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Posted to commits@commons.apache.org by oh...@apache.org on 2013/11/26 21:35:00 UTC

svn commit: r1545825 - in /commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src: main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/Parameters.java test/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/TestParameters.java

Author: oheger
Date: Tue Nov 26 20:35:00 2013
New Revision: 1545825

URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1545825
Log:
Parameters now uses a DefaultParametersManager.

The handling of default values for newly created parameters objects is now
delegated to a DefaultParametersManager instance which can either be passed to
the constructor or is dynamically created.

Modified:
    commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/Parameters.java
    commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/TestParameters.java

Modified: commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/Parameters.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/Parameters.java?rev=1545825&r1=1545824&r2=1545825&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/Parameters.java (original)
+++ commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/Parameters.java Tue Nov 26 20:35:00 2013
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@ package org.apache.commons.configuration
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
-import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.BasicBuilderParameters;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.BuilderParameters;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.DatabaseBuilderParametersImpl;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.DefaultParametersHandler;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.DefaultParametersManager;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.FileBasedBuilderParametersImpl;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.HierarchicalBuilderParametersImpl;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.JndiBuilderParametersImpl;
@@ -69,13 +67,13 @@ import org.apache.commons.configuration.
  * <p>
  * Using this class it is not only possible to create new parameters objects but
  * also to initialize the newly created objects with default values. This is
- * achieved by registering objects implementing the
- * {@link DefaultParametersHandler} interface with the
- * {@code registerDefaultsHandler()} method. The handler object is then called
- * whenever a parameters object of the supported class (or one of its
- * subclasses) is created. This makes it easy to define default settings that
- * are applied for all parameters object created by this {@code Parameters}
- * instance.
+ * via the associated {@link DefaultParametersManager} object. Such an object
+ * can be passed to the constructor, or a new (uninitialized) instance is
+ * created. There are convenience methods for interacting with the associated
+ * {@code DefaultParametersManager}, namely to register or remove
+ * {@link DefaultParametersHandler} objects. On all newly created parameters
+ * objects the handlers registered at the associated {@code DefaultParametersHandler}
+ * are automatically applied.
  * </p>
  * <p>
  * Implementation note: This class is thread-safe.
@@ -86,27 +84,48 @@ import org.apache.commons.configuration.
  */
 public final class Parameters
 {
-    /** A collection with the registered default handlers. */
-    private final Collection<DefaultHandlerData> defaultHandlers;
+    /** The manager for default handlers. */
+    private final DefaultParametersManager defaultParametersManager;
 
     /**
-     * Creates a new instance of {@code Parameters}.
+     * Creates a new instance of {@code Parameters}. A new, uninitialized
+     * {@link DefaultParametersManager} is created.
      */
     public Parameters()
     {
-        defaultHandlers = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<DefaultHandlerData>();
+        this(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance of {@code Parameters} and initializes it with the
+     * given {@code DefaultParametersManager}. Because
+     * {@code DefaultParametersManager} is thread-safe, it makes sense to share
+     * a single instance between multiple {@code Parameters} objects; that way
+     * the same initialization is performed on newly created parameters objects.
+     *
+     * @param manager the {@code DefaultParametersHandler} (may be <b>null</b>,
+     *        then a new default instance is created)
+     */
+    public Parameters(DefaultParametersManager manager)
+    {
+        defaultParametersManager =
+                (manager != null) ? manager : new DefaultParametersManager();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the {@code DefaultParametersManager} associated with this object.
+     *
+     * @return the {@code DefaultParametersManager}
+     */
+    public DefaultParametersManager getDefaultParametersManager()
+    {
+        return defaultParametersManager;
     }
 
