PropertiesLoader (JCS Classic Connector Module 8.6.0-8 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPropertiesLoader, ChainedPropertiesLoader, FilePropertiesLoader, FilterPropertiesLoader, JndiPropertiesLoader
```
public interface PropertiesLoader
```
A PropertiesLoader loads PropertiesResources and returns the contained properties as a Properties object.

The concrete implementation should specify whether it can be used in several threads concurrently or not.

Author:

sts

See Also:

PropertiesResource, Properties

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.Properties`	`load(PropertiesResource propertiesResource)`	Loads the given `PropertiesResource` if present.
`java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String>`	`loadAsMap(PropertiesResource propertiesResource)`	Loads the given `PropertiesResource` if present.

- Method Detail
  - load
```
java.util.Properties load(PropertiesResource propertiesResource)
                   throws ConfigurationException
```
    Loads the given PropertiesResource if present. Returns the properties as a Properties object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertiesResource - the PropertiesResource to load.
    
    Returns:
    
    the loaded Properties
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigurationException - if the PropertiesResource could not be loaded.
    
    See Also:
    
    PropertiesResource, Properties
  - loadAsMap
```
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> loadAsMap(PropertiesResource propertiesResource)
                                                          throws ConfigurationException
```
    Loads the given PropertiesResource if present. Returns the properties as a Map object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertiesResource - the PropertiesResource to load.
    
    Returns:
    
    the loaded Map
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigurationException - if the PropertiesResource could not be loaded.
    
    See Also:
    
    PropertiesResource, Properties