java.lang.Object
- com.microstrategy.utils.config.AbstractConfigurationElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConfigurationElement, ConfigurationFile, java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractConfigurationElementList, AbstractElementList, AbstractStyleCatalogElement, ActualParameterInfo, AddonInfo, AdminServer, AggregatingTaskFactoryConfig, ApplicationParameters, AppschemaDisabledSourceInfo, AreaLayerInfo, ArgumentInfo, BaseMapInfo, BeanFactory.BeanFactoryInfo, BeanFactory.BeanMappingInfo, BeanFactory.BeanPackageInfo, BeanInfo, BlockConfig, BlockLibraryConfig, BrowserSettingDefinition, ClientSideLayout, ConnectionInfo, ContentType, ContextMenuInfo, ControllerInfo, CustomThreshold, CustomThresholdBand, CustomThresholdsInfo, DBIDInfo, DBInfo, DBParamValInfo, DBPreferenceInfo, DBPreferenceItem, DBPropertiesInfo, DBTypeInfo, DBVersionInfo, DBVLDBProperty, Domain, ErrorInfo, ErrorInfo.ErrorMessage, ErrorInfo.ErrorTitle, ESRICloudAppInfo, ESRICloudAppKeyInfo, ESRICloudAppsInfo, ESRIJSAPIUrlInfo, ESRIOnPremiseAttributeInfo, ESRIOnPremiseMapLayerUrlInfo, ESRIOnPremiseQueryFieldInfo, ESRIProxyURL, ESRIURLPrefix, ESRIWebMapInfo, EventArgumentInfo, EventHandlerInfo, EventHandlerInfo, EventInfo, EventMap, EventMap.EventMapArgument, ExportFormat, ExportPlaintextDelimiter, FlagInfo, FolderLink, FolderMapping, GeoRoleInfo, GeoShapeInfo, GoogleChannel, GoogleConfigurationInfo, GoogleMapKeyInfo, GraphFormatInfoHelper.Attribute, GraphFormatInfoHelper.Exception, GraphFormatInfoHelper.GraphAttribute, GraphFormatInfoHelper.GraphFormatInfo, GraphFormatInfoHelper.GraphMajorType, GraphFormatInfoHelper.GraphMinorType, GraphFormatInfoHelper.GraphObject, GraphFormatInfoHelper.IncludeType, IncludeBlock, IncludeDir, JavaScriptInfo, Macro, MapBoxConfigurationInfo, MapBoxTokenInfo, MapStyle, MapStyleJson, MessageInfoImpl, MessagesManager, MicrostrategyAttributeInfo, MultiMapConfigurationInfo, PageInfo, PageManager, PaperSizes, ParameterInfo, ParameterInfo.Description, Property, PropertyValue, ResourceFeedConfig, RibbonInfo, SectionInfo, ShapeConfigurationInfo, ShapeFileMap, ShapeKeyInfo, Shortcut, ShortcutArgument, ShortcutEvent, StaticSession, SysFolderBlackListHelper.SystemFolderNode, TaskFactoryInfo, TaskFactoryParam, TaskInfo, TaskParameterMetadataImpl, TemplateInfo, Transition, UpdateFilterInfo, Visualization, WebBeanInfo, WebBeanProperty, WebBeanStyle, WebGuiComponent, WebLoginProviderInfo, WhiteListCommandHelper.WhiteListCommand, WhiteListCommandHelper.WhiteListCommandInfo, WidgetProp
```
public abstract class AbstractConfigurationElement
extends java.lang.Object
implements ConfigurationElement, ConfigurationFile, java.lang.Cloneable
```
The AbstractConfigurationElement is the abstract class that represent a ConfigurationElement, that is, a class that can be configured using an external file. It supports reading the definition from an XML file. It also supports loading the definition from multiple configuration sources (i.e., supports customizations).

In its constructor, a subclass registers what are the valid children it may have through 2 methods:
1. registerElement(String nodeName, Class class): used for those nodes that can appear only once.
2. registerElementList(String nodeName, Class class): used for those that can appear multiple times as part of a list.
By default, if the attribute was not present in the xml configuration getAttribute() returns null. If the subclass requires that an attribute has a default value other than null, it can be done by extending the initDefaultAttributes() method and setting the attribute value there.

Subclasses also need to implement the getKeyAttribute method to indicate the attribute that can uniquely identify this element within a list. If the Element is not intended to be used in a list, or if it uses more than one attribute as key this method should simply return null, and if necessary implement the getKey():Object method.

The AbstractConfigurationElement also implements the ConfigurationFile interface used to load, reload, save and applyCustomizations, therefore all subclasses can be saved independently in a configuration file.
Since:

MicroStrategy Web 9.0.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class Description