     /**
      * Registers the specified {@code DefaultParametersHandler} object for the
-     * given parameters class. This means that this handler object is invoked
-     * every time a new parameters object of the specified class or one of its
-     * subclasses is created. The handler can set arbitrary default values for
-     * the properties supported by this parameters object. If there are multiple
-     * handlers registered supporting a specific parameters class, they are
-     * invoked in the order in which they were registered. So handlers
-     * registered later may override the values set by handlers registered
-     * earlier.
+     * given parameters class. This is a convenience method which just delegates
+     * to the associated {@code DefaultParametersManager}.
      *
      * @param <T> the type of the parameters supported by this handler
      * @param paramsClass the parameters class supported by this handler (must
@@ -114,43 +133,19 @@ public final class Parameters
      * @param handler the {@code DefaultParametersHandler} to be registered
      *        (must not be <b>null</b>)
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if a required parameter is missing
+     * @see DefaultParametersManager
      */
     public <T> void registerDefaultsHandler(Class<T> paramsClass,
             DefaultParametersHandler<? super T> handler)
     {
-        registerDefaultsHandler(paramsClass, handler, null);
+        getDefaultParametersManager().registerDefaultsHandler(paramsClass, handler);
     }
 
     /**
      * Registers the specified {@code DefaultParametersHandler} object for the
      * given parameters class and start class in the inheritance hierarchy. This
-     * method works like
-     * {@link #registerDefaultsHandler(Class, DefaultParametersHandler)}, but
-     * the defaults handler is only executed on parameter objects that are
-     * instances of the specified start class. Parameter classes do not stand in
-     * a real inheritance hierarchy; however, there is a logic hierarchy defined
-     * by the methods supported by the different parameter objects. A properties
-     * parameter object for instance supports all methods defined for a
-     * file-based parameter object. So one can argue that
-     * {@link FileBasedBuilderParameters} is a base interface of
-     * {@link PropertiesBuilderParameters} (although, for technical reasons,
-     * this relation is not reflected in the Java classes). A
-     * {@link DefaultParametersHandler} object defined for a base interface can
-     * also deal with parameter objects "derived" from this base interface (i.e.
-     * supporting a super set of the methods defined by the base interface). Now
-     * there may be the use case that there is an implementation of
-     * {@code DefaultParametersHandler} for a base interface (e.g.
-     * {@code FileBasedBuilderParameters}), but it should only process specific
-     * derived interfaces (say {@code PropertiesBuilderParameters}, but not
-     * {@link XMLBuilderParameters}). This can be achieved by passing in
-     * {@code PropertiesBuilderParameters} as start class. In this case,
-     * {@code Parameters} ensures that the handler is only called on parameter
-     * objects having both the start class and the actual type supported by the
-     * handler as base interfaces. The passed in start class can be <b>null</b>;
-     * then the parameter class supported by the handler is used (which is the
-     * default behavior of the
-     * {@link #registerDefaultsHandler(Class, DefaultParametersHandler)}
-     * method).
+     * is a convenience method which just delegates to the associated
+     * {@code DefaultParametersManager}.
      *
      * @param <T> the type of the parameters supported by this handler
      * @param paramsClass the parameters class supported by this handler (must
@@ -164,57 +159,8 @@ public final class Parameters
     public <T> void registerDefaultsHandler(Class<T> paramsClass,
             DefaultParametersHandler<? super T> handler, Class<?> startClass)
     {
-        if (paramsClass == null)
-        {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                    "Parameters class must not be null!");
-        }
-        if (handler == null)
-        {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                    "DefaultParametersHandler must not be null!");
-        }
-        defaultHandlers.add(new DefaultHandlerData(handler, paramsClass,
-                startClass));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Removes the specified {@code DefaultParametersHandler} from this
-     * instance. If this handler has been registered multiple times for
-     * different start classes, all occurrences are removed.
-     *
-     * @param handler the {@code DefaultParametersHandler} to be removed
-     */
-    public void unregisterDefaultsHandler(DefaultParametersHandler<?> handler)
-    {
-        unregisterDefaultsHandler(handler, null);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Removes the specified {@code DefaultParametersHandler} from this instance
-     * if it is in combination with the given start class. If this handler has
-     * been registered multiple times for different start classes, only
-     * occurrences for the given start class are removed. The {@code startClass}
-     * parameter can be <b>null</b>, then all occurrences of the handler are
-     * removed.
-     *
-     * @param handler the {@code DefaultParametersHandler} to be removed
-     * @param startClass the start class for which this handler is to be removed
-     */
-    public void unregisterDefaultsHandler(DefaultParametersHandler<?> handler,
-            Class<?> startClass)
-    {
-        Collection<DefaultHandlerData> toRemove =
-                new LinkedList<DefaultHandlerData>();
-        for (DefaultHandlerData dhd : defaultHandlers)
-        {
-            if (dhd.isOccurrence(handler, startClass))
-            {
-                toRemove.add(dhd);
-            }
-        }
-
-        defaultHandlers.removeAll(toRemove);
+        getDefaultParametersManager().registerDefaultsHandler(paramsClass,
+                handler, startClass);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -326,31 +272,6 @@ public final class Parameters
     }
 
