Modeling Configuration in Interface Style

To model a managed object that has configuration, implement the supplemental interface com.tibco.tea.agent.api.WithConfig<CONFIG>. WithConfig is a generic interface. It requires that you implement one method, getConfig, which returns a configuration object.

Procedure
1. Define a configuration bean that encapsulates all the parameters of the managed object.
   For example, the configuration of a radio could include changeable settings (such as the frequency and volume) and unchanging attributes (such as model and serial number).

   public class RadioConfig {
   
       private long frequency;
       private int volume;
       private string model;
       private string serial;
   
       // Constructors.  Get and set methods for each field.
       ...
   }

2. Implement the WithConfig<CONFIG> interface in your managed object type. Substitute your configuration class as the generic type parameter CONFIG.

   public class Radio implements TopLevelTeaObject, WithConfig<RadioConfig> {
       ...
       public RadioConfig getConfig() {
           ...
       }
   }

3. Declare that the getConfig method returns an instance of your configuration class.

   public class Radio implements TopLevelTeaObject, WithConfig<RadioConfig> {
       ...
       public RadioConfig getConfig() {
           ...
       }
   }