ghm.follow.config
Class EnumeratedProperties

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Dictionary
      java.util.Hashtable
          java.util.Properties
              ghm.follow.config.EnumeratedProperties

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.Map, java.io.Serializable

public class EnumeratedProperties

extends java.util.Properties

Extension of Properties which allows one to specify property values which are Lists of Strings.

Author:

Greg Merrill

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected static char

delimiter Delimiter between property name & list member index

Fields inherited from class java.util.Properties

defaults

Constructor Summary

EnumeratedProperties()

Method Summary

java.util.List	getEnumeratedProperty(java.lang.String key) Returns the List value of the property with the supplied key.
void	setEnumeratedProperty(java.lang.String key, java.util.List values) Convenience method; equivalent to calling setEnumeratedProperty(key, (String[])values.toArray(new String[] {}));
void	setEnumeratedProperty(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String[] values) Assigns the supplied array of String values to the supplied key.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Properties

getProperty, getProperty, list, list, load, propertyNames, save, setProperty, store

Methods inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

clear, clone, contains, containsKey, containsValue, elements, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keys, keySet, put, putAll, rehash, remove, size, toString, values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

delimiter

protected static char delimiter

Delimiter between property name & list member index

Constructor Detail

EnumeratedProperties

public EnumeratedProperties()

Method Detail

getEnumeratedProperty

public java.util.List getEnumeratedProperty(java.lang.String key)

Returns the List value of the property with the supplied key. Note that one can call getEnumeratedProperty() for a given key successfully if and only if setEnumeratedProperty() for that key was called some time beforehand. All members of the list returned will be Strings.

Parameters:

key - lookup of the enumerated property to be retrieved.

Returns:

list containing String values

setEnumeratedProperty

public void setEnumeratedProperty(java.lang.String key,
                                  java.lang.String[] values)

Assigns the supplied array of String values to the supplied key.

Parameters:

key - property lookup

values - values to be associated with the property lookup

setEnumeratedProperty

public void setEnumeratedProperty(java.lang.String key,
                                  java.util.List values)

Convenience method; equivalent to calling setEnumeratedProperty(key, (String[])values.toArray(new String[] {}));