ParameterSupport (appNG Parent 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DollarParameterSupport, HashParameterSupport, ParameterSupportBase
```
public interface ParameterSupport
```
Supports finding and replacing parameters inside a String. The parameters need to use a prefix and a suffix so they can be found.

Author:

Matthias Müller

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ExpressionEvaluator`	`getExpressionEvaluator()`	Returns an `ExpressionEvaluator` created with the parameters of this `ParameterSupport`.
`Collection<String>`	`getParameterNames()`	Returns the names of all parameters this `ParameterSupport` is aware of.
`Map<String,String>`	`getParameters()`	Returns an immutable `Map` containing all parameters this `ParameterSupport` is aware of.
`List<String>`	`getParameters(String source)`	Returns the names of all parameters used in the given `String`, without affixes.
`String`	`replaceParameters(String source)`	Replaces all parameters in the given `String` and returns a new one containing the replacements.

- Method Detail
  - replaceParameters
```
String replaceParameters(String source)
```
    Replaces all parameters in the given String and returns a new one containing the replacements.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the String to replace the parameters in
    
    Returns:
    
    a new String with the parameters replaced
  - getParameters
```
List<String> getParameters(String source)
```
    Returns the names of all parameters used in the given String, without affixes.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the String to search the parameters for
    
    Returns:
    
    the names of all parameters used in the given String, without affixes.
  - getParameterNames
```
Collection<String> getParameterNames()
```
    Returns the names of all parameters this ParameterSupport is aware of.
    
    Returns:
    
    the names of all parameters this ParameterSupport is aware of
  - getParameters
```
Map<String,String> getParameters()
```
    Returns an immutable Map containing all parameters this ParameterSupport is aware of.
    
    Returns:
    
    an immutable Map containing all parameters this ParameterSupport is aware of.
  - getExpressionEvaluator
```
ExpressionEvaluator getExpressionEvaluator()
```
    Returns an ExpressionEvaluator created with the parameters of this ParameterSupport.
    
    Returns:
    
    an ExpressionEvaluator created with the parameters of this ParameterSupport.