com.codename1.io

Class Properties

java.lang.Object

java.util.AbstractMap<K,V>

java.util.HashMap<String,String>

com.codename1.io.Properties

All Implemented Interfaces:

Map<String,String>

public class Properties
extends HashMap<String,String>

A Properties object is a Hashtable where the keys and values must be Strings. Each property can have a default Properties list which specifies the default values to be used when a given key is not found in this Properties instance.

Character Encoding

Note that in some cases Properties uses ISO-8859-1 instead of UTF-8. ISO-8859-1 is only capable of representing a tiny subset of Unicode. Use either the loadFromXML/storeToXML methods (which use UTF-8 by default) or the load/store overloads that take an OutputStreamWriter (so you can supply a UTF-8 instance) instead.

See Also:

Hashtable, java.lang.System#getProperties

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<K,V>, AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<K,V>

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Properties	defaults The default values for keys not found in this Properties instance.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Properties() Constructs a new Properties object.
Properties(Properties properties) Constructs a new Properties object using the specified default Properties.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getProperty(String name) Searches for the property with the specified name.
String	getProperty(String name, String defaultValue) Searches for the property with the specified name.
void	load(InputStream in) Loads properties from the specified InputStream, assumed to be ISO-8859-1.
void	load(Reader in) Loads properties from the specified Reader.
Enumeration<?>	propertyNames() Returns all of the property names (keys) in this Properties object.
void	save(OutputStream out, String comment) Deprecated. This method ignores any IOException thrown while writing -- use store(java.io.OutputStream, java.lang.String) instead for better exception handling.
Object	setProperty(String name, String value) Maps the specified key to the specified value.
void	store(OutputStream out, String comment) Stores properties to the specified OutputStream, using ISO-8859-1.
void	store(Writer writer, String comment) Stores the mappings in this Properties object to out, putting the specified comment at the beginning.
Set<String>	stringPropertyNames() Returns those property names (keys) in this Properties object for which both key and value are strings.

Methods inherited from class java.util.HashMap

clear, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, get, isEmpty, keySet, put, putAll, remove, size, values

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

equals, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

equals, hashCode

Field Detail

defaults

protected Properties defaults

The default values for keys not found in this Properties instance.

Constructor Detail

Properties

public Properties()

Constructs a new Properties object.

Properties

public Properties(Properties properties)

Constructs a new Properties object using the specified default Properties.

Parameters:

properties - the default Properties.

Method Detail

getProperty

public String getProperty(String name)

Searches for the property with the specified name. If the property is not found, the default Properties are checked. If the property is not found in the default Properties, null is returned.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property to find.

Returns:

the named property value, or null if it can't be found.

getProperty

public String getProperty(String name,
                          String defaultValue)

Searches for the property with the specified name. If the property is not found, it looks in the default Properties. If the property is not found in the default Properties, it returns the specified default.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property to find.

defaultValue - the default value.

Returns:

the named property value.

load

public void load(InputStream in)
          throws IOException

Loads properties from the specified InputStream, assumed to be ISO-8859-1. See "Character Encoding".

Parameters:

in - the InputStream

Throws:

IOException

load

public void load(Reader in)
          throws IOException

Loads properties from the specified Reader. The properties file is interpreted according to the following rules:

• Empty lines are ignored.
• Lines starting with either a "#" or a "!" are comment lines and are ignored.
• A backslash at the end of the line escapes the following newline character ("\r", "\n", "\r\n"). If there's whitespace after the backslash it will just escape that whitespace instead of concatenating the lines. This does not apply to comment lines.
• A property line consists of the key, the space between the key and the value, and the value. The key goes up to the first whitespace, "=" or ":" that is not escaped. The space between the key and the value contains either one whitespace, one "=" or one ":" and any amount of additional whitespace before and after that character. The value starts with the first character after the space between the key and the value.
• Following escape sequences are recognized: "\ ", "\\", "\r", "\n", "\!", "\#", "\t", "\b", "\f", and "\uXXXX" (unicode character).

Parameters:

in - the Reader

Throws:

IOException

Since:

1.6

propertyNames

public Enumeration<?> propertyNames()

Returns all of the property names (keys) in this Properties object.

stringPropertyNames

public Set<String> stringPropertyNames()

Returns those property names (keys) in this Properties object for which both key and value are strings.

Returns:

a set of keys in the property list

Since:

1.6

save

@Deprecated
public void save(OutputStream out,
                             String comment)

Deprecated. This method ignores any IOException thrown while writing -- use store(java.io.OutputStream, java.lang.String) instead for better exception handling.

Saves the mappings in this Properties to the specified OutputStream, putting the specified comment at the beginning. The output from this method is suitable for being read by the load(InputStream) method.

Parameters:

out - the OutputStream to write to.

comment - the comment to add at the beginning.

Throws:

ClassCastException - if the key or value of a mapping is not a String.

setProperty

public Object setProperty(String name,
                          String value)

Maps the specified key to the specified value. If the key already exists, the old value is replaced. The key and value cannot be null.

Parameters:

name - the key.

value - the value.

Returns:

the old value mapped to the key, or null.

store

public void store(OutputStream out,
                  String comment)
           throws IOException

Stores properties to the specified OutputStream, using ISO-8859-1. See "Character Encoding".

Parameters:

out - the OutputStream

comment - an optional comment to be written, or null

Throws:

IOException

ClassCastException - if a key or value is not a string

store

public void store(Writer writer,
                  String comment)
           throws IOException

Stores the mappings in this Properties object to out, putting the specified comment at the beginning.

Parameters:

writer - the Writer

comment - an optional comment to be written, or null

Throws:

IOException

ClassCastException - if a key or value is not a string

Since:

1.6