edu.stanford.hci.r3.config
Class Configuration

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Dictionary<K,V>
      java.util.Hashtable<java.lang.Object,java.lang.Object>
          java.util.Properties
              edu.stanford.hci.r3.config.Configuration

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.Map<java.lang.Object,java.lang.Object>

public class Configuration
extends java.util.Properties

The design of this configuration scheme was informed by Jeff Heer's prefuse code. It is incomplete, but when properly implemented, it will allow a user of this toolkit to retrieve resources from the JAR, and customize the operation of the toolkit with one or more config files.

This software is distributed under the BSD License.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.util.Properties

defaults

Method Summary

static java.io.File	getConfigFile(java.lang.String configFileKey) TODO: Works for now, but won't work once we package it in a JAR.
static java.util.Properties	getPropertiesFromConfigFile(java.lang.String configFileKey)
static java.lang.String	getPropertyFromConfigFile(java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.String configFileKey)

Methods inherited from class java.util.Properties

getProperty, getProperty, list, list, load, load, loadFromXML, propertyNames, save, setProperty, store, store, storeToXML, storeToXML, stringPropertyNames

Methods inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

clear, clone, contains, containsKey, containsValue, elements, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keys, keySet, put, putAll, rehash, remove, size, toString, values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getConfigFile

public static java.io.File getConfigFile(java.lang.String configFileKey)

TODO: Works for now, but won't work once we package it in a JAR.

Parameters:

configFileKey -

Returns:

getPropertiesFromConfigFile

public static java.util.Properties getPropertiesFromConfigFile(java.lang.String configFileKey)

Parameters:

configFileKey -

Returns:

getPropertyFromConfigFile

public static java.lang.String getPropertyFromConfigFile(java.lang.String propertyName,
                                                         java.lang.String configFileKey)

Parameters:

propertyName -

configFileKey -

Returns: