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* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
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package org.hibernate.service.config.spi;
import java.util.Map;
import org.hibernate.service.Service;
/**
* Provides access to the initial user-provided configuration values
*
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface ConfigurationService extends Service {
public Map getSettings();
public <T> T getSetting(String name, Converter<T> converter);
public <T> T getSetting(String name, Converter<T> converter, T defaultValue);
public <T> T getSetting(String name, Class<T> expected, T defaultValue);
/**
* Cast <tt>candidate</tt> to the instance of <tt>expected</tt> type.
*
* @param expected The type of instance expected to return.
* @param candidate The candidate object to be casted.
* @return The instance of expected type or null if this cast fail.
*/
public <T> T cast(Class<T> expected, Object candidate);
public static interface Converter<T> {
public T convert(Object value);
}
}