uk.ac.ebi.intact.util
Class PropertyLoader

java.lang.Object
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  +--uk.ac.ebi.intact.util.PropertyLoader

public class PropertyLoader

extends java.lang.Object

Allow to create a set of properties from a file.

example :
let's say the onfig/database.properties file contains :
database.login=username

---

   Properties props = PropertyLoader.load ("config/database.properties");
   if (props != null) {
     String login = props.getProperty ("database.login");
     // ...
   } else {
     System.err.println ("Unable to open the properties file.");
   }
   

Version:

$Id: PropertyLoader.java,v 1.1 2003/07/15 11:04:04 skerrien Exp $

Author:

Samuel Kerrien (skerrien@ebi.ac.uk)

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getContent(java.lang.String propName, java.lang.String lineSeparator) get the content of the property file int a String
static java.util.Properties	load(java.lang.String propName) Allows to get a set of property or null from a property file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

load

public static java.util.Properties load(java.lang.String propName)

Allows to get a set of property or null from a property file.

Parameters:

propName - the name of the property file

Returns:

a set of property or null

getContent

public static java.lang.String getContent(java.lang.String propName,
                                          java.lang.String lineSeparator)

get the content of the property file int a String

Parameters:

propName - the name of the property file

lineSeparator - line separator between two properties

Returns:

the content of the property file