ConfigurationFactory (Dropwizard Project 3.0.0-beta.3 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseConfigurationFactory, JsonConfigurationFactory, POJOConfigurationFactory, YamlConfigurationFactory
```
public interface ConfigurationFactory<T>
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`build()`	Loads, parses, binds, and validates a configuration object from an empty document.
`T`	`build(ConfigurationSourceProvider provider, String path)`	Loads, parses, binds, and validates a configuration object.
`default T`	`build(File file)`	Loads, parses, binds, and validates a configuration object from a file.

- Method Detail
  - build
```
T build(ConfigurationSourceProvider provider,
        String path)
 throws IOException,
        ConfigurationException
```
    Loads, parses, binds, and validates a configuration object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    provider - the provider to to use for reading configuration files
    
    path - the path of the configuration file
    
    Returns:
    
    a validated configuration object
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if there is an error reading the file
    
    ConfigurationException - if there is an error parsing or validating the file
  - build
```
default T build(File file)
         throws IOException,
                ConfigurationException
```
    Loads, parses, binds, and validates a configuration object from a file.
    
    Parameters:
    
    file - the path of the configuration file
    
    Returns:
    
    a validated configuration object
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if there is an error reading the file
    
    ConfigurationException - if there is an error parsing or validating the file
  - build
```
T build()
 throws IOException,
        ConfigurationException
```
    Loads, parses, binds, and validates a configuration object from an empty document.
    
    Returns:
    
    a validated configuration object
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if there is an error reading the file
    
    ConfigurationException - if there is an error parsing or validating the file