     /**
-     * Initializes the passed in {@code BuilderParameters} object by applying
-     * all matching {@link DefaultParametersHandler} objects registered at this
-     * instance. Using this method the passed in parameters object can be
-     * populated with default values. It is not necessary to call this method
-     * for parameter objects that have been created by this {@code Parameters}
-     * instance - in this case, it is called automatically. However, if a
-     * parameters object was created by another source, this method can be used
-     * to apply the {@code DefaultParametersHandler} objects which have been
-     * registered here.
-     *
-     * @param params the parameters object to be initialized (may be
-     *        <b>null</b>, then this method has no effect)
-     */
-    public void initializeParameters(BuilderParameters params)
-    {
-        if (params != null)
-        {
-            for (DefaultHandlerData dhd : defaultHandlers)
-            {
-                dhd.applyHandlerIfMatching(params);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Creates a proxy object for a given parameters interface based on the
      * given implementation object. The newly created object is initialized
      * with default values if there are matching {@link DefaultParametersHandler}
@@ -372,7 +293,8 @@ public final class Parameters
         Object obj =
                 Proxy.newProxyInstance(Parameters.class.getClassLoader(),
                         ifcClasses, new ParametersIfcInvocationHandler(target));
-        initializeParameters((BuilderParameters) obj);
+        getDefaultParametersManager().initializeParameters(
+                (BuilderParameters) obj);
         return ifcClass.cast(obj);
     }
 
@@ -429,71 +351,4 @@ public final class Parameters
                     && !declaringClass.equals(BuilderParameters.class);
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * A data class storing information about {@code DefaultParametersHandler}
-     * objects added to a {@code Parameters} object. Using this class it is
-     * possible to find out which default handlers apply for a given parameters
-     * object and to invoke them.
-     */
-    private static class DefaultHandlerData
-    {
-        /** The handler object.*/
-        private final DefaultParametersHandler<?> handler;
-
-        /** The class supported by this handler.*/
-        private final Class<?> parameterClass;
-
-        /** The start class for applying this handler.*/
-        private final Class<?> startClass;
-
-        /**
-         *
-         * Creates a new instance of {@code DefaultHandlerData}.
-         * @param h the {@code DefaultParametersHandler}
-         * @param cls the handler's data class
-         * @param startCls the start class
-         */
-        public DefaultHandlerData(DefaultParametersHandler<?> h, Class<?> cls, Class<?> startCls)
-        {
-            handler = h;
-            parameterClass = cls;
-            startClass = startCls;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Checks whether the managed {@code DefaultParametersHandler} can be
-         * applied to the given parameters object. If this is the case, it is
-         * executed on this object and can initialize it with default values.
-         * @param obj the parameters object to be initialized
-         */
-        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-        // There are explicit isInstance() checks, so there won't be
-        // ClassCastExceptions
-        public void applyHandlerIfMatching(BuilderParameters obj)
-        {
-            if(parameterClass.isInstance(obj) && (startClass == null || startClass.isInstance(obj)))
-            {
-                @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
-                DefaultParametersHandler handlerUntyped = handler;
-                handlerUntyped.initializeDefaults(obj);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Tests whether this instance refers to the specified occurrence of a
-         * {@code DefaultParametersHandler}.
-         *
-         * @param h the handler to be checked
-         * @param startCls the start class
-         * @return <b>true</b> if this instance refers to this occurrence,
-         *         <b>false</b> otherwise
-         */
-        public boolean isOccurrence(DefaultParametersHandler<?> h,
-                Class<?> startCls)
-        {
-            return h == handler
-                    && (startCls == null || startCls.equals(startClass));
-        }
-    }
 }

