org.hyperic.util
Class PropertyUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.hyperic.util.PropertyUtil

public class PropertyUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

PropertyUtil()

Method Summary

static void	expandVariables(java.util.Map props) Expand variable references in property values.
static java.util.Properties	loadProperties(java.lang.String file) Load properties from a file.
static void	storeProperties(java.lang.String file, java.util.Properties props, java.lang.String header) Store properties to a file
static void	stripKeys(java.util.Properties props, java.lang.String prefix) Strip a prefix from the keys in a properties object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyUtil

public PropertyUtil()

Method Detail

expandVariables

public static void expandVariables(java.util.Map props)

Expand variable references in property values. I.e. if you have a props file: a=foo b=bar c=${a} ${b} The value for 'c' will be 'foo bar'

Parameters:

props - Properties to replace

stripKeys

public static void stripKeys(java.util.Properties props,
                             java.lang.String prefix)

Strip a prefix from the keys in a properties object. Mainly used for backwards compatibility of net.covalent property keys.

loadProperties

public static java.util.Properties loadProperties(java.lang.String file)
                                           throws java.io.IOException

Load properties from a file.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

storeProperties

public static void storeProperties(java.lang.String file,
                                   java.util.Properties props,
                                   java.lang.String header)
                            throws java.io.IOException

Store properties to a file

Throws:

java.io.IOException