public String name() default "";

	}

}