class AbstractConfigurationElement.FilteredList

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`protected static java.lang.String`	`ATT_CONFIG_SRC`
`protected static java.lang.String`	`ATT_DELETED`
`protected static java.lang.String`	`ATT_POSITION`
`protected static java.lang.String`	`ATT_PROTOTYPE`
`static java.lang.String`	`ATT_USE_DEFAULT`	Defines the "use-default" attribute.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected AbstractConfigurationElement()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`addFileSource(java.lang.String filePath, java.lang.String appPath, long lastLoaded)`	Adds a reference to a file from a config-source.
`void`	`applyCustomization(CustomizationInfo c)`	Applies the corresponding customizations.
`void`	`applyCustomizations()`	Loops through all the `CustomizationInfo` in the `Customizations` class and apply the corresponding customizations.
`void`	`cleanUpDeletedElements()`	This method when called will delete all the child elements that are marked as deleted.
`java.lang.Object`	`clone()`
`void`	`delete(java.lang.Object key)`
`AbstractConfigurationElement`	`deltas()`	Returns the `deltas` between the `original()` and `this` objects.
`AbstractConfigurationElement`	`deltas(AbstractConfigurationElement other)`	Returns a partial instance of this object that contains the attributes and elements required to make this object equals to the `other` paramter.
`protected boolean`	`equalAtts(AbstractConfigurationElement other)`	Returns `true` if the list of active attributes of the given AbstractConfigurationElement is equal to this list of active attributes of this AbstractConfigurationElement.
`protected boolean`	`equalElements(AbstractConfigurationElement other)`	Returns `true` if the list of all child elements of the given AbstractConfigurationElement is equal to this list of all child-elements of this AbstractConfigurationElement.
`protected boolean`	`equalNodeValues(AbstractConfigurationElement other)`	Returns `true` if the node value of both configuration elements is the same.
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object object)`
`boolean`	`equalsIncludingDeletedElements(java.lang.Object object)`
`protected void`	`exportAttributesToXML(org.w3c.dom.Element element, ConfigurationSource source)`	Appends the list of attributes of this `ConfigurationElement` into the given node.
`protected void`	`exportElementsToXML(org.w3c.dom.Element element, ConfigurationSource source)`	Appends the list of child-elements of this `ConfigurationElement` into the given node.
`protected void`	`exportNodeValueToXML(org.w3c.dom.Element element, ConfigurationSource source)`	Appends the node value associated with the given source key into the given node.
`ConfigurationValue`	`getAttribute(java.lang.String name)`	Returns the value associated with the given attribute.
`HashList`	`getAttributes()`	Returns the list of all attributes available to this ConfigurationElement.
`protected boolean`	`getBoolAttribute(java.lang.String name)`	Helper method, returns the value of the given attribute as boolean (true/false).
`protected java.lang.Object`	`getChildKey(org.w3c.dom.Node node)`	Returns the key that uniquely identifies the child element associated with the given `Node`.
`java.lang.String`	`getConfigSrc()`	Returns the value of the config-src attribute.
`protected java.lang.String`	`getDTDFileName()`	Returns the name of a DTD file that will be added as SystemID to the XML resulting from serializing the contents of this ConfigurationElement into a file; `null` by default.
`ConfigurationElement`	`getElement(java.lang.Object key)`	Returns the `ConfigurationElement` instance associated with the given nodeName.
`protected ConfigurationElement`	`getElement(java.lang.Object key, boolean includeDeleted)`
`HashList`	`getElements()`	Returns the list of all child-elements available to this ConfigurationElement.
`FileLoader`	`getFileLoader()`	Returns the file loader instance used by this ConfigurationElement to load files from the file system.
`protected int`	`getIntAttribute(java.lang.String name)`	Helper method, returns the value of the given attribute as integer.
`protected int`	`getIntAttribute(java.lang.String name, int defaultValue)`	Helper method, returns the value of the given attribute as integer.
`java.lang.Object`	`getKey()`	Default implementation for `getKey()`.
`protected abstract java.lang.String`	`getKeyAttribute()`	This method must return the attribute that uniquely identifies this element among its siblings; if no single attribute can be used, return null and override the `getKey` and `setKey` methods.
`int`	`getLineNumber()`	Returns the line number (if known) of the element in the XML file.
`protected AbstractConfigurationElement.FilteredList`	`getList(java.lang.String nodeName)`	Returns an `ImplicitList` with all the elements associated with the given `nodeName`.
`java.lang.Object`	`getNextKey()`	Returns an object that can be used as key for a list of child-elements that doesn't have a key by itself.
`java.lang.String`	`getNodeName()`	Returns the node-name for this element.
`java.lang.String`	`getNodeValue()`	Returns the node value for this element.
`protected java.lang.String`	`getNodeValue(ConfigurationSource source)`	Returns the node value for this element in the given sourceKey.
`protected AbstractConfigurationElement`	`getOrCreateElement(java.lang.String nodeName, java.lang.Object key)`	Returns the current child instance; if null but the child is registered, it creates a new instance for it.
`AbstractConfigurationElement`	`getParent()`	Gets the parent for this configuration element.
`int`	`getPosition()`	Returns the expected position of this element.
`protected AbstractConfigurationElement`	`getPrototype()`	Returns the current prototype of this instance.
`protected java.lang.Class`	`getRegisteredClass(java.lang.String nodeName)`	Returns the `Class` associated with the given `nodeName`.
`java.lang.String`	`getSelfInitPath()`	Returns the path to the file where this configuration element was originally loaded from.
`protected ConfigurationSource`	`getSource(java.lang.String key)`	Gets the `ElementSource` for the given key.
`java.lang.String`	`getStrAttribute(java.lang.String name)`	Helper method, returns the value of the given attribute as a string.
`boolean`	`getUseDefault()`	Returns the use-default value.
`protected ParserParameters`	`getXMLParserParameters(java.lang.String fileName)`	Returns an instance of `ParserParameters` used by the XML parser.
`protected SerializerParameters`	`getXMLSerializerParameters()`	Returns an instance of `SerializerParameters` used by the XML serializer in the `toXML(org.w3c.dom.Document)` By default it returns `null`.
`int`	`hashCode()`
`protected int`	`hashCodeAtts()`	Returns the hashcode for attributes.
`protected int`	`hashCodeElements()`	Returns the hashcode for attributes.
`protected int`	`hashCodeNodeValues()`	Returns the hashcode for attributes.
`protected boolean`	`hasRegisteredClass(java.lang.String nodeName)`	Returns `true` is there is a child registered for the given `nodeName`.
`protected void`	`initAttributesFromXML(org.w3c.dom.Node root, java.lang.String sourceKey, CustomizationInfo c)`	Initializes the list of attributes from given `Node`
`protected void`	`initDefaultAttributes()`	This method can be overridden to set default values for attributes.
`protected void`	`initElementFromXML(org.w3c.dom.Node child, java.lang.String sourceKey, CustomizationInfo c)`	Initializes a single child-element from the given `Node`
`protected void`	`initElementsFromXML(org.w3c.dom.Node root, java.lang.String sourceKey, CustomizationInfo c)`	Initializes the list of child-elements from given `Node`
`protected void`	`initFromFile(java.lang.String filePath, CustomizationInfo c)`	Initializes this configuration element by loading the contents of the given `filePath` using the corresponding `CustomizationInfo`.
`void`	`initFromResource(java.lang.String resourceName)`	Initializes this configuration element by loading the contents a resource that exists in the class path.
