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package org.apache.safe.service;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ListIterator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.WeakHashMap;
import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.safe.util.StringUtils;
import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.w3c.dom.Text;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

/** 
 * Provides access to configuration parameters.
 *
 * <h4 id="Resources">Resources</h4>
 *
 * <p>Configurations are specified by resources. A resource contains a set of
 * name/value pairs as XML data. Each resource is named by  a 
 * <code>String</code>. The classpath is examined for a file with that name.  
 *
 * <p>Unless explicitly turned off, Safe by default specifies two 
 * resources, loaded in-order from the classpath: <ol>
 * <li><tt><a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a>
 * </tt>: Read-only defaults for Safe.</li>
 * <li><tt>core-site.xml</tt>: Site-specific configuration for a given Safe
 * installation.</li>
 * </ol>
 * Applications may add additional resources, which are loaded
 * subsequent to these resources in the order they are added.
 * 
 * <h4 id="FinalParams">Final Parameters</h4>
  *
 * <h4 id="VariableExpansion">Variable Expansion</h4>
 *
 * <p>Value strings are first processed for <i>variable expansion</i>. The
 * available properties are:<ol>
 * <li>Other properties defined in this Configuration; and, if a name is
 * undefined here,</li>
 * <li>Properties in {@link System#getProperties()}.</li>
 * </ol>
 *
 * <p>For example, if a configuration resource contains the following property
 * definitions: 
 * <tt><pre>
 *  &lt;property&gt;
 *    &lt;name&gt;basedir&lt;/name&gt;
 *    &lt;value&gt;/user/${<i>user.name</i>}&lt;/value&gt;
 *  &lt;/property&gt;
 *  
 *  &lt;property&gt;
 *    &lt;name&gt;tempdir&lt;/name&gt;
 *    &lt;value&gt;${<i>basedir</i>}/tmp&lt;/value&gt;
 *  &lt;/property&gt;</pre></tt>
 *
 * When <tt>conf.get("tempdir")</tt> is called, then <tt>${<i>basedir</i>}</tt>
 * will be resolved to another property in this Configuration, while
 * <tt>${<i>user.name</i>}</tt> would then ordinarily be resolved to the value
 * of the System property with that name.
 */
public class Configuration implements Iterable<Map.Entry<String, String>> {
    private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(Configuration.class);

    /**
     * List of configuration resources.
     */
    private ArrayList<Object> resources = new ArrayList<Object>();

    private boolean loadDefaults = true;

    /**
     * Configuration objects
     */
    private static final WeakHashMap<Configuration, Object> REGISTRY = new WeakHashMap<Configuration, Object>();

    /**
     * List of default Resources. Resources are loaded in the order of the list 
     * entries
     */
    private static final CopyOnWriteArrayList<String> defaultResources = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<String>();

    static {
        ClassLoader cL = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
        if (cL == null) {
            cL = Configuration.class.getClassLoader();
        }

        addDefaultResource("core-default.xml");
    }

    private Properties properties;
    private Properties overlay;
    private ClassLoader classLoader;
    {
        classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
        if (classLoader == null) {
            classLoader = Configuration.class.getClassLoader();
        }
    }

    /** A new configuration. */
    public Configuration() {
        this(true);
    }

    /** A new configuration where the behavior of reading from the default 
     * resources can be turned off.
     * 
     * If the parameter {@code loadDefaults} is false, the new instance
     * will not load resources from the default files. 
     * @param loadDefaults specifies whether to load from the default files
     */
    public Configuration(boolean loadDefaults) {
        this.loadDefaults = loadDefaults;
        synchronized (Configuration.class) {
            REGISTRY.put(this, null);
        }
    }