Modified: commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/TestParameters.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/TestParameters.java?rev=1545825&r1=1545824&r2=1545825&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/TestParameters.java (original)
+++ commons/proper/configuration/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/builder/fluent/TestParameters.java Tue Nov 26 20:35:00 2013
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
 package org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.fluent;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertiesConfiguration;
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ import org.apache.commons.configuration.
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.BasicBuilderProperties;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.BuilderParameters;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.DefaultParametersHandler;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.DefaultParametersManager;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.FileBasedBuilderParametersImpl;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.combined.CombinedBuilderParametersImpl;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.builder.combined.MultiFileBuilderParametersImpl;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.convert.ListDelimiterHandler;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.tree.ExpressionEngine;
 import org.easymock.EasyMock;
-import org.junit.Before;
+import org.easymock.IAnswer;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -53,19 +54,22 @@ public class TestParameters
     /** A test list delimiter handler. */
     private static ListDelimiterHandler listHandler;
 
-    /** The parameters object to be tested. */
-    private Parameters parameters;
-
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception
     {
         listHandler = EasyMock.createMock(ListDelimiterHandler.class);
     }
 
-    @Before
-    public void setUp() throws Exception
+    /**
+     * Tests whether an uninitialized default parameters manager is created at
+     * construction time.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testDefaultParametersManager()
     {
-        parameters = new Parameters();
+        Parameters parameters = new Parameters();
+        assertNotNull("No default manager",
+                parameters.getDefaultParametersManager());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ public class TestParameters
     @Test
     public void testBasic()
     {
-        BasicBuilderParameters basic = parameters.basic();
+        BasicBuilderParameters basic = new Parameters().basic();
         assertNotNull("No result object", basic);
     }
 
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ public class TestParameters
     public void testFileBased()
     {
         Map<String, Object> map =
-                parameters.fileBased().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
+                new Parameters().fileBased().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
                         .setEncoding(DEF_ENCODING).setListDelimiterHandler(listHandler)
                         .setFileName("test.xml").getParameters();
         FileBasedBuilderParametersImpl fbparams =
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ public class TestParameters
     @Test
     public void testFileBasedInheritance()
     {
-        checkInheritance(parameters.fileBased());
+        checkInheritance(new Parameters().fileBased());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -155,7 +159,7 @@ public class TestParameters
     @Test
     public void testProxyObjectMethods()
     {
-        FileBasedBuilderParameters params = parameters.fileBased();
+        FileBasedBuilderParameters params = new Parameters().fileBased();
         String s = params.toString();
         assertTrue(
                 "Wrong string: " + s,
@@ -170,7 +174,7 @@ public class TestParameters
     public void testCombined()
     {
         Map<String, Object> map =
-                parameters.combined().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
+                new Parameters().combined().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
                         .setBasePath("test").setListDelimiterHandler(listHandler)
                         .getParameters();
         CombinedBuilderParametersImpl cparams =
@@ -186,7 +190,7 @@ public class TestParameters
     public void testJndi()
     {
         Map<String, Object> map =
-                parameters.jndi().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
+                new Parameters().jndi().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
                         .setPrefix("test").setListDelimiterHandler(listHandler)
                         .getParameters();
         assertEquals("Wrong prefix", "test", map.get("prefix"));
@@ -202,7 +206,7 @@ public class TestParameters
     {
         ExpressionEngine engine = EasyMock.createMock(ExpressionEngine.class);
         Map<String, Object> map =
-                parameters.hierarchical().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
+                new Parameters().hierarchical().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
                         .setExpressionEngine(engine).setFileName("test.xml")
                         .setListDelimiterHandler(listHandler).getParameters();
         checkBasicProperties(map);
@@ -220,7 +224,7 @@ public class TestParameters
     @Test
     public void testHierarchicalInheritance()
     {
-        checkInheritance(parameters.hierarchical(),
+        checkInheritance(new Parameters().hierarchical(),
                 FileBasedBuilderParameters.class);
     }
 
