org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration
Class ConfigurationUtil

java.lang.Object
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public class ConfigurationUtil

extends Object

This class has a bunch of utility methods to work with configuration objects.

Version:

CVS $Revision: 1.11 $ $Date: 2003/02/11 15:58:38 $

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Method Summary

static boolean	equals(Configuration c1, Configuration c2) Test to see if two Configuration's can be considered the same.
static Element	toElement(Configuration configuration) Convert a configuration tree into a DOM Element tree.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

toElement

public static Element toElement(Configuration configuration)

Convert a configuration tree into a DOM Element tree.

Parameters:

configuration - the configuration object

Returns:

the DOM Element

equals

public static boolean equals(Configuration c1,
                             Configuration c2)

Test to see if two Configuration's can be considered the same. Name, value, attributes and children are test. The order of children is not taken into consideration for equality.

Parameters:

c1 - Configuration to test

c2 - Configuration to test

Returns:

true if the configurations can be considered equals