com.ebasetech.ufs.utility
Class MultiLevelProperties

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Dictionary
      java.util.Hashtable
          java.util.Properties
              com.ebasetech.ufs.utility.MultiLevelProperties

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

ResourceFileset

public class MultiLevelProperties

extends java.util.Properties

a small class to help out with those property files that use dot notation. (e.g. name.url = "ahasdhasdfdh")

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.util.Properties

defaults

Fields inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

Constructor Summary

MultiLevelProperties()

Method Summary

java.lang.String[]	getFirstLevelNames()
java.lang.String	getProperryLevelName(java.lang.String[] names)
java.lang.String	getPropertyValue(java.lang.String[] names)

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

Constructor Detail

MultiLevelProperties

public MultiLevelProperties()

Method Detail

getFirstLevelNames

public java.lang.String[] getFirstLevelNames()

Returns:

an array of unique names from the first level of properties. (i.e. nothing after the first dot)

getPropertyValue

public java.lang.String getPropertyValue(java.lang.String[] names)

Parameters:

names - each name steps down another level

Returns:

property value

getProperryLevelName

public java.lang.String getProperryLevelName(java.lang.String[] names)