net.ontopia.utils
Class PropertyUtils

java.lang.Object
  net.ontopia.utils.PropertyUtils

public class PropertyUtils
extends Object

INTERNAL: Utility class for handling properties and their values.

Constructor Summary

PropertyUtils()

Method Summary

static int	getInt(String property_value)
static int	getInt(String property_value, int default_value) INTERNAL: Returns the property value as an int.
static String	getProperty(Map properties, String name) INTERNAL: Helper method used to get better error messages with less typing.
static String	getProperty(Map properties, String name, boolean required) INTERNAL: Helper method used to get better error messages with less typing.
static boolean	isTrue(Map properties, String name) INTERNAL: Same as isTrue(Map, String, boolean) with the default set to false;
static boolean	isTrue(Map properties, String name, boolean default_value) INTERNAL: Helper method used to get the value of boolean properties.
static boolean	isTrue(String property_value)
static boolean	isTrue(String property_value, boolean default_value)
static Properties	loadProperties(File propfile) INTERNAL; Reads properties from a file.
static Properties	loadProperties(InputStream istream)
static Properties	loadProperties(String propfile) INTERNAL; Reads properties from a file.
static Properties	loadPropertiesFromClassPath(String resource)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyUtils

public PropertyUtils()

Method Detail

getProperty

public static String getProperty(Map properties,
                                 String name)

INTERNAL: Helper method used to get better error messages with less typing.

getProperty

public static String getProperty(Map properties,
                                 String name,
                                 boolean required)

INTERNAL: Helper method used to get better error messages with less typing.

isTrue

public static boolean isTrue(Map properties,
                             String name,
                             boolean default_value)

INTERNAL: Helper method used to get the value of boolean properties. This method will return true if the property has the values 'yes', 'true'. Otherwise the default value is returned.

isTrue

public static boolean isTrue(Map properties,
                             String name)

INTERNAL: Same as isTrue(Map, String, boolean) with the default set to false;

isTrue

public static boolean isTrue(String property_value)

isTrue

public static boolean isTrue(String property_value,
                             boolean default_value)

getInt

public static int getInt(String property_value,
                         int default_value)

INTERNAL: Returns the property value as an int. If the value is not set or any problems occur the default value is returned.

getInt

public static int getInt(String property_value)
                  throws NumberFormatException

Throws:

NumberFormatException

loadProperties

public static Properties loadProperties(String propfile)
                                 throws IOException

INTERNAL; Reads properties from a file.

Throws:

IOException

loadProperties

public static Properties loadProperties(File propfile)
                                 throws IOException

INTERNAL; Reads properties from a file.

Throws:

IOException

loadPropertiesFromClassPath

public static Properties loadPropertiesFromClassPath(String resource)
                                              throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

loadProperties

public static Properties loadProperties(InputStream istream)
                                 throws IOException

Throws:

IOException