Class Properties

Properties

public Properties()

Creates a new properties object.

clear

public void clear()

Removes all properties from this object.

clone

public Object clone()

Creates a copy of this properties object.

Returns:

The copy.

containsKey

public boolean containsKey(String key)

Tests if this object contains a given property name.

Parameters:

key - The key to test.

Returns:

True if this object contains the given key.

containsValue

public boolean containsValue(String value)

Tests if this object contains a given property value.

Parameters:

value - The value to test.

Returns:

True if this object contains the given value.

decode

public void decode(DataInputStream in)
            throws IOException

Decodes a set of properties from the given input stream.

Parameters:

in - The input stream.

encode

public void encode(DataOutputStream out)
            throws IOException

Encodes this set of properties to the given output stream.

Parameters:

out - The output stream to encode to.

get

public String get(String key)

Returns the value mapped by the given key, or null if there is no such mapping.

Parameters:

key -

put

public String put(String key,
                  String value)

Adds a new property to this object.

Parameters:

key - The key, which can neither be null nor empty.

value - The value, which cannot be null.

Returns:

The old value mapped by the key, if any.

remove

public String remove(String key)

Removes a key and its value from this object.

Parameters:

key - The key of the property to remove.

Returns:

The old value mapped by the key, if any.

toString

public String toString()