com.compoze.util
Class ObjectProperties

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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                    +--com.compoze.util.ObjectProperties

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

MutableProperties

public class ObjectProperties

extends java.util.Properties

implements java.io.Serializable

This class extends the Java Properties class to provide get methods for primitive types and objects to the properties file.

See Also:

Properties, Serialized Form

Inner classes inherited from class java.util.Map

java.util.Map.Entry

Fields inherited from class java.util.Properties

defaults

Constructor Summary

ObjectProperties()
Constructor.

ObjectProperties(java.util.Properties defaults)
Constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	getBoolean(java.lang.String sKey) Get the property as a boolean.
boolean	getBoolean(java.lang.String sKey, boolean bDefault) Get the property as a boolean.
byte	getByte(java.lang.String sKey) Get the property as a byte.
byte	getByte(java.lang.String sKey, byte yDefault) Get the property as a byte.
double	getDouble(java.lang.String sKey) Get the property as a double.
double	getDouble(java.lang.String sKey, double dDefault) Get the property as a double.
float	getFloat(java.lang.String sKey) Get the property as a float.
float	getFloat(java.lang.String sKey, float fDefault) Get the property as a float.
int	getInt(java.lang.String sKey) Get the property as an int.
int	getInt(java.lang.String sKey, int iDefault) Get the property as an int.
long	getLong(java.lang.String sKey) Get the property as a long.
long	getLong(java.lang.String sKey, long lDefault) Get the property as a long.
java.lang.String	getProperty(java.lang.String sKey) Get a property, replacing keys inside ${} with other property values or system property values.
java.lang.String	getProperty(java.lang.String sKey, java.lang.String sDefault) Get a property, replacing keys inside ${} with other property values or system property values.
short	getShort(java.lang.String sKey) Get the property as a short.
short	getShort(java.lang.String sKey, short sDefault) Get the property as a short.
java.lang.String	getString(java.lang.String sKey) Get the property as a string.
java.lang.String	getString(java.lang.String sKey, java.lang.String sDefault) Get the property as a string.
java.lang.String[]	getStringArray(java.lang.String sKey) Get the property as a string array (elements of the array are tokenized values).
java.lang.String[]	getStringArray(java.lang.String sKey, java.lang.String sDelimiter) Get the property as a string array (elements of the array are tokenized values).
java.lang.String[]	getStringArray(java.lang.String sKey, java.lang.String sDelimiter, java.lang.String sDefault) Get the property as a string.
java.lang.String	replaceSubstitutions(java.lang.String sRawValue) Replace substitutions in a string with their substituted properties.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Properties

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

ObjectProperties

public ObjectProperties()

Constructor.

ObjectProperties

public ObjectProperties(java.util.Properties defaults)

Constructor.

Parameters:

defaults - default properties

Method Detail

getBoolean

public boolean getBoolean(java.lang.String sKey)

Get the property as a boolean.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

Returns:

the property as a boolean

getBoolean

public boolean getBoolean(java.lang.String sKey,
                          boolean bDefault)

Get the property as a boolean.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

bDefault - the default value to return if key is not found

Returns:

the property as a boolean, or the default value

getByte

public byte getByte(java.lang.String sKey)

Get the property as a byte.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

Returns:

the property as a byte

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if the byte could not be parsed

getByte

public byte getByte(java.lang.String sKey,
                    byte yDefault)

Get the property as a byte.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

yDefault - the default value to return if key is not found

Returns:

the property as a byte, or the default value

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if the byte could not be parsed

getShort

public short getShort(java.lang.String sKey)

Get the property as a short.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

Returns:

the property as a short

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if the short could not be parsed

getShort

public short getShort(java.lang.String sKey,
                      short sDefault)

Get the property as a short.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

sDefault - the default value to return if key is not found

Returns:

the property as a short, or the default value

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if the short could not be parsed

getInt

public int getInt(java.lang.String sKey)

Get the property as an int.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

Returns:

the property as an int

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if the int could not be parsed

getInt

public int getInt(java.lang.String sKey,
                  int iDefault)

Get the property as an int.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

iDefault - the default value to return if key is not found

Returns:

the property as an int, or the default value

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if the int could not be parsed

getLong

public long getLong(java.lang.String sKey)

Get the property as a long.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

Returns:

the property as a long

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if the long could not be parsed

getLong

public long getLong(java.lang.String sKey,
                    long lDefault)

Get the property as a long.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

lDefault - the default value to return if key is not found

Returns:

the property as a long, or the default value

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if the long could not be parsed

getFloat

public float getFloat(java.lang.String sKey)

Get the property as a float.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

Returns:

the property as a float

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if the float could not be parsed

getFloat

public float getFloat(java.lang.String sKey,
                      float fDefault)

Get the property as a float.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

fDefault - the default value to return if key is not found

Returns:

the property as a float, or the default value

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if the float could not be parsed

getDouble

public double getDouble(java.lang.String sKey)

Get the property as a double.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

Returns:

the property as a double

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if the double could not be parsed

getDouble

public double getDouble(java.lang.String sKey,
                        double dDefault)

Get the property as a double.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

dDefault - the default value to return if key is not found

Returns:

the property as a double, or the default value

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if the double could not be parsed

getString

public java.lang.String getString(java.lang.String sKey)

Get the property as a string.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

Returns:

the property as a string

getString

public java.lang.String getString(java.lang.String sKey,
                                  java.lang.String sDefault)

Get the property as a string.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

sDefault - the default value to return if key is not found

Returns:

the property as a string, or the default value

getStringArray

public java.lang.String[] getStringArray(java.lang.String sKey)

Get the property as a string array (elements of the array are tokenized values). The comma character is used as the delimiter.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

Returns:

the property or default value as a string array

getStringArray

public java.lang.String[] getStringArray(java.lang.String sKey,
                                         java.lang.String sDelimiter)

Get the property as a string array (elements of the array are tokenized values).

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

sDelimiter - the token delimiter

Returns:

the property or default value as a string array

getStringArray

public java.lang.String[] getStringArray(java.lang.String sKey,
                                         java.lang.String sDelimiter,
                                         java.lang.String sDefault)

Get the property as a string.

Parameters:

sKey - the property key

sDelimiter - the token delimiter

sDefault - the default value to use if key is not found

Returns:

the property or default value as a string array

getProperty

public java.lang.String getProperty(java.lang.String sKey)

Get a property, replacing keys inside ${} with other property values or system property values.

Overrides:

getProperty in class java.util.Properties

Parameters:

sKey - the property key to look for

Returns:

the property

getProperty

public java.lang.String getProperty(java.lang.String sKey,
                                    java.lang.String sDefault)

Get a property, replacing keys inside ${} with other property values or system property values.

Overrides:

getProperty in class java.util.Properties

Parameters:

sKey - the property key to look for

sDefault - the default value if the specified key was not found

Returns:

the property, or the default value

replaceSubstitutions

public java.lang.String replaceSubstitutions(java.lang.String sRawValue)

Replace substitutions in a string with their substituted properties.

Parameters:

sRawValue - the raw value

Returns:

the string with substitutions made