    /** 
     * A new configuration with the same settings cloned from another.
     * 
     * @param other the configuration from which to clone settings.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public Configuration(Configuration other) {
        this.resources = (ArrayList) other.resources.clone();
        synchronized (other) {
            if (other.properties != null) {
                this.properties = (Properties) other.properties.clone();
            }

            if (other.overlay != null) {
                this.overlay = (Properties) other.overlay.clone();
            }
        }
        synchronized (Configuration.class) {
            REGISTRY.put(this, null);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Add a default resource. Resources are loaded in the order of the resources 
     * added.
     * @param name file name. File should be present in the classpath.
     */
    public static synchronized void addDefaultResource(String name) {
        if (!defaultResources.contains(name)) {
            defaultResources.add(name);
            for (Configuration conf : REGISTRY.keySet()) {
                if (conf.loadDefaults) {
                    conf.reloadConfiguration();
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Add a configuration resource. 
     * 
     * The properties of this resource will override properties of previously 
     * added resources, unless they were marked <a href="#Final">final</a>. 
     * 
     * @param name resource to be added, the classpath is examined for a file 
     *             with that name.
     */
    public void addResource(String name) {
        addResourceObject(name);
    }

    /**
     * Add a configuration resource. 
     * 
     * The properties of this resource will override properties of previously 
     * added resources.
     * 
     * @param url url of the resource to be added, the local filesystem is 
     *            examined directly to find the resource, without referring to 
     *            the classpath.
     */
    public void addResource(URL url) {
        addResourceObject(url);
    }

    /**
     * Add a configuration resource. 
     * 
     * The properties of this resource will override properties of previously 
     * added resources, unless they were marked <a href="#Final">final</a>. 
     * 
     * @param in InputStream to deserialize the object from. 
     */
    public void addResource(InputStream in) {
        addResourceObject(in);
    }

    /**
     * Reload configuration from previously added resources.
     *
     * This method will clear all the configuration read from the added 
     * resources, and final parameters. This will make the resources to 
     * be read again before accessing the values. Values that are added
     * via set methods will overlay values read from the resources.
     */
    public synchronized void reloadConfiguration() {
        properties = null; // trigger reload
    }

    private synchronized void addResourceObject(Object resource) {
        resources.add(resource); // add to resources
        reloadConfiguration();
    }

    private static Pattern varPat = Pattern.compile("\\$\\{[^\\}\\$\u0020]+\\}");
    private static int MAX_SUBST = 20;

    private String substituteVars(String expr) {
        if (expr == null) {
            return null;
        }
        Matcher match = varPat.matcher("");
        String eval = expr;
        for (int s = 0; s < MAX_SUBST; s++) {
            match.reset(eval);
            if (!match.find()) {
                return eval;
            }
            String var = match.group();
            var = var.substring(2, var.length() - 1); // remove ${ .. }
            String val = null;
            try {
                val = System.getProperty(var);
            } catch (SecurityException se) {
                LOG.warn("Unexpected SecurityException in Configuration", se);
            }
            if (val == null) {
                val = getRaw(var);
            }
            if (val == null) {
                return eval; // return literal ${var}: var is unbound
            }
            // substitute
            eval = eval.substring(0, match.start()) + val + eval.substring(match.end());
        }
        throw new IllegalStateException("Variable substitution depth too large: " + MAX_SUBST + " " + expr);
    }

    /**
     * Get the value of the <code>name</code> property, <code>null</code> if
     * no such property exists.
     * 
     * Values are processed for <a href="#VariableExpansion">variable expansion</a> 
     * before being returned. 
     * 
     * @param name the property name.
     * @return the value of the <code>name</code> property, 
     *         or null if no such property exists.
     */
    public String get(String name) {
        return substituteVars(getProps().getProperty(name));
    }

    /**
     * Get the value of the <code>name</code> property, without doing
     * <a href="#VariableExpansion">variable expansion</a>.
     * 
     * @param name the property name.
     * @return the value of the <code>name</code> property, 
     *         or null if no such property exists.
     */
    public String getRaw(String name) {
        return getProps().getProperty(name);
    }

    /** 
     * Set the <code>value</code> of the <code>name</code> property.
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @param value property value.
     */
    public void set(String name, String value) {
        getOverlay().setProperty(name, value);
        getProps().setProperty(name, value);
    }

    /**
     * Sets a property if it is currently unset.
     * @param name the property name
     * @param value the new value
     */
    public void setIfUnset(String name, String value) {
        if (get(name) == null) {
            set(name, value);
        }
    }

    private synchronized Properties getOverlay() {
        if (overlay == null) {
            overlay = new Properties();
        }
        return overlay;
    }

