gov.lanl.Utility
Class ConfigProperties

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.util.Dictionary
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        +--java.util.Hashtable
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              +--java.util.Properties
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                    +--gov.lanl.Utility.ConfigProperties

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.Map, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

PrintableConfigProperties

public class ConfigProperties

extends java.util.Properties

Extension of Properties class to support command line specification of properties

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.util.Properties

defaults

Constructor Summary

ConfigProperties()
Constructor declaration which adds the System properties to the Properties

ConfigProperties(java.applet.Applet app)

ConfigProperties(java.util.ResourceBundle bundle)
Initialize the class from a ResourceBundle

ConfigProperties(java.lang.String[] args)

ConfigProperties(java.lang.String default_file, java.lang.String[] args)
initialize the class using a default_file and arguments

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getProp(java.lang.String key) return Property corresponding to key
java.lang.String	getProp(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String defaultValue) get a Property with a method that works for applets
java.lang.String[]	getPropertyTuple(java.lang.String key) Get the value of the property with the given key, splitting it on the tuple delimiter.
java.lang.String[]	getPropertyTuple(java.lang.String key, int size) Get the value of the property with the given key, splitting it on the tuple delimiter.
void	parseLine(java.lang.String line) Parse the input line with # and // as comments to populate the properties
void	readFile(java.lang.String file) read the file and parse it into properties
void	setProperties(java.util.ResourceBundle bundle) set the properties from a ResourceBundle
void	setProperties(java.lang.String default_file) set properties from default_file
void	setProperties(java.lang.String default_file, java.lang.String[] args) set properties from default_file and from commandline

Methods inherited from class java.util.Properties

getProperty, getProperty, list, list, load, propertyNames, save, setProperty, store

Methods inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

clear, clone, contains, containsKey, containsValue, elements, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keys, keySet, put, putAll, rehash, remove, size, toString, values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ConfigProperties

public ConfigProperties()

Constructor declaration which adds the System properties to the Properties

See Also:

ConfigProperties

public ConfigProperties(java.lang.String[] args)

Parameters:

args -

ConfigProperties

public ConfigProperties(java.applet.Applet app)

Parameters:

app -

ConfigProperties

public ConfigProperties(java.util.ResourceBundle bundle)

Initialize the class from a ResourceBundle

Parameters:

bundle - which is read to add properties

ConfigProperties

public ConfigProperties(java.lang.String default_file,
                        java.lang.String[] args)

initialize the class using a default_file and arguments

Parameters:

default_file - to be read

args - String array with command line arguments to be parsed

Method Detail

setProperties

public void setProperties(java.util.ResourceBundle bundle)

set the properties from a ResourceBundle

Parameters:

bundle - which is read to add properties

setProperties

public void setProperties(java.lang.String default_file)

set properties from default_file

setProperties

public void setProperties(java.lang.String default_file,
                          java.lang.String[] args)

set properties from default_file and from commandline

Parameters:

default_file -

args - String array containing -propertyname value pairs

readFile

public void readFile(java.lang.String file)

read the file and parse it into properties

Parameters:

file -

parseLine

public void parseLine(java.lang.String line)

Parse the input line with # and // as comments to populate the properties

Parameters:

line - to be parsed

getProp

public java.lang.String getProp(java.lang.String key)

return Property corresponding to key

Parameters:

key -

Returns:

value of Property

getProp

public java.lang.String getProp(java.lang.String key,
                                java.lang.String defaultValue)

get a Property with a method that works for applets

Parameters:

key -

defaultValue -

Returns:

getPropertyTuple

public java.lang.String[] getPropertyTuple(java.lang.String key)

Get the value of the property with the given key, splitting it on the tuple delimiter. A property of the form "a;b;c" will be returned as an array of three strings "a", "b", and "c"

Parameters:

key - Name of property to get

Returns:

Array of Strings, each containing a part of the property tuple

getPropertyTuple

public java.lang.String[] getPropertyTuple(java.lang.String key,
                                           int size)

Get the value of the property with the given key, splitting it on the tuple delimiter. A property of the form "a;b;c" will be returned as an array of three strings "a", "b", and "c"

Parameters:

key - Name of property to get

size - length of array to be returned, or if -1, determined by number of tokens

Returns:

Array of Strings, each containing a part of the property tuple