org.cytoscape.property
Class AbstractConfigDirPropsReader

java.lang.Object
  org.cytoscape.property.AbstractConfigDirPropsReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

CyProperty<Properties>

public abstract class AbstractConfigDirPropsReader
extends Object
implements CyProperty<Properties>

An abstract implementation of CyProperty<Properties> that attempts to read the specified properties file first from the jar file running this code and then appends any properties found in the local configuration directory to that properties object. The config directory used is CyProperty.DEFAULT_PROPS_CONFIG_DIR.
This class must be extended so that it will read from the proper jar file. In general simply implementing a constructor should be sufficient:

        public class PropsReader extends AbstractConfigDirPropsReader {
                PropsReader(String s, SavePolicy sp) {
                        super(s,sp);
                }
        }
 

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.cytoscape.property.CyProperty

CyProperty.SavePolicy

Field Summary

protected String	name The name of this CyProperty.
protected Properties	props The Properties object created for this class.
protected CyProperty.SavePolicy	savePolicy The SavePolicy of this CyProperty.

Fields inherited from interface org.cytoscape.property.CyProperty

DEFAULT_PROPS_CONFIG_DIR

Constructor Summary

AbstractConfigDirPropsReader(String name, String propFileName, CyProperty.SavePolicy savePolicy)
Creates a new AbstractConfigDirPropsReader object.

Method Summary

String	getName() Returns the name of the CyProperty.
Properties	getProperties() Return a property object.
Class<? extends Properties>	getPropertyType() Returns the type of the property object.
CyProperty.SavePolicy	getSavePolicy() Returns the CyProperty.SavePolicy of the CyProperty.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

protected final String name

The name of this CyProperty.

props

protected final Properties props

The Properties object created for this class.

savePolicy

protected final CyProperty.SavePolicy savePolicy

The SavePolicy of this CyProperty.

Constructor Detail

AbstractConfigDirPropsReader

public AbstractConfigDirPropsReader(String name,
                                    String propFileName,
                                    CyProperty.SavePolicy savePolicy)

Creates a new AbstractConfigDirPropsReader object.

Parameters:

name - The name of this CyProperty.

propFileName - The name of the java.util.Properties file to read.

savePolicy - The save policy for this CyProperty. This value MUST be either CyProperty.SavePolicy.CONFIG_DIR or CyProperty.SavePolicy.SESSION_FILE_AND_CONFIG_DIR so that we can reasonably expect to find a properties file in the configuration directory. If you'd like to use a different SavePolicy, then consider using SimpleCyProperty instead.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of the CyProperty.

Specified by:

getName in interface CyProperty<Properties>

Returns:

The name of the CyProperty.

getSavePolicy

public CyProperty.SavePolicy getSavePolicy()

Returns the CyProperty.SavePolicy of the CyProperty.

Specified by:

getSavePolicy in interface CyProperty<Properties>

Returns:

the CyProperty.SavePolicy of the CyProperty.

getProperties

public Properties getProperties()

Return a property object.

Specified by:

getProperties in interface CyProperty<Properties>

Returns:

A property object of type P.

getPropertyType

public Class<? extends Properties> getPropertyType()

Returns the type of the property object.

Specified by:

getPropertyType in interface CyProperty<Properties>

Returns:

the type of the property object.