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package org.ensembl.healthcheck.configurationmanager;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import uk.co.flamingpenguin.jewel.cli.OptionNotPresentException;
/**
* <p>
* Configuration objects should extend this abstract class. It provides
* methods for dealing with configuration objects from the ConfigurationProcessor
* and makes them implement the InvocationHandler interface.
* </p>
*
* <p>
* Configuration objects that extend this class will most likely make heavy
* use of reflection and look like they are implementing the configuration
* interface like the one the uk.co.flamingpenguin.jewel.cli stuff uses.
* </p>
*
* <p>
* Any implementation of this will probably be created using
* java.lang.reflect.Proxy.newProxyInstance
* </p>
*
* <pre>
* InvocationHandler handler = new ConfigurationByProperties(propertyFile);
*
* ConfigurationUserParameters configuration = (ConfigurationUserParameters)
* java.lang.reflect.Proxy.newProxyInstance(
* ConfigurationUserParameters.class.getClassLoader(),
* new Class[] { ConfigurationUserParameters.class },
* handler
* );
*</pre>
*
*/
public abstract class AbstractConfigurationBacking<T>
extends ConfigurationProcessor<T> implements InvocationHandler {}