`void`	`initFromXML(org.w3c.dom.Node root)`	Initialize the attributes and child elements from the values in the given `Node`
`protected void`	`initFromXML(org.w3c.dom.Node root, java.lang.String sourceKey, CustomizationInfo c)`	Initialize the attributes and child elements from the values in the given `Node`
`protected void`	`initNodeValueFromXML(org.w3c.dom.Node root, java.lang.String sourceKey, CustomizationInfo c)`	Initializes the list of child-elements from given `Node`
`protected void`	`initPrototype(java.lang.String protoName)`	Inits the prototype object of this element.
`boolean`	`isActive()`
`boolean`	`isCustomized()`
`boolean`	`isDeleted()`	Returns `true` is this element has been mark as deleted.
`boolean`	`isDirty()`	Returns `true` is this element or one of its children has been modified programatically after being loaded.
`protected boolean`	`isInSource(java.lang.String sourceKey)`	Returns `true` if the element already contains an `ElementSource` for the given key.
`protected boolean`	`isKeyAttribute(java.lang.String name)`	Returns `true` is the name is that of the key attribute.
`void`	`load(java.lang.String fileName)`	Loads the file with the given name and initializes this `ConfigurationElement` with its content.
`protected void`	`mergeChanges(java.lang.String srcKey)`	Removes deltas and applies them to the given source.
`protected AbstractConfigurationElement`	`newChildInstance(java.lang.String nodeName, java.lang.Class childClass)`	Creates a new instance of a child element for the given class.
`protected ConfigurationSource`	`newSource(java.lang.String srcKey, CustomizationInfo c)`	Create a new `ElementSource` and adds to the list of sources of this element.
`AbstractConfigurationElement`	`original()`	Returns a new instance of this object, populated only with the out of the box values of Microstrategy Web, that is, only default values or those that came from the load method.
`ConfigurationElement`	`populate(ConfigurationElement other)`	This method takes another configuration element and populates this element with the other's attributes and child-elements.
`protected void`	`printAttributes(java.lang.StringBuffer outString)`	Appends the list of attributes of this `ConfigurationElement` into the given `StringBuffer`.
`protected void`	`printElements(java.lang.StringBuffer outString)`	Appends the list of child-elements of this `ConfigurationElement` into the given `StringBuffer`.
`protected void`	`printNodeValue(java.lang.StringBuffer outString)`	Appends the node value into the given `StringBuffer`.
`protected void`	`refreshLists()`
`protected void`	`registerClass(java.lang.String nodeName, java.lang.Class c)`	Registers a child class for the child with the given `nodeName`.
`protected void`	`registerElement(java.lang.String nodeName, java.lang.Class c)`	Register a child of this `ConfigurationElement`.
`protected void`	`registerElement(java.lang.String nodeName, java.lang.Class c, boolean canBeNull)`	Register a child of this `ConfigurationElement`.
`protected void`	`registerElementList(java.lang.String nodeName, java.lang.Class c)`	Register a list of this `ConfigurationElement`.
`void`	`reload()`	Loops through all the `ElementSource` of this `ConfigurationElement` and reloads the content of those whose underlying configuration file has changed.
`protected void`	`reloadPrototype()`	Loops through all the `ElementSource` of this `ConfigurationElement` and reloads the content of those whose underlying configuration file has changed.
`protected void`	`removeAttribute(java.lang.String name)`	Completely remove the value for the given attribute.
`protected void`	`removeDefaults(CustomizationInfo c)`	This method is called when the use-default attribute is set false, so all previous values of attributes and children must be cleared.
`void`	`replaceList(AbstractConfigurationElement.FilteredList list)`
`void`	`restore(java.lang.Object key)`
`void`	`save()`	Saves this `ConfigurationElement` back into the files where it was loaded from.
`void`	`save(CustomizationInfo c)`	Saves deltas for this `ConfigurationElement` into the given CustomizationInfo.
`void`	`saveChangesAs(java.lang.String fileName)`	Saves all in-memory changes to the given file.
`void`	`saveConfig(java.lang.String filePath)`	Deprecated. To save in a different location, set a custom FileLoader and use the save() method.
`void`	`saveFlatXML(java.lang.String fileName)`	Saves the current element structure, in XML format, into the given file.
`protected void`	`saveNode(org.w3c.dom.Node node, java.lang.String fileLocation)`	Saves an XML node into a file in the given location.
`protected void`	`saveSource(ConfigurationSource source)`	Saves only the contents associated with the given source.
`protected void`	`setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value)`	Sets the value for the given attribute.
`protected void`	`setBoolAttribute(java.lang.String name, boolean value)`	Helper method, sets the value of the given attribute from a boolean.
`protected void`	`setChildOriginals()`
`void`	`setConfigSrc(java.lang.String path)`	Sets the config-src attribute.
`void`	`setCustomized(boolean value)`	set if this element is a customized element or not.
`protected void`	`setElement(java.lang.Object key, ConfigurationElement child)`	Allows users to add or replace an element.
`void`	`setFileLoader(FileLoader fl)`	Sets the `FileLoader` instance to be used to load files.
`protected void`	`setIntAttribute(java.lang.String name, int value)`	Helper method, sets the value of the given attribute from an integer.
`protected void`	`setKey(org.w3c.dom.Element element)`	Default implementation for `setKey()`.
`void`	`setLineNumber(int lineNumber)`	Sets the line number of the element in the XML file.
`protected void`	`setNodeName(java.lang.String name)`	Sets the name of the node associated with this configuration element.
`protected void`	`setNodeValue(java.lang.String value)`	Returns the node value for this element.
`void`	`setPosition(int position)`	Sets the expected position of this element.
`protected void`	`setPrototype(AbstractConfigurationElement prototype)`	Sets the prototype object for this instance.
`protected void`	`setSelfInitPath(java.lang.String value)`
`protected void`	`setStrAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)`	Helper method, sets the value of the given attribute as a string.
`void`	`setUseDefault(boolean useDefault)`	The definition of a ConfigurationElement can come come from different sources, for example, the definition can come from an external file (by specifying a `getConfigSrc()` value), or it can be modified through a Customization.
`void`	`setUseValidation(boolean value)`	Defines whether the XML content should validated using a DTD.
`protected boolean`	`throwConfigParseException()`	Control whether to throw configuration parse exception DE20651: Do not throw exception for viz configurations to avoid error / empty on Main pages.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`	Generates the String representation of this `ConfigurationElement`.
`org.w3c.dom.Element`	`toXML()`	Generates the DOM representation of this `ConfigurationElement`.
`protected org.w3c.dom.Element`	`toXML(java.lang.String sourceKey)`	Generates the DOM representation of this `ConfigurationElement` for the list of attributes and elements defined in the given `ElementSource`.
`org.w3c.dom.Element`	`toXML(org.w3c.dom.Document doc)`	Generates the DOM representation of this `ConfigurationElement`.
`protected org.w3c.dom.Element`	`toXML(org.w3c.dom.Document doc, java.lang.String sourceKey)`	Generates the DOM representation of this `ConfigurationElement` for the list of attributes and elements defined in the given `ElementSource`.
`protected boolean`	`useNodeValue()`	Controls whether this element will use the node value as a property.
`boolean`	`useValidation()`	Returns whether the XML content should be validated using a DTD.

