moa.core

Class PropertiesReader

java.lang.Object

moa.core.PropertiesReader

public final class PropertiesReader
extends Object

Class implementing some properties reader utility methods.

Version:

$Revision: 6681 $

Author:

Eibe Frank, Yong Wang, Len Trigg, Julien Prados

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PropertiesReader()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Properties	readProperties(String resourceName) Reads properties that inherit from three locations.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertiesReader

public PropertiesReader()

Method Detail

readProperties

public static Properties readProperties(String resourceName)
                                 throws Exception

Reads properties that inherit from three locations. Properties are first defined in the system resource location (i.e. in the CLASSPATH). These default properties must exist. Properties defined in the users home directory (optional) override default settings. Properties defined in the current directory (optional) override all these settings.

Parameters:

resourceName - the location of the resource that should be loaded. e.g.: "weka/core/Utils.props". (The use of hardcoded forward slashes here is OK - see jdk1.1/docs/guide/misc/resources.html) This routine will also look for the file (in this case) "Utils.props" in the users home directory and the current directory.

Returns:

the Properties

Throws:

Exception - if no default properties are defined, or if an error occurs reading the properties files.