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Interface IEnvironment

All Known Subinterfaces:

IProgramEnvironment

public interface IEnvironment

Interface to the runtime environment

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	get(java.lang.Object key) Get a value from the environment.
java.lang.Object	put(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object value) Put a value into the environment.
java.lang.Object	remove(java.lang.Object key) Remove a value from the environment.

Method Detail

get

java.lang.Object get(java.lang.Object key)

Get a value from the environment.

Parameters:

key - an Object (usually a String) representing the name of the environment variable

Returns:

Object the return value (usually a String) representing the environment variable value

put

java.lang.Object put(java.lang.Object key,
                     java.lang.Object value)

Put a value into the environment.

Parameters:

key - an Object (usually a String) representing the name of the environment variable

value - an Object (usually a String) of the environment variable value

Returns:

the prior value of the environment variable before being set

remove

java.lang.Object remove(java.lang.Object key)

Remove a value from the environment.

Parameters:

key - an Object (usually a String) representing the name of the environment variable

Returns:

the prior value of the environment variable before being set