edu.jhu.tmaj.util.config.data
Class PropertiesReaderUtil

java.lang.Object
  edu.jhu.tmaj.util.config.data.PropertiesReaderUtil

public final class PropertiesReaderUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

PropertiesReaderUtil()

Method Summary

static java.util.Properties	getExternalPropertiesFile(java.io.File propertiesFileName)
static java.util.Properties	getFormattedProperties(java.util.Properties properties) Returns a Properties file where the keys are all in a standard format.
static java.util.Properties	getInternalPropertiesFile(java.lang.String propertiesFileName)
static java.util.Properties	readExternalPropertiesFile(java.io.File propertiesFileName) Gets a properties file located outside the classes directory.
static java.util.Properties	readInternalPropertiesFile(java.lang.String propertiesFileName) Get a properties values located in the directory where the class files are.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertiesReaderUtil

public PropertiesReaderUtil()

Method Detail

readInternalPropertiesFile

public static java.util.Properties readInternalPropertiesFile(java.lang.String propertiesFileName)
                                                       throws java.io.IOException

Get a properties values located in the directory where the class files are. This includes inside the jar file if this class is executing as a jar. Example: Properties props = getInternalPropertiesFile("edu/jhu/tmaj/somepackage/test.properties") Null is returned if the properties file does not exist

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getInternalPropertiesFile

public static java.util.Properties getInternalPropertiesFile(java.lang.String propertiesFileName)

readExternalPropertiesFile

public static java.util.Properties readExternalPropertiesFile(java.io.File propertiesFileName)
                                                       throws java.io.IOException

Gets a properties file located outside the classes directory. For example, it might be in C:\temp\test. Return null if the external file does not exist

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getExternalPropertiesFile

public static java.util.Properties getExternalPropertiesFile(java.io.File propertiesFileName)

getFormattedProperties

public static java.util.Properties getFormattedProperties(java.util.Properties properties)

Returns a Properties file where the keys are all in a standard format.