net.jacobpeterson.util.properties

Class PropertyUtil

java.lang.Object

net.jacobpeterson.util.properties.PropertyUtil

public class PropertyUtil
extends Object

PropertyUtil is a util class for all things Properties.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Map<String,Properties>	CACHED_PROPERTIES

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PropertyUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getProperty(String propertyFile, String key) Gets a string property from a property file.
static String	getProperty(String propertyFile, String defaultPropertyFile, String key) Gets a string property from a property file.
static String	getProperty(String propertyFile, String defaultPropertyFile, String key, String defaultValue) Gets a string property from a property file.
static Properties	loadPropertyFile(String propertyFile, String defaultPropertyFile) Loads property file Properties.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CACHED_PROPERTIES

public static final Map<String,Properties> CACHED_PROPERTIES

Constructor Detail

PropertyUtil

public PropertyUtil()

Method Detail

getProperty

public static String getProperty(String propertyFile,
                                 String key)

Gets a string property from a property file. Will try to IO load the properties in the property file if not cached already.

Parameters:

propertyFile - the property file

key - the key

Returns:

the string

getProperty

public static String getProperty(String propertyFile,
                                 String defaultPropertyFile,
                                 String key)

Gets a string property from a property file. Will try to IO load the properties in the property file if not cached already. If the desired property is not found in the 'propertyFile', then the 'defaultPropertyFile' is searched.

Parameters:

propertyFile - the property file

defaultPropertyFile - the default property file

key - the key

Returns:

the string

getProperty

public static String getProperty(String propertyFile,
                                 String defaultPropertyFile,
                                 String key,
                                 String defaultValue)

Gets a string property from a property file. Will try to IO load the properties in the property file if not cached already. If the desired property is not found in the 'propertyFile', then the 'defaultPropertyFile' is searched, and if it's not there, then 'defaultValue' is returned.

Parameters:

propertyFile - the property file

defaultPropertyFile - the default property file

key - the key

defaultValue - the default value (if the desired property wasn't found, then this is returned)

Returns:

the string

loadPropertyFile

public static Properties loadPropertyFile(String propertyFile,
                                          String defaultPropertyFile)

Loads property file Properties.

Parameters:

propertyFile - the property file name

defaultPropertyFile - the default property file name

Returns:

the properties