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

- Field Detail
  - ATT_DELETED
```
protected static final java.lang.String ATT_DELETED
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - ATT_CONFIG_SRC
```
protected static final java.lang.String ATT_CONFIG_SRC
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - ATT_PROTOTYPE
```
protected static final java.lang.String ATT_PROTOTYPE
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - ATT_USE_DEFAULT
```
public static final java.lang.String ATT_USE_DEFAULT
```
    Defines the "use-default" attribute.
    
    See Also:
    
    setUseDefault(boolean), Constant Field Values
  - ATT_POSITION
```
protected static final java.lang.String ATT_POSITION
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractConfigurationElement
```
protected AbstractConfigurationElement()
```
    Default constructor. Calls initDefaultAttributes()
- Method Detail
  - getNodeName
```
public java.lang.String getNodeName()
```
    Description copied from interface: ConfigurationElement
    
    Returns the node-name for this element.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNodeName in interface ConfigurationElement
  - setNodeName
```
protected void setNodeName(java.lang.String name)
```
    Sets the name of the node associated with this configuration element.
  - getParent
```
public AbstractConfigurationElement getParent()
```
    Gets the parent for this configuration element. Returns null if it's a root or if it's still not associated to any element.
  - registerElement
```
protected void registerElement(java.lang.String nodeName,
                               java.lang.Class c)
```
    Register a child of this ConfigurationElement. When a child is registered with this method it is guaranteed that a non-null instance of this child is returned by the getElement(java.lang.Object) method regardless of the child being present in the XML or not.
    
    See Also:
    
    getElement(java.lang.Object), registerElement(String nodeName, Class c, boolean canBeNull)
  - registerElement
```
protected void registerElement(java.lang.String nodeName,
                               java.lang.Class c,
                               boolean canBeNull)
```
    Register a child of this ConfigurationElement. When a node with the given name is found in the configuration file, an instance of c is created and initialized with the corresponding configuration. It's assumed that only one child with this name is available in the configuration file; if more than one is found, the corresponding nodes are merged into a single ConfigurationElement.
    
    The canBeNull parameter controls whether the child instance is created by default or not. When false, the getElement(java.lang.Object) will always return a non-null instance even if the child is not in the XML; if true the child instance is only created if the object is found in the XML, in this case null checks are necessary in your code after calling getElement to make sure the return object is not null.
    
    Only elements registered with this and with the registerElementList(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class) methods are valid child nodes in the configuration file. If a child has not been registered, WARNING messages will be logged.
    
    This method should only be called in the constructor, otherwise the clone method will fail. It can only be called if the useNodeValue() method returns false as they are mutually exclusive: by design an element can only use children if its not using the node value.
    
    Currently it is required that all registered child elements extend AbstractConfigurationElement. If the given class c doesn't, this method will throw an IllegalArgumentException.
    
    See Also:
    
    getElement(java.lang.Object)
  - registerClass
```
protected void registerClass(java.lang.String nodeName,
                             java.lang.Class c)
```
    Registers a child class for the child with the given nodeName. Used to keep track of those children than can have null values.
  - hasRegisteredClass
```
protected boolean hasRegisteredClass(java.lang.String nodeName)
```
    Returns true is there is a child registered for the given nodeName.
  - getRegisteredClass
```
protected java.lang.Class getRegisteredClass(java.lang.String nodeName)
```
    Returns the Class associated with the given nodeName.
  - registerElementList
```
protected void registerElementList(java.lang.String nodeName,
                                   java.lang.Class c)
```
    Register a list of this ConfigurationElement. When a node with the given name is found in the configuration file, an instance of c is created and initialized with the corresponding configuration. If more than one subnodes are found with this name, one instance for each is created and all of them are added as child of this ConfigurationElement. The list can then be accessed through the getList(java.lang.String) method.
    
    Only elements registered with this and with the registerElement(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class) methods are valid child nodes in the configuration file.
    
    This method should only be called in the constructor, otherwise the clone method will fail. It can only be called if the useNodeValue() method returns false as they are mutually exclusive: by design an element can only use children if its not using the node value.
    
    Currently it is required that all registered child elements extend AbstractConfigurationElement. If the given class c doesn't, this method will throw an IllegalArgumentException.
  - useNodeValue
```
protected boolean useNodeValue()
```
    Controls whether this element will use the node value as a property. For example, nodes defined as:
    <a att="1">This is the node value</a>
    can expose a property which will return the node's value (This is the node vale). When this is the case, though, the element can't have any sub elements. They're mutually exclusive.
    Returns:
    
    false by default. Override this method if you want to associate the node value with some property.
  - initDefaultAttributes
```
protected void initDefaultAttributes()
```
    This method can be overridden to set default values for attributes. Simply extend this method and call setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)
  - getConfigSrc
```
public java.lang.String getConfigSrc()
```
    Returns the value of the config-src attribute. This attribute indicates a file path where the definition of this attribute will be loaded from or saved into.
  - setConfigSrc
```
public void setConfigSrc(java.lang.String path)
```
    Sets the config-src attribute. If setting it to a non-null value, the definiton of this configuration element will be saved into this location.
  - setUseDefault
```
public void setUseDefault(boolean useDefault)
```
    The definition of a ConfigurationElement can come come from different sources, for example, the definition can come from an external file (by specifying a getConfigSrc() value), or it can be modified through a Customization. When the useDefault is set to false, values that come from previous sources are ignored and only the definition from the current source is used; this includes all attributes and child elements of this element. This is especially useful in customizations to replace the out of the box values of a node with a new definition.
    
    Parameters:
    
    useDefault - true/false value
  - getUseDefault
```
public boolean getUseDefault()
```
    Returns the use-default value.
    