    /** 
     * Get the value of the <code>name</code> property. If no such property 
     * exists, then <code>defaultValue</code> is returned.
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @param defaultValue default value.
     * @return property value, or <code>defaultValue</code> if the property 
     *         doesn't exist.                    
     */
    public String get(String name, String defaultValue) {
        return substituteVars(getProps().getProperty(name, defaultValue));
    }

    /** 
     * Get the value of the <code>name</code> property as an <code>int</code>.
     *   
     * If no such property exists, or if the specified value is not a valid
     * <code>int</code>, then <code>defaultValue</code> is returned.
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @param defaultValue default value.
     * @return property value as an <code>int</code>, 
     *         or <code>defaultValue</code>. 
     */
    public int getInt(String name, int defaultValue) {
        String valueString = get(name);
        if (valueString == null)
            return defaultValue;
        try {
            String hexString = getHexDigits(valueString);
            if (hexString != null) {
                return Integer.parseInt(hexString, 16);
            }
            return Integer.parseInt(valueString);
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            return defaultValue;
        }
    }

    /** 
     * Set the value of the <code>name</code> property to an <code>int</code>.
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @param value <code>int</code> value of the property.
     */
    public void setInt(String name, int value) {
        set(name, Integer.toString(value));
    }

    /** 
     * Get the value of the <code>name</code> property as a <code>long</code>.  
     * If no such property is specified, or if the specified value is not a valid
     * <code>long</code>, then <code>defaultValue</code> is returned.
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @param defaultValue default value.
     * @return property value as a <code>long</code>, 
     *         or <code>defaultValue</code>. 
     */
    public long getLong(String name, long defaultValue) {
        String valueString = get(name);
        if (valueString == null)
            return defaultValue;
        try {
            String hexString = getHexDigits(valueString);
            if (hexString != null) {
                return Long.parseLong(hexString, 16);
            }
            return Long.parseLong(valueString);
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            return defaultValue;
        }
    }

    private String getHexDigits(String value) {
        boolean negative = false;
        String str = value;
        String hexString = null;
        if (value.startsWith("-")) {
            negative = true;
            str = value.substring(1);
        }
        if (str.startsWith("0x") || str.startsWith("0X")) {
            hexString = str.substring(2);
            if (negative) {
                hexString = "-" + hexString;
            }
            return hexString;
        }
        return null;
    }

    /** 
     * Set the value of the <code>name</code> property to a <code>long</code>.
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @param value <code>long</code> value of the property.
     */
    public void setLong(String name, long value) {
        set(name, Long.toString(value));
    }

    /** 
     * Get the value of the <code>name</code> property as a <code>float</code>.  
     * If no such property is specified, or if the specified value is not a valid
     * <code>float</code>, then <code>defaultValue</code> is returned.
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @param defaultValue default value.
     * @return property value as a <code>float</code>, 
     *         or <code>defaultValue</code>. 
     */
    public float getFloat(String name, float defaultValue) {
        String valueString = get(name);
        if (valueString == null)
            return defaultValue;
        try {
            return Float.parseFloat(valueString);
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            return defaultValue;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Set the value of the <code>name</code> property to a <code>float</code>.
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @param value property value.
     */
    public void setFloat(String name, float value) {
        set(name, Float.toString(value));
    }

    /** 
     * Get the value of the <code>name</code> property as a <code>boolean</code>.  
     * If no such property is specified, or if the specified value is not a valid
     * <code>boolean</code>, then <code>defaultValue</code> is returned.
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @param defaultValue default value.
     * @return property value as a <code>boolean</code>, 
     *         or <code>defaultValue</code>. 
     */
    public boolean getBoolean(String name, boolean defaultValue) {
        String valueString = get(name);
        if ("true".equals(valueString))
            return true;
        else if ("false".equals(valueString))
            return false;
        else
            return defaultValue;
    }

    /** 
     * Set the value of the <code>name</code> property to a <code>boolean</code>.
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @param value <code>boolean</code> value of the property.
     */
    public void setBoolean(String name, boolean value) {
        set(name, Boolean.toString(value));
    }

    /**
     * Set the given property, if it is currently unset.
     * @param name property name
     * @param value new value
     */
    public void setBooleanIfUnset(String name, boolean value) {
        setIfUnset(name, Boolean.toString(value));
    }

