com.github.mizool.core.configuration

Interface HasChildren

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertyNode, RootNode

public interface HasChildren

An object that allows retrieving PropertyNode children.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PropertyNode	child(String reference) Returns the child PropertyNode with the given name.

Method Detail

child

PropertyNode child(String reference)

Returns the child PropertyNode with the given name. Until a value is retrieved, no check is made for the existence of any property.

Example: For a node representing timeouts.network, calling child("connect") will return a node representing timeouts.network.connect.

Parameters:

reference - one or more segments of the key to append to the key of the current node

Returns:

the child or descendant node, never null.