    Returns:
    
    the true/false value of the useDefault flag of this Configuration Element
    
    See Also:
    
    setUseDefault(boolean)
  - getPosition
```
public int getPosition()
```
    Returns the expected position of this element. If the position should be automatically infered from the position found in the XML, it returns -1. This value is stored in the "position" attribute of the node. Notice that the actual position of this element might differ from this value, as the position attribute is not guaranteed to be unique or correct.
  - setPosition
```
public void setPosition(int position)
```
    Sets the expected position of this element. The value is stored in the "position" attribute of the node. If when calling this method, this instance is a member of an ImplicitList, the element will automatically reposition itself in this list. Setting -1 as position indicates to automatically position this element based on its position in the XML.
  - getKey
```
public java.lang.Object getKey()
```
    Default implementation for getKey(). It assumes a single attribute can be used to uniquely identify this element among its siblings; the attribute to use is specified by the getKeyAttribute() method.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getKey in interface ConfigurationElement
    
    Returns:
    
    If getKeyAttribute() is empty returns null, otherwise it returns the value of the given attribute.
  - setKey
```
protected void setKey(org.w3c.dom.Element element)
```
    Default implementation for setKey(). It assumes a single attribute can be used to uniquely identify this element among its siblings and adds this attribute to the given element; the attribute to use is specified by the getKeyAttribute() method.
  - getKeyAttribute
```
protected abstract java.lang.String getKeyAttribute()
```
    This method must return the attribute that uniquely identifies this element among its siblings; if no single attribute can be used, return null and override the getKey and setKey methods.
  - getElements
```
public final HashList getElements()
```
    Description copied from interface: ConfigurationElement
    
    Returns the list of all child-elements available to this ConfigurationElement.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getElements in interface ConfigurationElement
  - getElement
```
public ConfigurationElement getElement(java.lang.Object key)
```
    Returns the ConfigurationElement instance associated with the given nodeName. If the ConfigurationElement was not present in the xml configuration, this method might return an empty instance of the corresponding ConfigurationElement or null depending on the canBeNull parameter passed to the registerElement(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class) method. If a list is associated with the given nodeName, this method returns a list containing all the ConfigurationElement instances for that nodeName. If no ConfigurationElement is associated with the given nodeName, the method returns null.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getElement in interface ConfigurationElement
  - getElement
```
protected ConfigurationElement getElement(java.lang.Object key,
                                          boolean includeDeleted)
```
  - newChildInstance
```
protected AbstractConfigurationElement newChildInstance(java.lang.String nodeName,
                                                        java.lang.Class childClass)
```
    Creates a new instance of a child element for the given class.
  - setElement
```
protected void setElement(java.lang.Object key,
                          ConfigurationElement child)
```
    Allows users to add or replace an element. If an element with the given key already exists it gets replaced, otherwise it's simply added.
  - delete
```
public void delete(java.lang.Object key)
```
  - restore
```
public void restore(java.lang.Object key)
```
  - isActive
```
public boolean isActive()
```
  - refreshLists
```
protected void refreshLists()
```
  - getList
```
protected AbstractConfigurationElement.FilteredList getList(java.lang.String nodeName)
```
    Returns an ImplicitList with all the elements associated with the given nodeName. If no child was present in the xml configuration with this name, it will return an empty list. If the nodeName has not been registered for a list, it throws an IllegalArgumentException.
  - getAttributes
```
public HashList getAttributes()
```
    Description copied from interface: ConfigurationElement
    
    Returns the list of all attributes available to this ConfigurationElement.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getAttributes in interface ConfigurationElement
  - isKeyAttribute
```
protected boolean isKeyAttribute(java.lang.String name)
```
    Returns true is the name is that of the key attribute.
  - getNodeValue
```
public java.lang.String getNodeValue()
```
    Returns the node value for this element. The node value represents the inner content of the xml tag. If multiple ElementSources are defined for this element, it returns the value of the one with greater priority.
  - getNodeValue
```
protected java.lang.String getNodeValue(ConfigurationSource source)
```
    Returns the node value for this element in the given sourceKey. The node value represents the inner content of the xml tag.
    If sourceKey is null, it returns the current value.
  - setNodeValue
```
protected void setNodeValue(java.lang.String value)
```
    Returns the node value for this element. The node value represents the inner context of the xml tag. If multiple ElementSources are defined for this element, it returns the value of the one with greater priority.
  - getAttribute
```
public final ConfigurationValue getAttribute(java.lang.String name)
```
    Returns the value associated with the given attribute. If the attribute was not present in the xml configuration the method returns null.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getAttribute in interface ConfigurationElement
  - setAttribute
```
protected void setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                            java.lang.Object value)
```
    Sets the value for the given attribute.
  - removeAttribute
```
protected void removeAttribute(java.lang.String name)
```
    Completely remove the value for the given attribute.
  - getStrAttribute
```
public java.lang.String getStrAttribute(java.lang.String name)
```
    Helper method, returns the value of the given attribute as a string.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getStrAttribute in interface ConfigurationElement
  - setStrAttribute
```
protected void setStrAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                               java.lang.String value)
```
    Helper method, sets the value of the given attribute as a string.
  - getIntAttribute
```
protected int getIntAttribute(java.lang.String name)
```
    Helper method, returns the value of the given attribute as integer. If the attribute has no value, it returns Integer.MIN_VALUE. If the attribute has a non-numeric value, it throws an IllegalArgumentException.
  - getIntAttribute
```
protected int getIntAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                              int defaultValue)
```
    Helper method, returns the value of the given attribute as integer. If the attribute has no value, it returns the defaultValue parameter. If the attribute has a non-numeric value, it throws an IllegalArgumentException.
  - setIntAttribute
```
protected void setIntAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                               int value)
```
    Helper method, sets the value of the given attribute from an integer.
  - getBoolAttribute
```
protected boolean getBoolAttribute(java.lang.String name)
```
    Helper method, returns the value of the given attribute as boolean (true/false). If the attribute has no value it returns false; otherwise it returns Boolean.valueOf(boolean).
    
    See Also:
    
    Boolean.valueOf(boolean)
  - setBoolAttribute
```
protected void setBoolAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                boolean value)
```
    Helper method, sets the value of the given attribute from a boolean.
  - isDeleted
```
public boolean isDeleted()
```
    Returns true is this element has been mark as deleted.
    