    /**
     * Set the value of the <code>name</code> property to the given type. This
     * is equivalent to <code>set(&lt;name&gt;, value.toString())</code>.
     * @param name property name
     * @param value new value
     */
    public <T extends Enum<T>> void setEnum(String name, T value) {
        set(name, value.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Return value matching this enumerated type.
     * @param name Property name
     * @param defaultValue Value returned if no mapping exists
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException If mapping is illegal for the type
     * provided
     */
    public <T extends Enum<T>> T getEnum(String name, T defaultValue) {
        final String val = get(name);
        return null == val ? defaultValue : Enum.valueOf(defaultValue.getDeclaringClass(), val);
    }

    /**
     * A class that represents a set of positive integer ranges. It parses 
     * strings of the form: "2-3,5,7-" where ranges are separated by comma and 
     * the lower/upper bounds are separated by dash. Either the lower or upper 
     * bound may be omitted meaning all values up to or over. So the string 
     * above means 2, 3, 5, and 7, 8, 9, ...
     */
    public static class IntegerRanges {
        private static class Range {
            int start;
            int end;
        }

        List<Range> ranges = new ArrayList<Range>();

        public IntegerRanges() {
        }

        public IntegerRanges(String newValue) {
            StringTokenizer itr = new StringTokenizer(newValue, ",");
            while (itr.hasMoreTokens()) {
                String rng = itr.nextToken().trim();
                String[] parts = rng.split("-", 3);
                if (parts.length < 1 || parts.length > 2) {
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("integer range badly formed: " + rng);
                }
                Range r = new Range();
                r.start = convertToInt(parts[0], 0);
                if (parts.length == 2) {
                    r.end = convertToInt(parts[1], Integer.MAX_VALUE);
                } else {
                    r.end = r.start;
                }
                if (r.start > r.end) {
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                            "IntegerRange from " + r.start + " to " + r.end + " is invalid");
                }
                ranges.add(r);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Convert a string to an int treating empty strings as the default value.
         * @param value the string value
         * @param defaultValue the value for if the string is empty
         * @return the desired integer
         */
        private static int convertToInt(String value, int defaultValue) {
            String trim = value.trim();
            if (trim.length() == 0) {
                return defaultValue;
            }
            return Integer.parseInt(trim);
        }

        /**
         * Is the given value in the set of ranges
         * @param value the value to check
         * @return is the value in the ranges?
         */
        public boolean isIncluded(int value) {
            for (Range r : ranges) {
                if (r.start <= value && value <= r.end) {
                    return true;
                }
            }
            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
            boolean first = true;
            for (Range r : ranges) {
                if (first) {
                    first = false;
                } else {
                    result.append(',');
                }
                result.append(r.start);
                result.append('-');
                result.append(r.end);
            }
            return result.toString();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Parse the given attribute as a set of integer ranges
     * @param name the attribute name
     * @param defaultValue the default value if it is not set
     * @return a new set of ranges from the configured value
     */
    public IntegerRanges getRange(String name, String defaultValue) {
        return new IntegerRanges(get(name, defaultValue));
    }

    /** 
     * Get the comma delimited values of the <code>name</code> property as 
     * a collection of <code>String</code>s.  
     * If no such property is specified then empty collection is returned.
     * <p>
     * This is an optimized version of {@link #getStrings(String)}
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @return property value as a collection of <code>String</code>s. 
     */
    public Collection<String> getStringCollection(String name) {
        String valueString = get(name);
        return StringUtils.getStringCollection(valueString);
    }

    /** 
     * Get the comma delimited values of the <code>name</code> property as 
     * an array of <code>String</code>s.  
     * If no such property is specified then <code>null</code> is returned.
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @return property value as an array of <code>String</code>s, 
     *         or <code>null</code>. 
     */
    public String[] getStrings(String name) {
        String valueString = get(name);
        return StringUtils.getStrings(valueString);
    }

    /** 
     * Get the comma delimited values of the <code>name</code> property as 
     * an array of <code>String</code>s.  
     * If no such property is specified then default value is returned.
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @param defaultValue The default value
     * @return property value as an array of <code>String</code>s, 
     *         or default value. 
     */
    public String[] getStrings(String name, String... defaultValue) {
        String valueString = get(name);
        if (valueString == null) {
            return defaultValue;
        } else {
            return StringUtils.getStrings(valueString);
        }
    }

