Hi, I am using the org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration object in some of my Configurable components and I find that it is not very easy to decide whether a Configuration contains an attribute or not. There is a getAtribute() which takes a default value but that's not enough.
I'm proposing to add a Boolean containsAttribute(String name). What do you think ? Should I go ahead a send a patch (in other words, do you agree to include it in the base Avalon framework) ? Or is there another that I have missed of doing this ? With the current code base I can see 2 ways of doing this : 1/ testing for a ConfigurationException, which does not seem a good idea 2/ call getAttributeNames() and iterate to find if the attribute exist, which is also not that fine. Thanks -Vincent -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
