org.jboss.metatype.api.values

Class PropertiesMetaValue

java.lang.Object

java.util.Dictionary<K,V>

java.util.Hashtable<Object,Object>

java.util.Properties

org.jboss.metatype.api.values.PropertiesMetaValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Map<Object,Object>, MetaValue

public class PropertiesMetaValue
extends Properties
implements MetaValue

A mapping from the jdk Properties to a MetaValue

Version:

$Revision: 87524 $

Author:

Scott.Stark@jboss.org

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.util.Properties

defaults

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PropertiesMetaValue() Creates an empty PropertiesMetaValue
PropertiesMetaValue(Properties props) Create a PropertiesMetaValue with props as the defaults.
PropertiesMetaValue(Properties props, PropertiesMetaType type) Create a PropertiesMetaValue with props as the defaults.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
MetaValue	clone() Clone the meta value
PropertiesMetaType	getMetaType() Get the metatype for this value
static PropertiesMetaValue	wrap(Map<String,String> props) Build a PropertiesMetaValue from a Properties by copying all key/value pairs from props into the new PropertiesMetaValue.

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, 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

Constructor Detail

PropertiesMetaValue

public PropertiesMetaValue()

Creates an empty PropertiesMetaValue

PropertiesMetaValue

public PropertiesMetaValue(Properties props)

Create a PropertiesMetaValue with props as the defaults. If you want to create a PropertiesMetaValue with only the key/value pairs of props use #wrap(Properties).

Parameters:

props - - default properties

PropertiesMetaValue

public PropertiesMetaValue(Properties props,
                   PropertiesMetaType type)

Create a PropertiesMetaValue with props as the defaults. If you want to create a PropertiesMetaValue with only the key/value pairs of props use #wrap(Properties).

Parameters:

props - - default properties

type - - the properties

Method Detail

wrap

public static PropertiesMetaValue wrap(Map<String,String> props)

Build a PropertiesMetaValue from a Properties by copying all key/value pairs from props into the new PropertiesMetaValue.

Parameters:

props - - the Properties to copy

Returns:

PropertiesMetaValue

getMetaType

public PropertiesMetaType getMetaType()

Description copied from interface: MetaValue

Get the metatype for this value

Specified by:

getMetaType in interface MetaValue

Returns:

the metatype

clone

public MetaValue clone()

Description copied from interface: MetaValue

Clone the meta value

Specified by:

clone in interface MetaValue

Overrides:

clone in class Hashtable<Object,Object>

Returns:

the cloned meta value