@@ -233,7 +237,7 @@ public class TestParameters
     {
         ExpressionEngine engine = EasyMock.createMock(ExpressionEngine.class);
         Map<String, Object> map =
-                parameters.xml().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
+                new Parameters().xml().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
                         .setFileName("test.xml").setValidating(true)
                         .setExpressionEngine(engine).setListDelimiterHandler(listHandler)
                         .setSchemaValidation(true).getParameters();
@@ -256,7 +260,7 @@ public class TestParameters
     @Test
     public void testXmlInheritance()
     {
-        checkInheritance(parameters.xml(), HierarchicalBuilderParameters.class,
+        checkInheritance(new Parameters().xml(), HierarchicalBuilderParameters.class,
                 FileBasedBuilderParameters.class);
     }
 
@@ -270,7 +274,7 @@ public class TestParameters
         PropertiesConfiguration.IOFactory factory =
                 EasyMock.createMock(PropertiesConfiguration.IOFactory.class);
         Map<String, Object> map =
-                parameters.properties().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
+                new Parameters().properties().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
                         .setFileName("test.properties").setIOFactory(factory)
                         .setListDelimiterHandler(listHandler).setIncludesAllowed(false)
                         .getParameters();
@@ -290,7 +294,7 @@ public class TestParameters
     @Test
     public void testPropertiesInheritance()
     {
-        checkInheritance(parameters.properties(),
+        checkInheritance(new Parameters().properties(),
                 FileBasedBuilderParameters.class);
     }
 
@@ -303,7 +307,7 @@ public class TestParameters
         BuilderParameters bp = EasyMock.createMock(BuilderParameters.class);
         String pattern = "a pattern";
         Map<String, Object> map =
-                parameters.multiFile().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
+                new Parameters().multiFile().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
                         .setFilePattern(pattern).setListDelimiterHandler(listHandler)
                         .setManagedBuilderParameters(bp).getParameters();
         checkBasicProperties(map);
@@ -322,7 +326,7 @@ public class TestParameters
     public void testDatabase()
     {
         Map<String, Object> map =
-                parameters.database().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
+                new Parameters().database().setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
                         .setAutoCommit(true).setTable("table")
                         .setListDelimiterHandler(listHandler).setKeyColumn("keyColumn")
                         .getParameters();
@@ -341,7 +345,7 @@ public class TestParameters
     @Test
     public void testInheritance()
     {
-        Object params = parameters.xml();
+        Object params = new Parameters().xml();
         assertTrue("No instance of base interface",
                 params instanceof FileBasedBuilderParameters);
         assertTrue("No instance of base interface (dynamic)",
@@ -358,196 +362,84 @@ public class TestParameters
     }
 
