SONAR-3529 API: ability to define property sets.

2 files changed, 42 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/config/PropertySetValue.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/config/PropertySetValue.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aadfa06a969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/config/PropertySetValue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Sonar, open source software quality management tool.
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2012 SonarSource
+ * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
+ *
+ * Sonar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Sonar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with Sonar; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02
+ */
+package org.sonar.api.config;
+
+/**
+ * @since 3.3
+ */
+public class PropertySetValue {
+}
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/config/Settings.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/config/Settings.java
index 3ec41a5cf6e..d9b55af1109 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/config/Settings.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/config/Settings.java
@@ -27,16 +27,12 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.sonar.api.BatchComponent;
+import org.sonar.api.PropertyType;
 import org.sonar.api.ServerComponent;
 import org.sonar.api.utils.DateUtils;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.*;
 
 /**
  * Project Settings on batch side, Global Settings on server side. This component does not access to database, so
@@ -184,6 +180,20 @@ public class Settings implements BatchComponent, ServerComponent {
     return getStringArrayBySeparator(key, ",");
   }
 
+  public final PropertySetValue getPropertySetValue(String key) {
+    PropertyDefinition property = getDefinitions().get(key);
+    if ((null == property) || (property.getType() != PropertyType.PROPERTY_SET)) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Property " + key + " is not of type PROPERTY_SET");
+    }
+
+    String propertySetValueName = getString(key);
+
+    // read json for given key
+    // search value for given propertySetValueName
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Value is split by carriage returns.
    *