net.clackrouter.jgraph.utils
Class UserProperties

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Dictionary<K,V>
      java.util.Hashtable<java.lang.Object,java.lang.Object>
          java.util.Properties
              net.clackrouter.jgraph.utils.UserProperties

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.Map<java.lang.Object,java.lang.Object>

public class UserProperties
extends java.util.Properties

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected java.io.File	file
protected static java.util.Vector	instances
protected java.lang.String	nameSpace

Fields inherited from class java.util.Properties

defaults

Method Summary

static UserProperties	getInstance(java.lang.String nameSpace) Multi-Singleton instance factory method.
java.awt.Rectangle	getRect(java.lang.String key) Gets the {3} attribute of the UserProperties object
void	save() Description of the Method
static void	saveAll() Description of the Method
void	setRect(java.lang.String key, java.awt.Rectangle r) Sets the {3} attribute of the UserProperties object

Methods inherited from class java.util.Properties

getProperty, getProperty, list, list, load, loadFromXML, propertyNames, save, setProperty, store, storeToXML, storeToXML

Methods inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

clear, clone, contains, containsKey, containsValue, elements, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keys, keySet, put, putAll, rehash, remove, size, toString, values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

instances

protected static java.util.Vector instances

nameSpace

protected java.lang.String nameSpace

file

protected java.io.File file

Method Detail

getInstance

public static final UserProperties getInstance(java.lang.String nameSpace)

Multi-Singleton instance factory method.

Parameters:

nameSpace - nameSpace is the name of the directory that user properties will be stored. This acts as a 'namespace' by which sets of properties can collectively be stored. For each new nameSpace, a new directory (prepended with '.') is created and properties stored in a file named user.properties. For example, if 'example' is passed as nameSpace, the following directory would be created C:\\Documents and Settings\\userlogin\\.testapp\\user.properties (Win2k).

Returns:

the UserProperties instance

saveAll

public static void saveAll()

Description of the Method

setRect

public void setRect(java.lang.String key,
                    java.awt.Rectangle r)

Sets the {3} attribute of the UserProperties object

Parameters:

key - The new {3} value

r - The new {3} value

getRect

public java.awt.Rectangle getRect(java.lang.String key)

Gets the {3} attribute of the UserProperties object

Parameters:

key - Description of Parameter

Returns:

The {3} value

save

public void save()

Description of the Method