com.townleyenterprises.common
Class PropertyParser

java.lang.Object
  com.townleyenterprises.common.PropertyParser

public final class PropertyParser

extends java.lang.Object

This is a static utility class to perform parsing of property values to primitive types.

Version:

$Id: PropertyParser.java,v 1.3 2004/07/28 10:33:58 atownley Exp $

Author:

Andrew S. Townley

Constructor Summary

PropertyParser()
The default constructor assumes the properties to parse come from the System class.

PropertyParser(java.util.Properties props)
This constructor takes the properties containing the value to parse.

Method Summary

boolean

booleanValue(java.lang.String name) This method is a more forgiving parser for boolean values.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyParser

public PropertyParser()

The default constructor assumes the properties to parse come from the System class.

PropertyParser

public PropertyParser(java.util.Properties props)

This constructor takes the properties containing the value to parse.

Parameters:

props - the properties

Method Detail

booleanValue

public boolean booleanValue(java.lang.String name)

This method is a more forgiving parser for boolean values. It accepts anything starting with 'y' or 't' as true and anything else as false.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property to find

Returns:

the parsed boolean value or false if the property was not found