com.townleyenterprises.common
Class PropertyResolver

java.lang.Object
  com.townleyenterprises.common.PropertyResolver

public class PropertyResolver

extends java.lang.Object

This is a decorator class for a java.util.Properties object to provide an extra method for locating properties with a specified prefix.

Version:

$Id: PropertyResolver.java,v 1.2 2004/07/28 10:33:58 atownley Exp $

Author:

Andrew S. Townley

Constructor Summary

PropertyResolver(java.util.Properties properties)
The constructor initializes the instance with the reference to the properties.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	get(java.lang.String key) This method is just a pass-through to the java.util.Properties.getProperties method.
java.lang.String	get(java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.String key) This method provides a way to get compound properties, joined by the '.' character.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyResolver

public PropertyResolver(java.util.Properties properties)

The constructor initializes the instance with the reference to the properties.

Parameters:

properties - the Properties to decorate

Method Detail

get

public java.lang.String get(java.lang.String key)

This method is just a pass-through to the java.util.Properties.getProperties method.

Parameters:

key - the property key

Returns:

the property value or null if not present

get

public java.lang.String get(java.lang.String prefix,
                            java.lang.String key)

This method provides a way to get compound properties, joined by the '.' character.

Parameters:

prefix - the prefix for this property

key - the base property key

Returns:

the property value or null if not present