Class SettingsManager

java.lang.Object

org.apache.log4j.chainsaw.prefs.SettingsManager

public final class SettingsManager
extends Object

SettingManager allows components to register interest in Saving/Loading of general application preferences/settings.

Author:

Paul Smith <psmith@apache.org>, Scott Deboy <sdeboy@apache.org>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addSettingsListener(SettingsListener listener)	Registers the listener with the manager
void	configure(SettingsListener listener)
Properties	getDefaultSettings()	Returns the loaded default settings, which can be used by other classes within this package.
static SettingsManager	getInstance()	Returns the singleton instance of the SettingsManager
File	getSettingsDirectory()
void	loadSettings()	Requests that the settings be loaded, all listeners will be notified of this call, and configure themselves according to the values found in the loaded settings
void	saveSettings()	Creates a SaveSettingsEvent and calls all the SettingsListeners to populate the properties with configuration information

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Method Details

getInstance

public static SettingsManager getInstance()

Returns the singleton instance of the SettingsManager

Returns:

settings manager

addSettingsListener

public void addSettingsListener(SettingsListener listener)

Registers the listener with the manager

Parameters:

listener -

loadSettings

public void loadSettings()

Requests that the settings be loaded, all listeners will be notified of this call, and configure themselves according to the values found in the loaded settings

saveSettings

public void saveSettings()

Creates a SaveSettingsEvent and calls all the SettingsListeners to populate the properties with configuration information

getSettingsDirectory

public File getSettingsDirectory()

configure

public void configure(SettingsListener listener)

getDefaultSettings

public Properties getDefaultSettings()

Returns the loaded default settings, which can be used by other classes within this package.

Returns:

Properties defaults