mondrian.olap

Interface MondrianPropertiesBase.PropertySource

Enclosing class:

MondrianPropertiesBase

public static interface MondrianPropertiesBase.PropertySource

Represents a place that properties can be read from, and remembers the timestamp that we last read them.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getDescription() Returns the description of this source, such as a filename or URL.
boolean	isStale() Returns true if the source exists and has been modified since last time we called openStream().
InputStream	openStream() Opens an input stream from the source.

Method Detail

openStream

InputStream openStream()

Opens an input stream from the source.

Also checks the 'last modified' time, which will determine whether isStale() returns true.

Returns:

input stream

isStale

boolean isStale()

Returns true if the source exists and has been modified since last time we called openStream().

Returns:

whether source has changed since it was last read

getDescription

String getDescription()

Returns the description of this source, such as a filename or URL.

Returns:

description of this PropertySource