Utils
Class ParamsCollector

java.lang.Object
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public final class ParamsCollector

extends java.lang.Object

Class that may be used to retrieve parameters from a file. Each line of this file must set a parameter. A line takes the form : "parameter = value // comments".

Author:

Pierre Gérard

Field Summary

static java.util.Hashtable	hash Hastable used by the ParamsCollector
private static java.lang.String	parametersFile

Constructor Summary

ParamsCollector()

Method Summary

private static void	addParameter(java.lang.String line)
static java.lang.String	convertIntoString() Return a string representation of all parameters and associated values
static java.util.Hashtable	fillHashTable(java.lang.String fileName) Init method to fill the Hashtable with every file's values
static java.lang.String	getValue(java.lang.String param)
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) A test routine

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

hash

public static java.util.Hashtable hash

Hastable used by the ParamsCollector

parametersFile

private static java.lang.String parametersFile

Constructor Detail

ParamsCollector

public ParamsCollector()

Method Detail

fillHashTable

public static java.util.Hashtable fillHashTable(java.lang.String fileName)

Init method to fill the Hashtable with every file's values

addParameter

private static void addParameter(java.lang.String line)

getValue

public static java.lang.String getValue(java.lang.String param)

Parameters:

param - The name of a parameter

Returns:

The value of the parameter (if it does not exist, null is returned)

convertIntoString

public static java.lang.String convertIntoString()

Return a string representation of all parameters and associated values

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

A test routine