     /**
-     * Tries to register a default handler without a class.
-     */
-    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
-    public void testRegisterDefaultsHandlerNoClass()
-    {
-        parameters
-                .registerDefaultsHandler(null, new FileBasedDefaultsHandler());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Tries to register a null default handler.
-     */
-    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
-    public void testRegisterDefaultsHandlerNoHandler()
-    {
-        parameters.registerDefaultsHandler(BasicBuilderProperties.class, null);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks whether the expected default values have been set on a parameters
-     * object.
-     *
-     * @param map the map with parameters
-     */
-    private static void checkDefaultValues(Map<String, Object> map)
-    {
-        checkBasicProperties(map);
-        FileBasedBuilderParametersImpl fbparams =
-                FileBasedBuilderParametersImpl.fromParameters(map);
-        assertEquals("Wrong encoding", DEF_ENCODING, fbparams.getFileHandler()
-                .getEncoding());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks that no default values have been set on a parameters object.
-     *
-     * @param map the map with parameters
-     */
-    private static void checkNoDefaultValues(Map<String, Object> map)
-    {
-        assertFalse("Got base properties",
-                map.containsKey("throwExceptionOnMissing"));
-        FileBasedBuilderParametersImpl fbParams =
-                FileBasedBuilderParametersImpl.fromParameters(map, true);
-        assertNull("Got an encoding", fbParams.getFileHandler().getEncoding());
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Tests whether default values are set for newly created parameters
      * objects.
      */
     @Test
     public void testApplyDefaults()
     {
-        parameters.registerDefaultsHandler(FileBasedBuilderParameters.class,
-                new FileBasedDefaultsHandler());
-        Map<String, Object> map = parameters.fileBased().getParameters();
-        checkDefaultValues(map);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Tests whether default values are also applied when a sub parameters class
-     * is created.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void testApplyDefaultsOnSubClass()
-    {
-        parameters.registerDefaultsHandler(FileBasedBuilderParameters.class,
-                new FileBasedDefaultsHandler());
-        Map<String, Object> map = parameters.xml().getParameters();
-        checkDefaultValues(map);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Tests that default values are only applied if the start class provided at
-     * registration time matches.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void testApplyDefaultsStartClass()
-    {
-        parameters.registerDefaultsHandler(FileBasedBuilderParameters.class,
-                new FileBasedDefaultsHandler(), XMLBuilderParameters.class);
-        Map<String, Object> map = parameters.xml().getParameters();
-        checkDefaultValues(map);
-        map = parameters.properties().getParameters();
-        checkNoDefaultValues(map);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Tests whether multiple handlers can be registered for the same classes
-     * and whether they are called in the correct order.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void testApplyDefaultsMultipleHandlers()
-    {
-        final ExpressionEngine engine =
-                EasyMock.createMock(ExpressionEngine.class);
-        parameters.registerDefaultsHandler(XMLBuilderParameters.class,
-                new DefaultParametersHandler<XMLBuilderParameters>()
-                {
-                    public void initializeDefaults(
-                            XMLBuilderParameters parameters)
-                    {
-                        parameters
-                                .setThrowExceptionOnMissing(false)
-                                .setListDelimiterHandler(
-                                        EasyMock.createMock(ListDelimiterHandler.class))
-                                .setExpressionEngine(engine);
-                    }
-                });
-        parameters.registerDefaultsHandler(FileBasedBuilderParameters.class,
-                new FileBasedDefaultsHandler());
-        Map<String, Object> map = parameters.xml().getParameters();
-        checkDefaultValues(map);
-        assertSame("Expression engine not set", engine,
-                map.get("expressionEngine"));
+        DefaultParametersManager manager =
+                EasyMock.createMock(DefaultParametersManager.class);
+        final List<Object> initializedParams = new ArrayList<Object>(1);
+        manager.initializeParameters(EasyMock
+                .anyObject(BuilderParameters.class));
+        EasyMock.expectLastCall().andAnswer(new IAnswer<Object>()
+        {
+            public Object answer() throws Throwable
+            {
+                initializedParams.add(EasyMock.getCurrentArguments()[0]);
+                return null;
+            }
+        });
+        EasyMock.replay(manager);
+
+        Parameters params = new Parameters(manager);
+        XMLBuilderParameters xmlParams = params.xml();
+        assertEquals("Wrong number of initializations", 1,
+                initializedParams.size());
+        assertSame("Wrong initialized object", xmlParams,
+                initializedParams.get(0));
     }
 
