RioSetting (Eclipse RDF4J 4.2.4)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRioSetting, BooleanRioSetting, ClassRioSetting, LongRioSetting, RioSettingImpl, StringRioSetting
```
public interface RioSetting<T>
extends Serializable
```
Identifies a parser setting along with its default value.

Author:

Peter Ansell

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default T`	`convert(String stringRepresentation)`	Attempts to convert from a string to a type-safe representation based on the generic type of this setting.
`T`	`getDefaultValue()`	Returns the default value for this parser setting if it is not set by a user.
`String`	`getDescription()`	The human readable name for this parser setting
`String`	`getKey()`	A unique key for this parser setting.

- Method Detail
  - getKey
```
String getKey()
```
    A unique key for this parser setting.
    
    Returns:
    
    A unique key identifying this parser setting.
  - getDescription
```
String getDescription()
```
    The human readable name for this parser setting
    
    Returns:
    
    The name for this parser setting.
  - getDefaultValue
```
T getDefaultValue()
```
    Returns the default value for this parser setting if it is not set by a user.
    
    Returns:
    
    The default value for this parser setting.
  - convert
```
default T convert(String stringRepresentation)
```
    Attempts to convert from a string to a type-safe representation based on the generic type of this setting.
    
    Parameters:
    
    stringRepresentation - a string representation of a value for this setting.
    
    Returns:
    
    The corresponding object of type T for the supplied string value.
    
    Throws:
    
    RioConfigurationException - if the setting type does not provide conversion from a string to the expected type.