mars.util
Class PropertiesFile

java.lang.Object
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public class PropertiesFile

extends java.lang.Object

Provides means to work with ".properties" files which are used to store various MARS settings.

Constructor Summary

PropertiesFile()

Method Summary

static java.util.Properties

loadPropertiesFromFile(java.lang.String file) Produce Properties (a Hashtable) object containing key-value pairs from specified properties file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertiesFile

public PropertiesFile()

Method Detail

loadPropertiesFromFile

public static java.util.Properties loadPropertiesFromFile(java.lang.String file)

Produce Properties (a Hashtable) object containing key-value pairs from specified properties file. This may be used as an alternative to readPropertiesFile() which uses a different implementation.

Parameters:

file - Properties filename. Do NOT include the file extension as it is assumed to be ".properties" and is added here.

Returns:

Properties (Hashtable) of key-value pairs read from the file.