    See Also:
    
    delete(Object)
  - isDirty
```
public boolean isDirty()
```
    Returns true is this element or one of its children has been modified programatically after being loaded.
  - newSource
```
protected ConfigurationSource newSource(java.lang.String srcKey,
                                        CustomizationInfo c)
```
    Create a new ElementSource and adds to the list of sources of this element. If there is already an ElementSource for the given key, this method will return the same instance, but this should be avoided to prevent infinite recursive loops with the config-src attribute.
  - getSource
```
protected ConfigurationSource getSource(java.lang.String key)
```
    Gets the ElementSource for the given key. If there is no ConfigurationSource for the given key, a new source is automatically added.
  - isInSource
```
protected boolean isInSource(java.lang.String sourceKey)
```
    Returns true if the element already contains an ElementSource for the given key.
  - initFromXML
```
public void initFromXML(org.w3c.dom.Node root)
```
    Initialize the attributes and child elements from the values in the given Node
    
    Specified by:
    
    initFromXML in interface ConfigurationElement
    
    Parameters:
    
    root - Node intance representing the configuration element properties
  - initFromXML
```
protected void initFromXML(org.w3c.dom.Node root,
                           java.lang.String sourceKey,
                           CustomizationInfo c)
                    throws ConfigException
```
    Initialize the attributes and child elements from the values in the given Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    root - The DOM Node from where the information is read
    
    sourceKey - The key that identifies the ElementSource where the values are being read
    
    c - CustomizationInfo class where the ElementSource was loaded from.
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException - If an error occurs while reading the definition, typically if there is a problem when reading the file pointed by the config-src attribute.
  - setChildOriginals
```
protected void setChildOriginals()
```
  - setCustomized
```
public void setCustomized(boolean value)
```
    set if this element is a customized element or not. If user adds a new element it is considered a customized element and user needs to set this element as custom.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value -
  - isCustomized
```
public boolean isCustomized()
```
    Returns:
    
    true - if it is a customized element false - if it is an OOTB element
  - initPrototype
```
protected void initPrototype(java.lang.String protoName)
```
    Inits the prototype object of this element. This element will inherit all the attribute and child elements from the prototype, but then any values defined through the config-src file or inline take precedence over the prototype. The name attribute represents the name of the prototype as specified in the XML. Typically this is the name of a sibling node in the xml. If name is empty, a different sibling might be used as prototype (like in the case of the PageInfo, which the page marked as isDefault is used as the default prototype). If this object already has a prototype, or if the prototype is not found in the siblings collections this methods throws an Exception.
    
    Parameters:
    
    protoName - Prototype name, typically the name of a sibling node in the xml.
  - setPrototype
```
protected void setPrototype(AbstractConfigurationElement prototype)
```
    Sets the prototype object for this instance. The attributes and elements of the prototype are copied into this instance.
  - getPrototype
```
protected AbstractConfigurationElement getPrototype()
```
    Returns the current prototype of this instance.
    
    See Also:
    
    initPrototype(java.lang.String)
  - removeDefaults
```
protected void removeDefaults(CustomizationInfo c)
```
    This method is called when the use-default attribute is set false, so all previous values of attributes and children must be cleared.
  - initAttributesFromXML
```
protected void initAttributesFromXML(org.w3c.dom.Node root,
                                     java.lang.String sourceKey,
                                     CustomizationInfo c)
```
    Initializes the list of attributes from given Node
    
    See Also:
    
    initFromXML(Node root, String sourceKey, CustomizationInfo c)
  - initElementsFromXML
```
protected void initElementsFromXML(org.w3c.dom.Node root,
                                   java.lang.String sourceKey,
                                   CustomizationInfo c)
                            throws ConfigException
```
    Initializes the list of child-elements from given Node
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
    
    See Also:
    
    initFromXML(Node root, String sourceKey, CustomizationInfo c)
  - initNodeValueFromXML
```
protected void initNodeValueFromXML(org.w3c.dom.Node root,
                                    java.lang.String sourceKey,
                                    CustomizationInfo c)
                             throws ConfigException
```
    Initializes the list of child-elements from given Node
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
    
    See Also:
    
    initFromXML(Node root, String sourceKey, CustomizationInfo c)
  - initElementFromXML
```
protected void initElementFromXML(org.w3c.dom.Node child,
                                  java.lang.String sourceKey,
                                  CustomizationInfo c)
                           throws ConfigException
```
    Initializes a single child-element from the given Node
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - getLineNumber
```
public int getLineNumber()
```
    Returns the line number (if known) of the element in the XML file.
    
    Returns:
    
    The line number (if known). Otherwise, return -1.
  - setLineNumber
```
public void setLineNumber(int lineNumber)
```
    Sets the line number of the element in the XML file.
    
    Parameters:
    
    lineNumber - The line number of this AbstractConfigurationElement in the XML file.
  - getOrCreateElement
```
protected AbstractConfigurationElement getOrCreateElement(java.lang.String nodeName,
                                                          java.lang.Object key)
```
    Returns the current child instance; if null but the child is registered, it creates a new instance for it.
  - throwConfigParseException
```
protected boolean throwConfigParseException()
```
    Control whether to throw configuration parse exception DE20651: Do not throw exception for viz configurations to avoid error / empty on Main pages.
    
    See Also:
    
    initFromFile(java.lang.String, com.microstrategy.utils.CustomizationInfo)
  - initFromFile
```
protected void initFromFile(java.lang.String filePath,
                            CustomizationInfo c)
                     throws ConfigException
```
    Initializes this configuration element by loading the contents of the given filePath using the corresponding CustomizationInfo.
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - addFileSource
```
protected void addFileSource(java.lang.String filePath,
                             java.lang.String appPath,
                             long lastLoaded)
```
    Adds a reference to a file from a config-source. This file will then be automatically reloaded if changed and will be used when the save() method is called.
  - initFromResource
```
public void initFromResource(java.lang.String resourceName)
                      throws ConfigException
```
    Initializes this configuration element by loading the contents a resource that exists in the class path.
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - getXMLParserParameters
```
protected ParserParameters getXMLParserParameters(java.lang.String fileName)
```
    Returns an instance of ParserParameters used by the XML parser. By default if using validation creates a new ParserParameters instance with a SimpleErrorHandler and FileLoaderEntityResolver; otherwise it returns null;
  - getXMLSerializerParameters
```
protected SerializerParameters getXMLSerializerParameters()
```
    Returns an instance of SerializerParameters used by the XML serializer in the toXML(org.w3c.dom.Document) By default it returns null. Override if the configuration element requires to pass different parameters than those used by default.
  - getDTDFileName
```
protected java.lang.String getDTDFileName()
```
    Returns the name of a DTD file that will be added as SystemID to the XML resulting from serializing the contents of this ConfigurationElement into a file; null by default. This method should be extended if the concrete instance of an element has a predefined DTD file associated.
  - setUseValidation
```
public void setUseValidation(boolean value)
```
    Description copied from interface: ConfigurationFile
    
    Defines whether the XML content should validated using a DTD.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setUseValidation in interface ConfigurationFile
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - true requires that the XML is parsed with DTD validation on.
  - useValidation
```
public boolean useValidation()
```
    Description copied from interface: ConfigurationFile
    
    Returns whether the XML content should be validated using a DTD. If true when the XML is parsed the file will be validated using the corresponding DTD (as defined in the XML itself).
    
