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package org.apache.geode.internal.cache.xmlcache;

import java.util.IllegalFormatException;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * @since GemFire 6.6
 */
public interface PropertyResolver {

  /** If system properties are overridden by Gemfire properties */
  public static final int SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_OVERRIDE = 0;

  /** if system properties are not overridden by any other properties */
  public static final int NO_SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_OVERRIDE = 1;

  /**
   * Resolves the given property string either from system properties or given properties. and
   * returns the replacement of the property found in available properties. If no string replacement
   * is found then {@link IllegalFormatException} would be thrown based on
   * <code>ignoreUnresolvedProperties</code> flag being set by {@link CacheXmlParser}.
   *
   * @param replaceString
   * @return resolvedString
   */
  public String resolveReplaceString(String replaceString);

  public boolean isIgnoreUnresolvedProperties();

  public int getPropertyOverridden();

  public String processUnresolvableString(String stringWithPrefixAndSuffix, String prefix,
      String suffix);

  public String processUnresolvableString(String string);
}
