brahms.base.util
Class PropertiesLoader

java.lang.Object
  brahms.base.util.PropertiesLoader

public class PropertiesLoader
extends java.lang.Object

PropertiesLoader is a utility class to load properties from a properties file in the form of =.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2007/10/10 14:02:57 $ $Author: rvhoof $

Author:

Ron van Hoof

Constructor Summary

PropertiesLoader()

Method Summary

static java.util.Properties	loadProperties(java.io.File file) Loads properties from the specified file and returns a new Properties object with the file's properties.
static java.util.Properties	loadProperties(java.io.File file, java.util.Properties p) Loads properties from the specified file and returns a new Properties object with the file's properties.
static java.util.Properties	loadProperties(java.lang.String file) Loads properties from the specified file and returns a new Properties object with the file's properties.
static java.util.Properties	loadProperties(java.lang.String file, java.util.Properties p) Loads properties from the specified file and returns a new Properties object with the file's properties.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertiesLoader

public PropertiesLoader()

Method Detail

loadProperties

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

Loads properties from the specified file and returns a new Properties object with the file's properties. This method will try to find the configuration file using the following methods:

1. The name of the file

2. The agent tries to locate that file by searching the following places:

• Current directory (.)
• JRE/lib
• User's home directory
• Java classpath

Parameters:

file - the file from which to load the properties

Returns:

Properties the loaded properties, null if the file could not be found

loadProperties

public static java.util.Properties loadProperties(java.lang.String file,
                                                  java.util.Properties p)

Loads properties from the specified file and returns a new Properties object with the file's properties. This method will try to find the configuration file using the following methods:

1. The name of the file

2. The agent tries to locate that file by searching the following places:

• Current directory (.)
• JRE/lib
• User's home directory
• Java classpath

Parameters:

file - the file from which to load the properties

p - the Properties in which to store the loaded properties

Returns:

Properties the loaded properties, null if the file could not be found

loadProperties

public static java.util.Properties loadProperties(java.io.File file)

Loads properties from the specified file and returns a new Properties object with the file's properties. This method will try to find the configuration file using the following methods:

1. The name of the file

2. The agent tries to locate that file by searching the following places:

• Current directory (.)
• JRE/lib
• User's home directory
• Java classpath

Parameters:

file - the file from which to load the properties

Returns:

Properties the loaded properties, null if the file could not be found

loadProperties

public static java.util.Properties loadProperties(java.io.File file,
                                                  java.util.Properties p)

Loads properties from the specified file and returns a new Properties object with the file's properties. This method will try to find the configuration file using the following methods:

1. The name of the file

2. The agent tries to locate that file by searching the following places:

• Current directory (.)
• JRE/lib
• User's home directory
• Java classpath

Parameters:

file - the file from which to load the properties

p - the Properties in which to store the loaded properties

Returns:

Properties the loaded properties, null if the file could not be found