    Specified by:
    
    useValidation in interface ConfigurationFile
  - save
```
public void save()
          throws ConfigException
```
    Saves this ConfigurationElement back into the files where it was loaded from. All in-memory changes are automatically applied into the last ElementSource used to load this element.
    
    Specified by:
    
    save in interface ConfigurationFile
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - saveChangesAs
```
public void saveChangesAs(java.lang.String fileName)
                   throws ConfigException
```
    Saves all in-memory changes to the given file. If this ConfigurationElement was loaded from that file, the resulting file includes the original contents plus the changes.
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - saveConfig
```
@Deprecated
public final void saveConfig(java.lang.String filePath)
                      throws ConfigException
```
    Deprecated.
    To save in a different location, set a custom FileLoader and use the save() method.
    
    Saves this element configuration into the given filePath. Notice that this method has been deprecated: To save the configuration file into a different location it's better to create a FileLoader with the new folder path and assign it to the root element:
    PageManager pm = new PageManager(); pm.load(".\\WEB-INF\\xml\\pageConfig.xml"); FileLoader fl = new FileLoader(System.getProperty("user.dir") + OUTPUT_FOLDER); //Save it in a different folder: pm.setFileLoader(fl); pm.save();
    This makes sure all config-src are saved into their corresponding file.
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - cleanUpDeletedElements
```
public void cleanUpDeletedElements()
```
    This method when called will delete all the child elements that are marked as deleted.
  - saveSource
```
protected void saveSource(ConfigurationSource source)
                   throws ConfigException
```
    Saves only the contents associated with the given source.
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - saveFlatXML
```
public void saveFlatXML(java.lang.String fileName)
                 throws ConfigException
```
    Saves the current element structure, in XML format, into the given file.
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - saveNode
```
protected void saveNode(org.w3c.dom.Node node,
                        java.lang.String fileLocation)
                 throws ConfigException
```
    Saves an XML node into a file in the given location.
    
    Parameters:
    
    node - the xml node to save
    
    fileLocation - An absolute path for the file location
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - save
```
public void save(CustomizationInfo c)
          throws ConfigException
```
    Saves deltas for this ConfigurationElement into the given CustomizationInfo.
    
    Specified by:
    
    save in interface ConfigurationFile
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - mergeChanges
```
protected void mergeChanges(java.lang.String srcKey)
```
    Removes deltas and applies them to the given source.
  - getSelfInitPath
```
public java.lang.String getSelfInitPath()
```
    Returns the path to the file where this configuration element was originally loaded from. It only returns a non-null value when this element was loaded using the load(java.lang.String) method, or if it was loaded from a node that had the "config-src" attribute specified.
  - setSelfInitPath
```
protected void setSelfInitPath(java.lang.String value)
```
  - toXML
```
public org.w3c.dom.Element toXML(org.w3c.dom.Document doc)
```
    Generates the DOM representation of this ConfigurationElement. This method returns the list of attributes and elements merged from all ElementSource. Note that the resulting Element will not be associated with the Document parameter. It is important to ensure that all DOM trees have a Document root as some serializers do not behave correctly otherwise. Use toXML() if the resulting DOM is not going to be appended in another DOM structure.
    
    Specified by:
    
    toXML in interface ConfigurationElement
    
    Parameters:
    
    doc - factory for creating underlying Element
    
    Returns:
    
    DOM of this instance
  - toXML
```
public org.w3c.dom.Element toXML()
```
    Generates the DOM representation of this ConfigurationElement. This method returns the list of attributes and elements merged from all ElementSource.
    
    Returns:
    
    a stand alone DOM with its own document root instance
  - toXML
```
protected org.w3c.dom.Element toXML(java.lang.String sourceKey)
```
    Generates the DOM representation of this ConfigurationElement for the list of attributes and elements defined in the given ElementSource.
    
    Returns:
    
    a stand alone DOM with its own document root instance
  - toXML
```
protected org.w3c.dom.Element toXML(org.w3c.dom.Document doc,
                                    java.lang.String sourceKey)
```
    Generates the DOM representation of this ConfigurationElement for the list of attributes and elements defined in the given ElementSource. Note that the resulting Element will not be associated with the Document parameter. It is important to ensure that all DOM trees have a Document root as some serializers do not behave correctly otherwise.
  - exportAttributesToXML
```
protected void exportAttributesToXML(org.w3c.dom.Element element,
                                     ConfigurationSource source)
```
    Appends the list of attributes of this ConfigurationElement into the given node. The list is filter to include only attributes defined in the given ElementSource. If sourceKey is null, it appends the list of attributes merged from all ElementSources.
  - exportElementsToXML
```
protected void exportElementsToXML(org.w3c.dom.Element element,
                                   ConfigurationSource source)
```
    Appends the list of child-elements of this ConfigurationElement into the given node. The list is filter to include only elements defined in the given ElementSource. If sourceKey is null, it appends the list of elements merged from all ElementSources.
  - exportNodeValueToXML
```
protected void exportNodeValueToXML(org.w3c.dom.Element element,
                                    ConfigurationSource source)
```
    Appends the node value associated with the given source key into the given node. If sourceKey is null, it appends the current node value.
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Generates the String representation of this ConfigurationElement.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object
  - printAttributes
```
protected void printAttributes(java.lang.StringBuffer outString)
```
    Appends the list of attributes of this ConfigurationElement into the given StringBuffer. It includes the list attributes merged from all ElementSources.
  - printElements
```
protected void printElements(java.lang.StringBuffer outString)
```
    Appends the list of child-elements of this ConfigurationElement into the given StringBuffer. It appends the list of elements merged from all ElementSources.
  - printNodeValue
```
protected void printNodeValue(java.lang.StringBuffer outString)
```
    Appends the node value into the given StringBuffer. It appends the node value of elements merged from all ElementSources.
  - load
```
public void load(java.lang.String fileName)
          throws ConfigException
```
    Loads the file with the given name and initializes this ConfigurationElement with its content.
    
    Specified by:
    
    load in interface ConfigurationFile
    
    Parameters:
    
    fileName - The path to the configuration file. This path will be resolved by the FileLoader
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - reload
```
public void reload()
            throws ConfigException
```
    Loops through all the ElementSource of this ConfigurationElement and reloads the content of those whose underlying configuration file has changed.
    
