org.hibernate.util
Class PropertiesHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.util.PropertiesHelper

public final class PropertiesHelper
extends Object

Collection of helper methods for dealing with Properties objects.

Author:

Gavin King, Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

static String	extractPropertyValue(String propertyName, Properties properties) Extract a property value by name from the given properties object.
static boolean	getBoolean(String propertyName, Properties properties) Get a property value as a boolean.
static boolean	getBoolean(String propertyName, Properties properties, boolean defaultValue) Get a property value as a boolean.
static int	getInt(String propertyName, Properties properties, int defaultValue) Get a property value as an int.
static Integer	getInteger(String propertyName, Properties properties) Get a property value as an Integer.
static String	getString(String propertyName, Properties properties, String defaultValue) Get a property value as a string.
static Properties	maskOut(Properties props, String key) replace a property by a starred version
static String	resolvePlaceHolder(String property) Handles interpolation processing for a single property.
static void	resolvePlaceHolders(Properties properties) Handles interpolation processing for all entries in a properties object.
static Map	toMap(String propertyName, String delim, Properties properties) Constructs a map from a property value.
static String[]	toStringArray(String stringForm, String delim) Convert a string to an array of strings.
static String[]	toStringArray(String propertyName, String delim, Properties properties) Get a property value as a string array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getString

public static String getString(String propertyName,
                               Properties properties,
                               String defaultValue)

Get a property value as a string.

Parameters:

propertyName - The name of the property for which to retrieve value

properties - The properties object

defaultValue - The default property value to use.

Returns:

The property value; may be null.

See Also:

extractPropertyValue(String, java.util.Properties)

extractPropertyValue

public static String extractPropertyValue(String propertyName,
                                          Properties properties)

Extract a property value by name from the given properties object.

Both null and empty string are viewed as the same, and return null.

Parameters:

propertyName - The name of the property for which to extract value

properties - The properties object

Returns:

The property value; may be null.

getBoolean

public static boolean getBoolean(String propertyName,
                                 Properties properties)

Get a property value as a boolean. Shorthand for calling getBoolean(String, java.util.Properties, boolean) with false as the default value.

Parameters:

propertyName - The name of the property for which to retrieve value

properties - The properties object

Returns:

The property value.

getBoolean

public static boolean getBoolean(String propertyName,
                                 Properties properties,
                                 boolean defaultValue)

Get a property value as a boolean.

First, the string value is extracted, and then Boolean.valueOf(String) is used to determine the correct boolean value.

Parameters:

propertyName - The name of the property for which to retrieve value

properties - The properties object

defaultValue - The default property value to use.

Returns:

The property value.

See Also:

extractPropertyValue(String, java.util.Properties)

getInt

public static int getInt(String propertyName,
                         Properties properties,
                         int defaultValue)

Get a property value as an int.

First, the string value is extracted, and then Integer.parseInt(String) is used to determine the correct int value for any non-null property values.

Parameters:

propertyName - The name of the property for which to retrieve value

properties - The properties object

defaultValue - The default property value to use.

Returns:

The property value.

See Also:

extractPropertyValue(String, java.util.Properties)

getInteger

public static Integer getInteger(String propertyName,
                                 Properties properties)

Get a property value as an Integer.

First, the string value is extracted, and then Integer.valueOf(String) is used to determine the correct boolean value for any non-null property values.

Parameters:

propertyName - The name of the property for which to retrieve value

properties - The properties object

Returns:

The property value; may be null.

See Also:

extractPropertyValue(String, java.util.Properties)

toMap

public static Map toMap(String propertyName,
                        String delim,
                        Properties properties)

Constructs a map from a property value.

The exact behavior here is largely dependant upon what is passed in as the delimiter.

Parameters:

propertyName - The name of the property for which to retrieve value

delim - The string defining tokens used as both entry and key/value delimiters.

properties - The properties object

Returns:

The resulting map; never null, though perhaps empty.

See Also:

extractPropertyValue(String, java.util.Properties)

toStringArray

public static String[] toStringArray(String propertyName,
                                     String delim,
                                     Properties properties)

Get a property value as a string array.

Parameters:

propertyName - The name of the property for which to retrieve value

delim - The delimiter used to separate individual array elements.

properties - The properties object

Returns:

The array; never null, though may be empty.

See Also:

extractPropertyValue(String, java.util.Properties), toStringArray(String, String)

toStringArray

public static String[] toStringArray(String stringForm,
                                     String delim)

Convert a string to an array of strings. The assumption is that the individual array elements are delimited in the source stringForm param by the delim param.

Parameters:

stringForm - The string form of the string array.

delim - The delimiter used to separate individual array elements.

Returns:

The array; never null, though may be empty.

maskOut

public static Properties maskOut(Properties props,
                                 String key)

replace a property by a starred version

Parameters:

props - properties to check

key - proeprty to mask

Returns:

cloned and masked properties

resolvePlaceHolders

public static void resolvePlaceHolders(Properties properties)

Handles interpolation processing for all entries in a properties object.

Parameters:

properties - The properties object.

resolvePlaceHolder

public static String resolvePlaceHolder(String property)

Handles interpolation processing for a single property.

Parameters:

property - The property value to be processed for interpolation.

Returns:

The (possibly) interpolated property value.