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1 /*
2  * MeshCMS - A simple CMS based on SiteMesh
3  * Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Luciano Vernaschi
4  *
5  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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19  * You can contact the author at http://www.cromoteca.com
20  * and at info@cromoteca.com
21  */
22
23 package org.meshcms.util;
24
25 import java.util.*;
26
27 /**
28  * Convenience class to use java.util.Properties to store values that are not
29  * strings. All additional getters require a default value, but you can safely
30  * use null for non-primitive types.
31  */
32 public class CustomProperties extends Properties {
33   public int getProperty(String JavaDoc key, int defaultValue) {
34     try {
35       defaultValue = Integer.parseInt(getProperty(key));
36     } catch (Exception JavaDoc ex) {
37       //
38 }
39     
40     return defaultValue;
41   }
42   
43   public void setProperty(String JavaDoc key, int value) {
44     setProperty(key, Integer.toString(value));
45   }
46
47   public boolean getProperty(String JavaDoc key, boolean defaultValue) {
48     try {
49       defaultValue = Utils.isTrue(key, true);
50     } catch (Exception JavaDoc ex) {
51       //
52 }
53     
54     return defaultValue;
55   }
56   
57   public void setProperty(String JavaDoc key, boolean value) {
58     setProperty(key, Boolean.toString(value));
59   }
60
61   public String JavaDoc[] getProperty(String JavaDoc key, String JavaDoc[] defaultValue, char separator) {
62     String JavaDoc value = getProperty(key);
63     
64     if (value != null) {
65       defaultValue = Utils.tokenize(value, Character.toString(separator));
66     }
67     
68     return defaultValue;
69   }
70   
71   public void setProperty(String JavaDoc key, String JavaDoc[] value, char separator) {
72     setProperty(key, Utils.generateList(value, Character.toString(separator)));
73   }
74 }
75
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