    Specified by:
    
    reload in interface ConfigurationElement
    
    Specified by:
    
    reload in interface ConfigurationFile
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - reloadPrototype
```
protected void reloadPrototype()
```
    Loops through all the ElementSource of this ConfigurationElement and reloads the content of those whose underlying configuration file has changed.
  - applyCustomizations
```
public void applyCustomizations()
                         throws ConfigException
```
    Loops through all the CustomizationInfo in the Customizations class and apply the corresponding customizations.
    
    Specified by:
    
    applyCustomizations in interface ConfigurationFile
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - applyCustomization
```
public void applyCustomization(CustomizationInfo c)
                        throws ConfigException
```
    Applies the corresponding customizations.
    
    Specified by:
    
    applyCustomization in interface ConfigurationFile
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - original
```
public final AbstractConfigurationElement original()
```
    Returns a new instance of this object, populated only with the out of the box values of Microstrategy Web, that is, only default values or those that came from the load method. Values from customizations or programatic changes are not included.
  - deltas
```
public final AbstractConfigurationElement deltas()
```
    Returns the deltas between the original() and this objects. The returned value therefore includes all changes to this object after it was loaded; this includes both programatic changes and plugins changes.
    
    See Also:
    
    original(), deltas()
  - deltas
```
public AbstractConfigurationElement deltas(AbstractConfigurationElement other)
```
    Returns a partial instance of this object that contains the attributes and elements required to make this object equals to the other paramter. It is used to identify the differences between the two instances of this class.
    
    Being a partial instance, the resulting delta includes strictly those attributes and elements required to make it equal to the other object; typically default attributes and elements are not included so its possible that getter methods for properties and/or chidlren will return null.
    Notice that if both x and y are AbstractConfigurationElement, and
    x != y
    , then
    d = x.deltas(y) x + d = y
    Or programatically:
    if (!x.equals(y)) { AbstractConfigurationElement d = x.deltas(y); x.populates(d).equals(y); //returns true }
  - clone
```
public java.lang.Object clone()
```
    Overrides:
    
    clone in class java.lang.Object
    
    Returns:
    
    a new instance of this object with the same values.
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object object)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class java.lang.Object
  - equalsIncludingDeletedElements
```
public boolean equalsIncludingDeletedElements(java.lang.Object object)
```
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class java.lang.Object
  - hashCodeAtts
```
protected int hashCodeAtts()
```
    Returns the hashcode for attributes.
  - hashCodeElements
```
protected int hashCodeElements()
```
    Returns the hashcode for attributes.
  - hashCodeNodeValues
```
protected int hashCodeNodeValues()
```
    Returns the hashcode for attributes.
  - equalAtts
```
protected boolean equalAtts(AbstractConfigurationElement other)
```
    Returns true if the list of active attributes of the given AbstractConfigurationElement is equal to this list of active attributes of this AbstractConfigurationElement.
  - equalElements
```
protected boolean equalElements(AbstractConfigurationElement other)
```
    Returns true if the list of all child elements of the given AbstractConfigurationElement is equal to this list of all child-elements of this AbstractConfigurationElement.
  - equalNodeValues
```
protected boolean equalNodeValues(AbstractConfigurationElement other)
```
    Returns true if the node value of both configuration elements is the same.
  - getFileLoader
```
public FileLoader getFileLoader()
```
    Returns the file loader instance used by this ConfigurationElement to load files from the file system. If setFileLoader(com.microstrategy.utils.FileLoader) has not been explicitly called, this method uses the parent's FileLoader, and if it is a root object, it uses the FileLoader singleton, that is FileLoader.getInstance().
    
    See Also:
    
    setFileLoader(com.microstrategy.utils.FileLoader)
  - setFileLoader
```
public void setFileLoader(FileLoader fl)
```
    Sets the FileLoader instance to be used to load files. This method is typically used to set a different root folder for relative paths. Normally, all relative paths (for example "/WEB-INF/web.xml") are relative to the application's root folder, to change this root folder users can create a new FileLoader instance and set it to this ConfigurationElement, then relative paths are resolved relative to the new FileLoader base path, for example:
    FileLoader fl = new FileLoader("C:\\Temp"); PagaManager pm = new PageManager(); pm.load("/WEB-INF/xml/pageConfig.xml", true);
    In the previous sample, "/WEB-INF/xml/pageConfig.xml" is resolved to C:\Temp\WEB-INF\xml\pageConfig.xml as the FileLoader's base path is "C:\Temp"
  - populate
```
public ConfigurationElement populate(ConfigurationElement other)
```
    This method takes another configuration element and populates this element with the other's attributes and child-elements. Existing values are merged in this process. After this method is called, attributes and elements from the other will be available in this element.
    
    Returns:
    
    this same object.
  - replaceList
```
public void replaceList(AbstractConfigurationElement.FilteredList list)
```
  - getChildKey
```
protected java.lang.Object getChildKey(org.w3c.dom.Node node)
```
    Returns the key that uniquely identifies the child element associated with the given Node.
  - getNextKey
```
public java.lang.Object getNextKey()
```
    Returns an object that can be used as key for a list of child-elements that doesn't have a key by itself.

Class AbstractConfigurationElement

Nested Class Summary

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

ATT_DELETED

ATT_CONFIG_SRC

ATT_PROTOTYPE

ATT_USE_DEFAULT

ATT_POSITION

Constructor Detail

AbstractConfigurationElement

Method Detail

getNodeName

setNodeName

getParent

registerElement

registerElement

registerClass

hasRegisteredClass

getRegisteredClass

registerElementList

useNodeValue

initDefaultAttributes

getConfigSrc

setConfigSrc

setUseDefault

getUseDefault

getPosition

setPosition

getKey

setKey

getKeyAttribute

getElements

getElement

getElement

newChildInstance

setElement

delete

restore

isActive

refreshLists

getList

getAttributes

isKeyAttribute

getNodeValue

getNodeValue

setNodeValue

getAttribute

setAttribute

removeAttribute

getStrAttribute

setStrAttribute

getIntAttribute

getIntAttribute

setIntAttribute

getBoolAttribute

setBoolAttribute

isDeleted

isDirty

newSource

getSource

isInSource

initFromXML

initFromXML

setChildOriginals

setCustomized

isCustomized

initPrototype

setPrototype

getPrototype

removeDefaults

initAttributesFromXML

initElementsFromXML

initNodeValueFromXML

initElementFromXML

getLineNumber

setLineNumber