    /** 
     * Set the array of string values for the <code>name</code> property as 
     * as comma delimited values.  
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @param values The values
     */
    public void setStrings(String name, String... values) {
        set(name, StringUtils.arrayToString(values));
    }

    /**
     * Load a class by name.
     * 
     * @param name the class name.
     * @return the class object.
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class is not found.
     */
    public Class<?> getClassByName(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        return Class.forName(name, true, classLoader);
    }

    /** 
     * Get the value of the <code>name</code> property
     * as an array of <code>Class</code>.
     * The value of the property specifies a list of comma separated class names.  
     * If no such property is specified, then <code>defaultValue</code> is 
     * returned.
     * 
     * @param name the property name.
     * @param defaultValue default value.
     * @return property value as a <code>Class[]</code>, 
     *         or <code>defaultValue</code>. 
     */
    public Class<?>[] getClasses(String name, Class<?>... defaultValue) {
        String[] classnames = getStrings(name);
        if (classnames == null)
            return defaultValue;
        try {
            Class<?>[] classes = new Class<?>[classnames.length];
            for (int i = 0; i < classnames.length; i++) {
                classes[i] = getClassByName(classnames[i]);
            }
            return classes;
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

    /** 
     * Get the value of the <code>name</code> property as a <code>Class</code>.  
     * If no such property is specified, then <code>defaultValue</code> is 
     * returned.
     * 
     * @param name the class name.
     * @param defaultValue default value.
     * @return property value as a <code>Class</code>, 
     *         or <code>defaultValue</code>. 
     */
    public Class<?> getClass(String name, Class<?> defaultValue) {
        String valueString = get(name);
        if (valueString == null)
            return defaultValue;
        try {
            return getClassByName(valueString);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

    /** 
     * Get the value of the <code>name</code> property as a <code>Class</code>
     * implementing the interface specified by <code>xface</code>.
     *   
     * If no such property is specified, then <code>defaultValue</code> is 
     * returned.
     * 
     * An exception is thrown if the returned class does not implement the named
     * interface. 
     * 
     * @param name the class name.
     * @param defaultValue default value.
     * @param xface the interface implemented by the named class.
     * @return property value as a <code>Class</code>, 
     *         or <code>defaultValue</code>.
     */
    public <U> Class<? extends U> getClass(String name, Class<? extends U> defaultValue, Class<U> xface) {
        try {
            Class<?> theClass = getClass(name, defaultValue);
            if (theClass != null && !xface.isAssignableFrom(theClass))
                throw new RuntimeException(theClass + " not " + xface.getName());
            else if (theClass != null)
                return theClass.asSubclass(xface);
            else
                return null;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

    /** 
     * Set the value of the <code>name</code> property to the name of a 
     * <code>theClass</code> implementing the given interface <code>xface</code>.
     * 
     * An exception is thrown if <code>theClass</code> does not implement the 
     * interface <code>xface</code>. 
     * 
     * @param name property name.
     * @param theClass property value.
     * @param xface the interface implemented by the named class.
     */
    public void setClass(String name, Class<?> theClass, Class<?> xface) {
        if (!xface.isAssignableFrom(theClass))
            throw new RuntimeException(theClass + " not " + xface.getName());
        set(name, theClass.getName());
    }

    /** 
     * Get a local file name under a directory named in <i>dirsProp</i> with
     * the given <i>path</i>.  If <i>dirsProp</i> contains multiple directories,
     * then one is chosen based on <i>path</i>'s hash code.  If the selected
     * directory does not exist, an attempt is made to create it.
     * 
     * @param dirsProp directory in which to locate the file.
     * @param path file-path.
     * @return local file under the directory with the given path.
     */
    public File getFile(String dirsProp, String path) throws IOException {
        String[] dirs = getStrings(dirsProp);
        int hashCode = path.hashCode();
        for (int i = 0; i < dirs.length; i++) { // try each local dir
            int index = (hashCode + i & Integer.MAX_VALUE) % dirs.length;
            File file = new File(dirs[index], path);
            File dir = file.getParentFile();
            if (dir.exists() || dir.mkdirs()) {
                return file;
            }
        }
        throw new IOException("No valid local directories in property: " + dirsProp);
    }

