org.jimmutable.aws.utils

Class PropertiesReader

java.lang.Object

org.jimmutable.aws.utils.PropertiesReader

public class PropertiesReader
extends Object

A utility class for reading properties files in the home directory

Author:

jim.kane

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PropertiesReader(String file_name_in_home_directory) Construct a property reader for a specified file (in the home directory)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	readBoolean(String property_name, boolean default_value) Read a boolean property
int	readInt(String property_name, int default_value) Read an integer property
long	readLong(String property_name, long default_value) Read an long property
String	readString(String property_name, String default_value) Read a string from the properties file

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertiesReader

public PropertiesReader(String file_name_in_home_directory)

Construct a property reader for a specified file (in the home directory)

Parameters:

file_name_in_home_directory - The name of the file to read (e.g. panda.properties)

Method Detail

readString

public String readString(String property_name,
                         String default_value)

Read a string from the properties file

Parameters:

property_name - The name of the property (properties are normalized to lower case)

default_value - The value to return if the property can not be read or is the empty string

Returns:

The value of the property specified

readBoolean

public boolean readBoolean(String property_name,
                           boolean default_value)

Read a boolean property

Parameters:

property_name - The name of the property

default_value - The value to return if the property can not be read

Returns:

The value of the property

readInt

public int readInt(String property_name,
                   int default_value)

Read an integer property

Parameters:

property_name - he name of the property

default_value - The value to return if the property can not be read

Returns:

The value of the property

readLong

public long readLong(String property_name,
                     long default_value)

Read an long property

Parameters:

property_name - he name of the property

default_value - The value to return if the property can not be read

Returns:

The value of the property