org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors
Class PropertiesEditor

java.lang.Object
  java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport
      org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.PropertiesEditor

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyEditor

public class PropertiesEditor
extends PropertyEditorSupport

Editor for java.util.Properties objects. Handles conversion from String to Properties object. Also handles Map to Properties conversion, for populating a Properties object via XML "map" entries.

The required format is defined in java.util.Properties documentation. Each property must be on a new line.

Author:

Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

Properties.load(java.io.InputStream)

Field Summary

static String

COMMENT_MARKERS Any of these characters, if they're first after whitespace or first on a line, mean that the line is a comment and should be ignored.

Constructor Summary

PropertiesEditor()

Method Summary

void	setAsText(String text) Convert String into Properties.
void	setValue(Object value) Take Properties as-is; convert java.util.Map into Properties.

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getAsText, getCustomEditor, getJavaInitializationString, getSource, getTags, getValue, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setSource, supportsCustomEditor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

COMMENT_MARKERS

public static final String COMMENT_MARKERS

Any of these characters, if they're first after whitespace or first on a line, mean that the line is a comment and should be ignored.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

PropertiesEditor

public PropertiesEditor()

Method Detail

setAsText

public void setAsText(String text)
               throws IllegalArgumentException

Convert String into Properties.

Specified by:

setAsText in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

setAsText in class PropertyEditorSupport

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

setValue

public void setValue(Object value)

Take Properties as-is; convert java.util.Map into Properties.

Specified by:

setValue in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

setValue in class PropertyEditorSupport