    /** 
     * Get the {@link URL} for the named resource.
     * 
     * @param name resource name.
     * @return the url for the named resource.
     */
    public URL getResource(String name) {
        return classLoader.getResource(name);
    }

    /** 
     * Get an input stream attached to the configuration resource with the
     * given <code>name</code>.
     * 
     * @param name configuration resource name.
     * @return an input stream attached to the resource.
     */
    public InputStream getConfResourceAsInputStream(String name) {
        try {
            URL url = getResource(name);

            if (url == null) {
                LOG.info(name + " not found");
                return null;
            } else {
                LOG.info("found resource " + name + " at " + url);
            }

            return url.openStream();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /** 
     * Get a {@link Reader} attached to the configuration resource with the
     * given <code>name</code>.
     * 
     * @param name configuration resource name.
     * @return a reader attached to the resource.
     */
    public Reader getConfResourceAsReader(String name) {
        try {
            URL url = getResource(name);

            if (url == null) {
                LOG.info(name + " not found");
                return null;
            } else {
                LOG.info("found resource " + name + " at " + url);
            }

            return new InputStreamReader(url.openStream());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    private synchronized Properties getProps() {
        if (properties == null) {
            properties = new Properties();
            loadResources(properties, resources);
            if (overlay != null) {
                properties.putAll(overlay);
            }
        }
        return properties;
    }

    /**
     * Return the number of keys in the configuration.
     *
     * @return number of keys in the configuration.
     */
    public int size() {
        return getProps().size();
    }

    /**
     * Clears all keys from the configuration.
     */
    public void clear() {
        getProps().clear();
        getOverlay().clear();
    }

    /**
     * Get an {@link Iterator} to go through the list of <code>String</code> 
     * key-value pairs in the configuration.
     * 
     * @return an iterator over the entries.
     */
    public Iterator<Map.Entry<String, String>> iterator() {
        // Get a copy of just the string to string pairs. After the old object
        // methods that allow non-strings to be put into configurations are removed,
        // we could replace properties with a Map<String,String> and get rid of this
        // code.
        Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<String, String>();
        for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> item : getProps().entrySet()) {
            if (item.getKey() instanceof String && item.getValue() instanceof String) {
                result.put((String) item.getKey(), (String) item.getValue());
            }
        }
        return result.entrySet().iterator();
    }

    private void loadResources(Properties properties, ArrayList resources) {
        if (loadDefaults) {
            for (String resource : defaultResources) {
                loadResource(properties, resource);
            }

            //support the hadoop-site.xml as a deprecated case
            if (getResource("hadoop-site.xml") != null) {
                loadResource(properties, "hadoop-site.xml");
            }
        }

        for (Object resource : resources) {
            loadResource(properties, resource);
        }
    }

    private void loadResource(Properties properties, Object name) {
        try {
            DocumentBuilderFactory docBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
            //ignore all comments inside the xml file
            docBuilderFactory.setIgnoringComments(true);

            //allow includes in the xml file
            docBuilderFactory.setNamespaceAware(true);
            try {
                docBuilderFactory.setXIncludeAware(true);
            } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
                LOG.error("Failed to set setXIncludeAware(true) for parser " + docBuilderFactory + ":" + e, e);
            }
            DocumentBuilder builder = docBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
            Document doc = null;
            Element root = null;

            if (name instanceof URL) { // an URL resource
                URL url = (URL) name;
                if (url != null) {
                    doc = builder.parse(url.toString());
                }
            } else if (name instanceof String) { // a CLASSPATH resource
                URL url = getResource((String) name);
                if (url != null) {
                    doc = builder.parse(url.toString());
                }
            } else if (name instanceof InputStream) {
                try {
                    doc = builder.parse((InputStream) name);
                } finally {
                    ((InputStream) name).close();
                }
            } else if (name instanceof Element) {
                root = (Element) name;
            }

            if (doc == null && root == null) {
                throw new RuntimeException(name + " not found");
            }

