Method Detail

• getDescription

  java.lang.String getDescription()

  Returns the description of the configuration parameter, for display.

• getName

  java.lang.String getName()

  Returns the name of the configuration parameter, in a dot-separated namespace (FQN).

• getNameParts

  java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getNameParts()

  Returns the constituent parts of the configuration parameter name as a Collection.

• getTypeToken

  com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken<T> getTypeToken()

  Returns the Guava TypeToken, including info on generics.

• getType

  java.lang.Class<? super T> getType()

  Returns the type of the configuration parameter data.

  This returns a "super" of T only in the case where T is generified, and in such cases it returns the Class instance for the unadorned T --- i.e. for List this returns Class --- this is of course because there is no actual Class> instance.

• getTypeName

  java.lang.String getTypeName()

  Returns the name of of the configuration parameter data type, as a String.

• getDefaultValue

  T getDefaultValue()

  Returns the default value of the configuration parameter.

• hasDefaultValue

  boolean hasDefaultValue()

  Returns true if a default configuration value has been set.

• isReconfigurable

  boolean isReconfigurable()

  Returns:

  True if the configuration can be changed at runtime.