Package com.electronwill.nightconfig.core.file

Class FormatDetector

java.lang.Object

com.electronwill.nightconfig.core.file.FormatDetector

public final class FormatDetector
extends Object

Utility class for detecting the format of configurations files.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static ConfigFormat<?>	detect(File file)	Detects the ConfigFormat of a file.
static ConfigFormat<?>	detect(Path file)	Detects the ConfigFormat of a file.
static ConfigFormat<?>	detectByName(String fileName)	Detects the ConfigFormat of a filename.
static void	registerExtension(String fileExtension, ConfigFormat<?> format)	Registers a ConfigFormat for a specific fileExtension.
static void	registerExtension(String fileExtension, Supplier<ConfigFormat<?>> formatSupplier)	Registers a ConfigFormat's supplier for a specific fileExtension.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

registerExtension

public static void registerExtension(String fileExtension,
 ConfigFormat<?> format)

Registers a ConfigFormat for a specific fileExtension.

Parameters:

fileExtension - the file extension

format - the config format

registerExtension

public static void registerExtension(String fileExtension,
 Supplier<ConfigFormat<?>> formatSupplier)

Registers a ConfigFormat's supplier for a specific fileExtension.

Parameters:

fileExtension - the file extension

formatSupplier - the Supplier of the config format

detect

public static ConfigFormat<?> detect(File file)

Detects the ConfigFormat of a file.

Parameters:

file - the file

Returns:

the associated ConfigFormat, or null if not found

detect

public static ConfigFormat<?> detect(Path file)

Detects the ConfigFormat of a file.

Parameters:

file - the file

Returns:

the associated ConfigFormat, or null if not found

detectByName

public static ConfigFormat<?> detectByName(String fileName)

Detects the ConfigFormat of a filename.

Parameters:

fileName - the file name

Returns:

the associated ConfigFormat, or null if not found