org.apache.commons.scaffold.util
Class ResourceUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.scaffold.util.ResourceUtils

public class ResourceUtils
extends Object

Property and Resource utilities.

Version:

$Revision: 155464 $ $Date: 2005-02-26 13:26:54 +0000 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $

Author:

Ted Husted

Constructor Summary

ResourceUtils()

Method Summary

static Properties	loadProperties(Object caller, String path) Load a properties file.
static Properties	loadProperties(String path)
static Properties	loadPropertiesFile(String path) Load a properties file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ResourceUtils

public ResourceUtils()

Method Detail

loadProperties

public static final Properties loadProperties(Object caller,
                                              String path)
                                       throws Exception

Load a properties file. The path must include the package name(s), if any, in system directory format and include the properties extension.

Parameters:

caller - The object making the call. Needed to access ClassLoader.

path - The path to the properties file

Returns:

The initialized Properties object

Throws:

javax.servlet.UnavailableException - if resource cannot be found

Exception

loadProperties

public static final Properties loadProperties(String path)
                                       throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

loadPropertiesFile

public static final Properties loadPropertiesFile(String path)

Load a properties file. This is a simplified version of loadProperties(Object, String).

Parameters:

caller - The object making the call. Needed to access ClassLoader.

path - The path to the properties file

Returns:

The initialized Properties object