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// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
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// Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Oliver Burn
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//
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// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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//
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// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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// Lesser General Public License for more details.
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//
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// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;
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21 import java.util.Properties JavaDoc;
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23 /**
24  * Resolves external properties from an
25  * underlying <code>Properties</code> object.
26  *
27  * @author lkuehne
28  */

29 public final class PropertiesExpander
30     implements PropertyResolver
31 {
32     /** the underlying Properties object. */
33     private final Properties JavaDoc mProperties;
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35     /**
36      * Creates a new PropertiesExpander.
37      * @param aProperties the underlying properties to use for
38      * property resolution.
39      * @throws IllegalArgumentException indicates null was passed
40      */

41     public PropertiesExpander(Properties JavaDoc aProperties)
42     {
43         if (aProperties == null) {
44             throw new IllegalArgumentException JavaDoc("cannot pass null");
45         }
46         mProperties = aProperties;
47     }
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49     /**
50      * {@inheritDoc}
51      */

52     public String JavaDoc resolve(String JavaDoc aPropertyName)
53     {
54         return mProperties.getProperty(aPropertyName);
55     }
56 }
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