org.apache.hadoop.conf
Interface Reconfigurable

All Superinterfaces:

Configurable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ReconfigurableBase

public interface Reconfigurable
extends Configurable

Something whose Configuration can be changed at run time.

Method Summary

Collection<String>	getReconfigurableProperties() Return all the properties that can be changed at run time.
boolean	isPropertyReconfigurable(String property) Return whether a given property is changeable at run time.
String	reconfigureProperty(String property, String newVal) Change a configuration property on this object to the value specified.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable

getConf, setConf

Method Detail

reconfigureProperty

String reconfigureProperty(String property,
                           String newVal)
                           throws ReconfigurationException

Change a configuration property on this object to the value specified. Change a configuration property on this object to the value specified and return the previous value that the configuration property was set to (or null if it was not previously set). If newVal is null, set the property to its default value; If the property cannot be changed, throw a ReconfigurationException.

Throws:

ReconfigurationException

isPropertyReconfigurable

boolean isPropertyReconfigurable(String property)

Return whether a given property is changeable at run time. If isPropertyReconfigurable returns true for a property, then changeConf should not throw an exception when changing this property.

getReconfigurableProperties

Collection<String> getReconfigurableProperties()

Return all the properties that can be changed at run time.