edu.ucla.sspace.util

Class Properties

java.lang.Object

edu.ucla.sspace.util.Properties

public class Properties
extends Object

A simple wrapper around Properties that provides methods that interpret properties based on the type of the default value.

Author:

Keith Stevens

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Properties() Creates a new Properties object from the system provided properties.
Properties(Properties props) Creates a new Properties object from the provided properties.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getProperty(String propName) Returns the string property associated with propName
double	getProperty(String propName, double defaultValue) Returns the double value of the property associated with propName, or defaultValue if there is no property.
int	getProperty(String propName, int defaultValue) Returns the integer value of the property associated with propName, or defaultValue if there is no property.
String	getProperty(String propName, String defaultValue) Returns the string property associated with propName, or defaultValue if there is no property.
<T> T	getProperty(String propName, T defaultValue) Returns a class instance of the property associated with propName, or defaultValue if there is no property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Properties

public Properties()

Creates a new Properties object from the system provided properties.

Properties

public Properties(Properties props)

Creates a new Properties object from the provided properties.

Method Detail

getProperty

public String getProperty(String propName)

Returns the string property associated with propName

getProperty

public String getProperty(String propName,
                 String defaultValue)

Returns the string property associated with propName, or defaultValue if there is no property.

getProperty

public int getProperty(String propName,
              int defaultValue)

Returns the integer value of the property associated with propName, or defaultValue if there is no property.

getProperty

public double getProperty(String propName,
                 double defaultValue)

Returns the double value of the property associated with propName, or defaultValue if there is no property.

getProperty

public <T> T getProperty(String propName,
                T defaultValue)

Returns a class instance of the property associated with propName, or defaultValue if there is no property. This method assumes that the class has a no argument constructor.