infrastructure.propertymanager
Class PropertyManager

java.lang.Object
  infrastructure.propertymanager.PropertyManager

public class PropertyManager

extends java.lang.Object

A class for handling name-value pair properties. Initialise the property manager by calling the 'initializeProperties' method before use

Author:

amangat

Method Summary

static PropertyManager	getInstance() Returns the single instance of the Property manager
java.lang.String	getProperty(java.lang.String key) Returns the property associated with the key.
void	initializeProperties(java.io.File propertiesFile) Initialize the property manager
void	setProperty(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value) Sets the value of a property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static PropertyManager getInstance()

Returns the single instance of the Property manager

Returns:

getProperty

public java.lang.String getProperty(java.lang.String key)

Returns the property associated with the key. Returns null if the value is not found

Parameters:

key -

Returns:

setProperty

public void setProperty(java.lang.String key,
                        java.lang.String value)
                 throws PropertyManagementException

Sets the value of a property. persists the new property

Parameters:

key -

value -

Throws:

PropertyManagementException

initializeProperties

public void initializeProperties(java.io.File propertiesFile)
                          throws PropertyManagementException

Initialize the property manager

Throws:

PropertyManagementException