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package org.jcoderz.commons.config;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import org.jcoderz.commons.ArgumentMalformedException;
/**
* Common ConfigurationService's business interface with
* getter method to get configuration parameters.
*
* On this level only primitve types String, int, long and boolean are used.
* The wellformed and complex typed interfaces for the specific services are
* using this more simple interface.
*
*/
public interface ConfigurationServiceCommonInterface
{
/**
* Returns the boolean value that is associated with the given key.
*
* @param key ConfigurationKey that is the key for a stored configuration
* value.
* @return the boolean value that is associated with the given key.
* @throws RemoteException if a remote call fails.
* @throws ConfigurationValueNotFoundException in case there is no match to
* key.
* @throws ConfigurationTypeConversionFailedException in case the found value
* could not be converted to boolean type.
* @throws ArgumentMalformedException Is thrown to indicate the illegal use
* of a null object as input parameter.
*/
boolean getBoolean (ConfigurationKey key)
throws RemoteException, ConfigurationValueNotFoundException,
ConfigurationTypeConversionFailedException,
ArgumentMalformedException;
/**
* Returns the int value that is associated with the given key.
*
* @param key ConfigurationKey that is the key for a stored configuration
* value.
* @return the int value that is associated with the given key.
* @throws RemoteException if a remote call fails.
* @throws ConfigurationValueNotFoundException in case there is no match to
* the key.
* @throws ConfigurationTypeConversionFailedException in case the found value
* could not be converted to int type.
* @throws ArgumentMalformedException Is thrown to indicate the illegal use
* of a null object as input parameter.
* @throws NumberFormatException in case the stored value cannot be
* converted into an int
*/
int getInt (ConfigurationKey key)
throws RemoteException, ConfigurationValueNotFoundException,
ConfigurationTypeConversionFailedException,
ArgumentMalformedException, NumberFormatException;
/**
* Returns the long value that is associated with the given key.
*
* @param key ConfigurationKey that is the key for a stored configuration
* value.
* @return the long value that is associated with the given key.
* @throws RemoteException if a remote call fails.
* @throws ConfigurationValueNotFoundException in case there is no match to
* the key.
* @throws ConfigurationTypeConversionFailedException in case the found value
* could not be converted to long type.
* @throws ArgumentMalformedException Is thrown to indicate the illegal use
* of a null object as input parameter.
*/
long getLong (ConfigurationKey key)
throws RemoteException, ConfigurationValueNotFoundException,
ConfigurationTypeConversionFailedException,
ArgumentMalformedException;
/**
* Returns the String value that is associated with the given key.
*
* @param key ConfigurationKey that is the key for a stored configuration
* value.
* @return the String value that is associated with the given key.
* @throws RemoteException if a remote call fails.
* @throws ConfigurationValueNotFoundException in case there is no match to
* the key.
* @throws ArgumentMalformedException Is thrown to indicate the illegal use
* of a null object as input parameter.
*/
String getString (ConfigurationKey key)
throws RemoteException, ConfigurationValueNotFoundException,
ArgumentMalformedException;
}