ome.api

Interface IConfig

All Superinterfaces:

ServiceInterface

All Known Subinterfaces:

LocalConfig

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConfigImpl

public interface IConfig
extends ServiceInterface

Access to server configuration. These methods provide access to the state and configuration of the server and its components (e.g. the database). However, it should not be assumed that two subsequent calls to a proxy for this service will go to the same server due to clustering. Not all possible server configuration is available through this API. Some values (such as DB connection info, ports, etc.) must naturally be set before this service is accessible. Manages synchronization of the various configuration sources internally. It is therefore important that as far as possible all configuration changes take place via this interface and not, for example, directly via Preferences. Also used as the main developer example for developing (stateless) ome.api interfaces. See source code documentation for more.

Since:

3.0-M3

Author:

Josh Moore, josh.moore at gmx.de

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	VERSION_REGEX Defines how the omero.version Preference will be parsed into the form: Major.minor.patch for getVersion()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Map<String,String>	getClientConfigDefaults() reads the etc/omero.properties file and returns all the key/value pairs that are found there which match the prefix "omero.client".
Map<String,String>	getClientConfigValues() retrieves configuration values like getConfigValues(String) but only those with the prefix "omero.client".
Map<String,String>	getConfigDefaults() reads the etc/omero.properties file and returns all the key/value pairs that are found there.
String	getConfigValue(String key) retrieve a configuration value from the backend store.
Map<String,String>	getConfigValues(String keyRegex) retrieves configuration values from the backend store which match the given regex.
Date	getDatabaseTime() checks the database for it's time using a SELECT statement.
String	getDatabaseUuid() Provides the UUID for this OMERO (database) instance.
Date	getServerTime() checks the current server for it's time.
String	getVersion() Provides the release version.
void	setConfigValue(String key, String value) set a configuration value in the backend store.
boolean	setConfigValueIfEquals(String key, String value, String test) Calls setConfigValue(String, String) if and only if the configuration property is currently equal to the test argument.

Field Detail

VERSION_REGEX

static final String VERSION_REGEX

Defines how the omero.version Preference will be parsed into the form: Major.minor.patch for getVersion()

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getServerTime

Date getServerTime()

checks the current server for it's time. This value may be variant depending on whether the service is clustered or not.

Returns:

Non-null Date representation of the server's own time.

getDatabaseTime

Date getDatabaseTime()
              throws InternalException

checks the database for it's time using a SELECT statement.

Returns:

Non-null Date representation of the database's time.

Throws:

InternalException - though any call can throw an InternalException it is more likely that this can occur while contacting the DB. An exception here most likely means (A) a temporary issue with the DB or (B) a SQL dialect issue which must be corrected by the Omero team.

getConfigValue

String getConfigValue(String key)
               throws ApiUsageException,
                      SecurityViolation

retrieve a configuration value from the backend store. Permissions applied to the configuration value may cause a SecurityViolation to be thrown.

Parameters:

key - The non-null name of the desired configuration value

Returns:

The String value linked to this key, possibly null if not set.

Throws:

ApiUsageException - if the key is null or invalid.

SecurityViolation - if the value for the key is not readable.

getConfigValues

Map<String,String> getConfigValues(String keyRegex)

retrieves configuration values from the backend store which match the given regex. Any configuration value which would throw an exception on being loaded is omitted.

Parameters:

keyRegex - The non-null regex of the desired configuration values

Returns:

a Map from the found keys to the linked values.

getConfigDefaults

Map<String,String> getConfigDefaults()

reads the etc/omero.properties file and returns all the key/value pairs that are found there. Since this file is not to be edited its assumed that these values are in the public domain and so there's no need to protect them.

Returns:

a Map from the found keys to the linked values.

getClientConfigValues

Map<String,String> getClientConfigValues()

retrieves configuration values like getConfigValues(String) but only those with the prefix "omero.client".

Returns:

a Map from the found keys to the linked values.

getClientConfigDefaults

Map<String,String> getClientConfigDefaults()

reads the etc/omero.properties file and returns all the key/value pairs that are found there which match the prefix "omero.client".

Returns:

a Map from the found keys to the linked values.

setConfigValue

void setConfigValue(String key,
                    String value)
             throws ApiUsageException,
                    SecurityViolation

set a configuration value in the backend store. Permissions applied to the configuration value may cause a SecurityViolation to be thrown. If the value is null or empty, then the configuration will be removed in all writable configuration sources. If the configuration is set in a non-modifiable source (e.g. in a property file on the classpath), then a subsequent call to getConfigValue() will return that value.

Parameters:

key - The non-null name of the desired configuration value

value - The String value to assign to the given key.

Throws:

ApiUsageException - if the key is null or invalid.

SecurityViolation - if the value is not writable.

setConfigValueIfEquals

boolean setConfigValueIfEquals(String key,
                               String value,
                               String test)
                        throws ApiUsageException,
                               SecurityViolation

Calls setConfigValue(String, String) if and only if the configuration property is currently equal to the test argument. If the test is null or empty, then the configuration property will be set only if missing.

Parameters:

key -

value -

Throws:

ApiUsageException

SecurityViolation

See Also:

setConfigValue(String, String)

getVersion

String getVersion()

Provides the release version. OMERO-internal values will be in the form Major.minor.patch, starting with the value 4.0.0 for the 4.0 release, Spring 2009. Customized values should begin with a alphabetic sequence followed by a hyphen: ACME-0.0.1 and any build information should follow the patch number also with a hyphen: 4.0.0-RC1. These values will be removed by getVersion()

See Also:

VERSION_REGEX

getDatabaseUuid

String getDatabaseUuid()

Provides the UUID for this OMERO (database) instance. To make imports and exports function properly, only one physical database should be active with a given instance UUID. All other copies of the database with that UUID are invalid as soon as one modification is made. This value is stored in the configuration table under the key "omero.db.uuid"

Returns:

String not null.