ConfigInstance (config-lib 7.564.19 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.yahoo.config.Node
- - com.yahoo.config.InnerNode
  - - com.yahoo.config.ConfigInstance

```
public abstract class ConfigInstance
extends InnerNode
```
Represents an instance of an application config with a specific configId.
An instance of this class contains all values (represented by Nodes) for the config object as it is the superclass of the generated config class used by the client.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class Description

static interface ConfigInstance.Builder

static interface ConfigInstance.Producer

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ConfigInstance()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getConfigMd5()`	Deprecated. do not use
`static String`	`getDefName(Class<?> type)`	Gets the name of the given config instance
`static String`	`getDefNamespace(Class<?> type)`	Gets the namespace of the given config instance
`static List<String>`	`serialize(InnerNode node)`	Returns the serialized representation of the given node.
`static void`	`serialize(InnerNode node, Serializer serializer)`
`void`	`setConfigMd5(String configMd5)`	Deprecated. do not use

Methods inherited from class com.yahoo.config.InnerNode
equals, getAllDescendantLeafNodes, getChildren, getChildrenWithVectorsFlattened, hashCode, postInitialize, toString

Methods inherited from class com.yahoo.config.Node
clone

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ConfigInstance
```
public ConfigInstance()
```
- Method Detail
  - getDefName
```
public static String getDefName(Class<?> type)
```
    Gets the name of the given config instance
  - getDefNamespace
```
public static String getDefNamespace(Class<?> type)
```
    Gets the namespace of the given config instance
  - serialize
```
public static List<String> serialize(InnerNode node)
```
    Returns the serialized representation of the given node.
    Declared static, instead of InnerNode member, to avoid a public 0-arg method with a commonly used name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    node - The inner node
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of strings, containing the serialized representation of this config
  - serialize
```
public static void serialize(InnerNode node,
                             Serializer serializer)
```
  - getConfigMd5
```
@Deprecated
public String getConfigMd5()
```
    Deprecated.
    do not use
  - setConfigMd5
```
@Deprecated
public void setConfigMd5(String configMd5)
```
    Deprecated.
    do not use