Package de.christofreichardt.util

Class PropertyExpression

java.lang.Object

de.christofreichardt.util.PropertyExpression

public class PropertyExpression
extends Object

Utility class responsible for searching for expressions of the form ${property} within strings and replacing them with the value of the corresponding property from the given Properties - if there is one.

Author:

Christof Reichardt

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PropertyExpression(Properties properties)	Constructor expects some Properties.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	replace(String expression)	Replaces expressions of the form ${property} within the given String by replacing ${property} with the corresponding property value (no recursion) .
String	replace(String expression, boolean recursive)	Replaces expressions of the form ${property} within the given String by replacing ${property} with the corresponding property value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyExpression

public PropertyExpression(Properties properties)

Constructor expects some Properties.

Parameters:

properties - the given name-value pairs

Method Detail

replace

public String replace(String expression,
                      boolean recursive)

Replaces expressions of the form ${property} within the given String by replacing ${property} with the corresponding property value.

Parameters:

expression - the to be examined String

recursive - if true the replacement is recursively executed until no expressions of the form ${property} can be found anymore

Returns:

the substituted String

replace

public String replace(String expression)

Replaces expressions of the form ${property} within the given String by replacing ${property} with the corresponding property value (no recursion) .

Parameters:

expression - the to be examined String

Returns:

the substituted String