     /**
-     * Tests whether initializeParameters() ignores null input. (We can only
-     * test that no exception is thrown.)
+     * Creates a mock for a defaults parameter handler.
+     *
+     * @return the mock object
      */
-    @Test
-    public void testInitializeParametersNull()
+    private static DefaultParametersHandler<XMLBuilderParameters> createHandlerMock()
     {
-        parameters.registerDefaultsHandler(FileBasedBuilderParameters.class,
-                new FileBasedDefaultsHandler());
-        parameters.initializeParameters(null);
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        DefaultParametersHandler<XMLBuilderParameters> handler =
+                EasyMock.createMock(DefaultParametersHandler.class);
+        return handler;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Tests whether a parameters object created externally can be initialized.
+     * Tests whether a default handler with a start class can be registered.
      */
     @Test
-    public void testInitializeParameters()
+    public void testRegisterDefaultsHandlerWithStartClass()
     {
-        parameters.registerDefaultsHandler(FileBasedBuilderParameters.class,
-                new FileBasedDefaultsHandler());
-        XMLBuilderParameters params = new Parameters().xml();
-        parameters.initializeParameters(params);
-        checkDefaultValues(params.getParameters());
-    }
+        DefaultParametersManager manager =
+                EasyMock.createMock(DefaultParametersManager.class);
+        DefaultParametersHandler<XMLBuilderParameters> handler =
+                createHandlerMock();
+        manager.registerDefaultsHandler(XMLBuilderParameters.class, handler,
+                FileBasedBuilderParameters.class);
+        EasyMock.replay(manager, handler);
 
-    /**
-     * Tests whether all occurrences of a given defaults handler can be removed.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void testUnregisterDefaultsHandlerAll()
-    {
-        FileBasedDefaultsHandler handler = new FileBasedDefaultsHandler();
-        parameters.registerDefaultsHandler(FileBasedBuilderParameters.class,
-                handler, XMLBuilderParameters.class);
-        parameters.registerDefaultsHandler(FileBasedBuilderParameters.class,
-                handler, PropertiesBuilderParameters.class);
-        parameters.unregisterDefaultsHandler(handler);
-        checkNoDefaultValues(parameters.fileBased().getParameters());
-        checkNoDefaultValues(parameters.xml().getParameters());
-        checkNoDefaultValues(parameters.properties().getParameters());
+        Parameters params = new Parameters(manager);
+        params.registerDefaultsHandler(XMLBuilderParameters.class, handler,
+                FileBasedBuilderParameters.class);
+        EasyMock.verify(manager);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Tests whether a specific occurrence of a defaults handler can be removed.
+     * Tests the registration of a defaults handler if no start class is
+     * provided.
      */
     @Test
-    public void testUnregisterDefaultsHandlerSpecific()
+    public void testRegisterDefaultsHandlerNoStartClass()
     {
-        FileBasedDefaultsHandler handler = new FileBasedDefaultsHandler();
-        parameters.registerDefaultsHandler(FileBasedBuilderParameters.class,
-                handler, XMLBuilderParameters.class);
-        parameters.registerDefaultsHandler(FileBasedBuilderParameters.class,
-                handler, PropertiesBuilderParameters.class);
-        parameters.unregisterDefaultsHandler(handler,
-                PropertiesBuilderParameters.class);
-        checkDefaultValues(parameters.xml().getParameters());
-        checkNoDefaultValues(parameters.properties().getParameters());
-    }
+        DefaultParametersManager manager =
+                EasyMock.createMock(DefaultParametersManager.class);
+        DefaultParametersHandler<XMLBuilderParameters> handler =
+                createHandlerMock();
+        manager.registerDefaultsHandler(XMLBuilderParameters.class, handler);
+        EasyMock.replay(manager, handler);
 
-    /**
-     * A test defaults handler implementation for testing the initialization of
-     * parameters objects with default values. This class sets some hard-coded
-     * default values.
-     */
-    private static class FileBasedDefaultsHandler implements
-            DefaultParametersHandler<FileBasedBuilderParameters>
-    {
-        public void initializeDefaults(FileBasedBuilderParameters parameters)
-        {
-            parameters.setThrowExceptionOnMissing(true)
-                    .setEncoding(DEF_ENCODING)
-                    .setListDelimiterHandler(listHandler);
-        }
+        Parameters params = new Parameters(manager);
+        params.registerDefaultsHandler(XMLBuilderParameters.class, handler);
+        EasyMock.verify(manager);
     }
 }