org.jboss.util.property
Interface PropertyReader

All Known Implementing Classes:

FilePropertyReader (src)

public interface PropertyReader

Iterface used to allow a PropertyMap to read property definitions in an implementation independent fashion.

readProperties

public java.util.Map readProperties()
                             throws PropertyException (src) ,
                                    java.io.IOException

Read a map of properties from this input source.

Returns:

Read properties map.

Throws:

PropertyException (src) - Failed to read properties.

java.io.IOException - I/O error while reading properties.