dataholder
Class Properties

java.lang.Object
  dataholder.Properties

public class Properties
extends java.lang.Object

A simple class to store and retrieve properties as (key-value) pairs

Author:

Peter Hlavac

Constructor Summary

Properties()
Creates a new instance of Properties

Method Summary

java.util.Vector	convertToVector() Converts a list of properties into a vector (example for a vector element: key: "map", value: "gztan.png" --> vector: "map=gztan.png")
java.lang.String	getKeyAt(int i) Gets the key of a property at a given index
java.lang.String	getProperty(java.lang.String key) Gets the value of a property for a given key.
java.lang.String	getValueAt(int i) Gets the value of a property at a given index
void	setProperty(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value) Sets the value for a given property.
int	size() Returns the number of properties

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Properties

public Properties()

Creates a new instance of Properties

Method Detail

getProperty

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

Gets the value of a property for a given key.

Parameters:

key - the key of the property

Returns:

the value of the property

setProperty

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

Sets the value for a given property.

Parameters:

key - the key of the property to set

value - the value of the property

size

public int size()

Returns the number of properties

Returns:

the number of properties

getKeyAt

public java.lang.String getKeyAt(int i)

Gets the key of a property at a given index

Parameters:

i - Index of the property

Returns:

the key of the property

getValueAt

public java.lang.String getValueAt(int i)

Gets the value of a property at a given index

Parameters:

i - Index of the property

Returns:

the key of the property

convertToVector

public java.util.Vector convertToVector()

Converts a list of properties into a vector (example for a vector element: key: "map", value: "gztan.png" --> vector: "map=gztan.png")

Returns:

a Vector of properties