xal.extension.application

Class Util

java.lang.Object

xal.extension.application.Util

public class Util
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class providing convenience methods for use in the application framework.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Util() Creates a new instance of Util

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String>	getPropertiesForResource(java.lang.String propertyFile) Convenience method for loading the resource bundle from a file whose path is specified relative to the application's resources folder.
protected static java.lang.String[]	getTokens(java.lang.String string) Parse a string into tokens where whitespace is the delimiter.
protected static java.lang.String[]	getTokens(java.lang.String string, java.lang.String delim) Parse a string into tokens with the specified delimiter.
static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String>	loadResourceBundle(java.net.URL resourceURL) Load the resource bundle specified by the URL.
static void	mergeResourceBundle(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> map, java.net.URL source) Merge the resource bundle from the specified source into the specified map.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Util

protected Util()

Creates a new instance of Util

Method Detail

loadResourceBundle

public static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> loadResourceBundle(java.net.URL resourceURL)
                                                                           throws java.lang.RuntimeException

Load the resource bundle specified by the URL. When the resource bundle is loaded, the properties are stored in a Map for convenience data access.

Parameters:

resourceURL - The URL to the properties file

Returns:

The map equivalent of the resource bundle or null if the resource was not found

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException

mergeResourceBundle

public static void mergeResourceBundle(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> map,
                                       java.net.URL source)

Merge the resource bundle from the specified source into the specified map. If the file does not exist at the source, then nothing is merged as this is intened for optional modifications.

Parameters:

map - the map into which the resources should be merged

source - URL to the resource to merge

getPropertiesForResource

public static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> getPropertiesForResource(java.lang.String propertyFile)

Convenience method for loading the resource bundle from a file whose path is specified relative to the application's resources folder.

Parameters:

propertyFile - The property file relative to the application's resources folder

Returns:

The map equivalent of the resource bundle

Throws:

java.util.MissingResourceException - If the resource bundle cannot be found.

See Also:

loadResourceBundle(java.net.URL)

getTokens

protected static java.lang.String[] getTokens(java.lang.String string)

Parse a string into tokens where whitespace is the delimiter.

Parameters:

string - The string to parse.

Returns:

The array of tokens.

getTokens

protected static java.lang.String[] getTokens(java.lang.String string,
                                              java.lang.String delim)

Parse a string into tokens with the specified delimiter.

Parameters:

string - The string to parse.

delim - The delimiter

Returns:

The array of tokens.