To communicate with the running GeoServer application, represented by the
classes in global, the Contact information will need to be placed into the
ContactDTO.
author: David Zwiers, Refractions Research, Inc. version: $Id: ContactConfig.java 6326 2007-03-15 18:36:40Z jdeolive $
Creates a copy of the ContactConfig specified, or returns a default
ContactConfig when null is provided. None of the data is cloned, as
String are stored in a hashtable in memory.
Parameters: dto - The ContactConfig to create a copy of.
Update the configuration to reflect the provided Data Transfer Object.
This may be used as a course grained set method, this is the entry point
for the live GeoServer application to update the configuration system
when a new XML file is loaded.
Parameters: dto - Data Transfer Object representing Contact Information throws: NullPointerException - DOCUMENT ME!