eu.scape_project.watch.utils
Class ConfigUtils

java.lang.Object
  eu.scape_project.watch.utils.ConfigUtils

public class ConfigUtils
extends Object

A simple configuration utilities class, that loads the configuration files into memory and allows the retrieval of some config parameters. It first looks into the home directory for a config file, if none is found it falls back to the /etc/ directory and if none is found again it takes the default properties.

Author:

Watch Dev Team

Field Summary

static String	KB_DATA_FOLDER_KEY The property designating the data folder of the watch tdb.
static String	KB_INSERT_TEST_DATA The property designating whether or not the test data should be inserted on startup.

Constructor Summary

ConfigUtils()
The default constructor loads the properties.

Method Summary

boolean	getBooleanProperty(String key) Returns a boolean value for the specified property key or false if none was found.
int	getIntProperty(String key) Returns an integer value for the specified property key or -1.
String	getStringProperty(String key) Gets a String representation for the property key or an empty string if no property was found.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

KB_DATA_FOLDER_KEY

public static final String KB_DATA_FOLDER_KEY

The property designating the data folder of the watch tdb.

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Constant Field Values

KB_INSERT_TEST_DATA

public static final String KB_INSERT_TEST_DATA

The property designating whether or not the test data should be inserted on startup.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ConfigUtils

public ConfigUtils()

The default constructor loads the properties.

See Also:

ConfigUtils#loadConfig()}

Method Detail

getStringProperty

public String getStringProperty(String key)

Gets a String representation for the property key or an empty string if no property was found.

Parameters:

key - the key of the property

Returns:

a string with the value or an empty string if none found.

getIntProperty

public int getIntProperty(String key)

Returns an integer value for the specified property key or -1.

Parameters:

key - the key of the property.

Returns:

the value or -1.

getBooleanProperty

public boolean getBooleanProperty(String key)

Returns a boolean value for the specified property key or false if none was found.

Parameters:

key - the key of the property.

Returns:

the value or false.