            if (root == null) {
                root = doc.getDocumentElement();
            }
            if (!"configuration".equals(root.getTagName()))
                LOG.fatal("bad conf file: top-level element not <configuration>");
            NodeList props = root.getChildNodes();
            for (int i = 0; i < props.getLength(); i++) {
                Node propNode = props.item(i);
                if (!(propNode instanceof Element))
                    continue;
                Element prop = (Element) propNode;
                if ("configuration".equals(prop.getTagName())) {
                    loadResource(properties, prop);
                    continue;
                }
                if (!"property".equals(prop.getTagName()))
                    LOG.warn("bad conf file: element not <property>");
                NodeList fields = prop.getChildNodes();
                String attr = null;
                String value = null;
                boolean finalParameter = false;
                for (int j = 0; j < fields.getLength(); j++) {
                    Node fieldNode = fields.item(j);
                    if (!(fieldNode instanceof Element))
                        continue;
                    Element field = (Element) fieldNode;
                    if ("name".equals(field.getTagName()) && field.hasChildNodes())
                        attr = ((Text) field.getFirstChild()).getData().trim();
                    if ("value".equals(field.getTagName()) && field.hasChildNodes())
                        value = ((Text) field.getFirstChild()).getData();
                    if ("final".equals(field.getTagName()) && field.hasChildNodes())
                        finalParameter = "true".equals(((Text) field.getFirstChild()).getData());
                }

                // Ignore this parameter if it has already been marked as 'final'
                if (attr != null) {
                    if (value != null) {
                        properties.setProperty(attr, value);
                    }
                }

            }

        } catch (IOException e) {
            LOG.fatal("error parsing conf file: " + e);
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        } catch (DOMException e) {
            LOG.fatal("error parsing conf file: " + e);
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        } catch (SAXException e) {
            LOG.fatal("error parsing conf file: " + e);
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
            LOG.fatal("error parsing conf file: " + e);
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

    /** 
     * Write out the non-default properties in this configuration to the give
     * {@link OutputStream}.
     * 
     * @param out the output stream to write to.
     */
    public void writeXml(OutputStream out) throws IOException {
        Properties properties = getProps();
        try {
            Document doc = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder().newDocument();
            Element conf = doc.createElement("configuration");
            doc.appendChild(conf);
            conf.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("\n"));
            for (Enumeration e = properties.keys(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
                String name = (String) e.nextElement();
                Object object = properties.get(name);
                String value = null;
                if (object instanceof String) {
                    value = (String) object;
                } else {
                    continue;
                }
                Element propNode = doc.createElement("property");
                conf.appendChild(propNode);

                Element nameNode = doc.createElement("name");
                nameNode.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(name));
                propNode.appendChild(nameNode);

                Element valueNode = doc.createElement("value");
                valueNode.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(value));
                propNode.appendChild(valueNode);

                conf.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("\n"));
            }

            DOMSource source = new DOMSource(doc);
            StreamResult result = new StreamResult(out);
            TransformerFactory transFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
            Transformer transformer = transFactory.newTransformer();
            transformer.transform(source, result);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the {@link ClassLoader} for this job.
     * 
     * @return the correct class loader.
     */
    public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
        return classLoader;
    }

    /**
     * Set the class loader that will be used to load the various objects.
     * 
     * @param classLoader the new class loader.
     */
    public void setClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) {
        this.classLoader = classLoader;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        sb.append("Configuration: ");
        if (loadDefaults) {
            toString(defaultResources, sb);
            if (resources.size() > 0) {
                sb.append(", ");
            }
        }
        toString(resources, sb);
        return sb.toString();
    }

    private void toString(List resources, StringBuffer sb) {
        ListIterator i = resources.listIterator();
        while (i.hasNext()) {
            if (i.nextIndex() != 0) {
                sb.append(", ");
            }
            sb.append(i.next());
        }
    }

    /** For debugging.  List non-default properties to the terminal and exit. */
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        new Configuration().writeXml(System.out);
    }

    /**
     * get keys matching the the regex 
     * @param regex
     * @return Map<String,String> with matching keys
     */
    public Map<String, String> getValByRegex(String regex) {
        Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regex);

        Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<String, String>();
        Matcher m;

        for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> item : getProps().entrySet()) {
            if (item.getKey() instanceof String && item.getValue() instanceof String) {
                m = p.matcher((String) item.getKey());
                if (m.find()) { // match
                    result.put((String) item.getKey(), (String) item.getValue());
                }
            }
        }
        return result;
    }
}