org.springframework.core.io.support
Class PropertiesLoaderSupport

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.core.io.support.PropertiesLoaderSupport

Direct Known Subclasses:

PropertiesFactoryBean, PropertyResourceConfigurer

public abstract class PropertiesLoaderSupport
extends Object

Base class for JavaBean-style components that need to load properties from one or more resources. Supports local properties as well, with configurable overriding.

Since:

1.2.2

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

Field Summary

protected Log	logger Logger available to subclasses
static String	XML_FILE_EXTENSION

Constructor Summary

PropertiesLoaderSupport()

Method Summary

protected void	loadProperties(Properties props) Load properties into the given instance.
protected Properties	mergeProperties() Return a merged Properties instance containing both the loaded properties and properties set on this FactoryBean.
void	setFileEncoding(String encoding) Set the encoding to use for parsing properties files.
void	setIgnoreResourceNotFound(boolean ignoreResourceNotFound) Set if failure to find the property resource should be ignored.
void	setLocalOverride(boolean localOverride) Set whether local properties override properties from files.
void	setLocation(Resource location) Set a location of a properties file to be loaded.
void	setLocations(Resource[] locations) Set locations of properties files to be loaded.
void	setProperties(Properties properties) Set local properties, e.g.
void	setPropertiesArray(Properties[] propertiesArray) Set local properties, e.g.
void	setPropertiesPersister(PropertiesPersister propertiesPersister) Set the PropertiesPersister to use for parsing properties files.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

XML_FILE_EXTENSION

public static final String XML_FILE_EXTENSION

See Also:

Constant Field Values

logger

protected final Log logger

Logger available to subclasses

Constructor Detail

PropertiesLoaderSupport

public PropertiesLoaderSupport()

Method Detail

setProperties

public void setProperties(Properties properties)

Set local properties, e.g. via the "props" tag in XML bean definitions. These can be considered defaults, to be overridden by properties loaded from files.

setPropertiesArray

public void setPropertiesArray(Properties[] propertiesArray)

Set local properties, e.g. via the "props" tag in XML bean definitions, allowing for merging multiple properties sets into one.

setLocation

public void setLocation(Resource location)

Set a location of a properties file to be loaded.

Can point to a classic properties file or to an XML file that follows JDK 1.5's properties XML format.

setLocations

public void setLocations(Resource[] locations)

Set locations of properties files to be loaded.

Can point to classic properties files or to XML files that follow JDK 1.5's properties XML format.

Note: Properties defined in later files will override properties defined earlier files, in case of overlapping keys. Hence, make sure that the most specific files are the last ones in the given list of locations.

setLocalOverride

public void setLocalOverride(boolean localOverride)

Set whether local properties override properties from files.

Default is "false": Properties from files override local defaults. Can be switched to "true" to let local properties override defaults from files.

setIgnoreResourceNotFound

public void setIgnoreResourceNotFound(boolean ignoreResourceNotFound)

Set if failure to find the property resource should be ignored.

"true" is appropriate if the properties file is completely optional. Default is "false".

setFileEncoding

public void setFileEncoding(String encoding)

Set the encoding to use for parsing properties files.

Default is none, using the java.util.Properties default encoding.

Only applies to classic properties files, not to XML files.

See Also:

PropertiesPersister.load(java.util.Properties, java.io.InputStream)

setPropertiesPersister

public void setPropertiesPersister(PropertiesPersister propertiesPersister)

Set the PropertiesPersister to use for parsing properties files. The default is DefaultPropertiesPersister.

See Also:

DefaultPropertiesPersister

mergeProperties

protected Properties mergeProperties()
                              throws IOException

Return a merged Properties instance containing both the loaded properties and properties set on this FactoryBean.

Throws:

IOException

loadProperties

protected void loadProperties(Properties props)
                       throws IOException

Load properties into the given instance.

Parameters:

props - the Properties instance to load into

Throws:

IOException - in case of I/O errors

See Also:

setLocations(org.springframework.core.io.Resource[])