ConfigData (PlantUML 1.2021.2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AppletBasedConfigData, ConfigParametersBasedConfigData, FlatConfigData, PropertiesBasedConfigData
```
public interface ConfigData
```
Interface for hierarchically managed key-value pairs. The key is always a string which contains any kind of printable character except '/', '=', ':', and whitespace characters like ' ' and '\t'. The value is either a string or a ConfigData object.
This interface will be used by ConfigParameters in accordance with the Strategy design pattern.

Author:

Franz-Josef Elmer

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`get(java.lang.String key)`	Returns the value associated with this key.
`java.lang.String`	`getFullKey(java.lang.String key)`	Returns the full key.
`ConfigData`	`getNode(java.lang.String key)`	Returns the `ConfigData` object associated with this key.

- Method Detail
  - getFullKey
```
java.lang.String getFullKey(java.lang.String key)
```
    Returns the full key.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - A (relative) key. null is not allowed.
    
    Returns:
    
    the full key including path.
  - get
```
java.lang.String get(java.lang.String key)
```
    Returns the value associated with this key.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - The relative key. null is not allowed.
    
    Returns:
    
    the associated value. Will be null if no value exists for key.
  - getNode
```
ConfigData getNode(java.lang.String key)
```
    Returns the ConfigData object associated with this key.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - The relative key. null is not allowed.
    
    Returns:
    
    the associated value. Will never return null. Instead an empty ConfigData is returned.