wt.util
Class ClassPathRepository

java.lang.Object
  wt.util.ClassPathRepository

public class ClassPathRepository

extends Object

Field Summary

private static String

versionID

Constructor Summary

ClassPathRepository()

Method Summary

static PropertiesMap	getPropertiesMap(String filename) Read in a file of properties and load into a newly constructed PropertiesMap.
static Object	getSerializedObject(Class the_class, String filename) Read in an instance of a class that has been serialized to a file.
static Object	getSerializedObject(String filename) Read in an instance of a class that has been serialized to a file.
static Object	getSerializedObject(String classname, String type) Read in an instance of a class that has been serialized to a file.
private static InputStream	openResource(Class the_class, String filename)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

versionID

private static final String versionID

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ClassPathRepository

public ClassPathRepository()

Method Detail

getPropertiesMap

public static PropertiesMap getPropertiesMap(String filename)
                                      throws IOException,
                                             ClassNotFoundException

Read in a file of properties and load into a newly constructed PropertiesMap. The file is read as a resource of the current WTContext object.

   Example Usage:
  	propertiesMap = ClassPathRepository.getPropertiesMap( "descendentRegistry.properties" )
  
  
  

Parameters:

filename - - name of the properties file, including the portion of the directory corresponds to a package in the classpath

Returns:

The instance of PropertiesMap that contains the loaded properties.

Throws:

IOException

ClassNotFoundException

See Also:

PropertiesMap, WTContext.getResourceAsStream(java.lang.String)

getSerializedObject

public static Object getSerializedObject(Class the_class,
                                         String filename)
                                  throws IOException,
                                         ClassNotFoundException

Read in an instance of a class that has been serialized to a file. The file is read as a resource of the current WTContext object.

   Example Usage:
  	stringInfo = ClassPathRepository.getSerializedObject( String.class, "String.info" )
  
  	This would read an object that had been serialized to a file named "String.info"
		in the same directory as String.class.
  
  

Parameters:

filename - - filename of the serialized object, including the portion of the directory corresponds to a package in the classpath

Returns:

The instance of the class that was serialized. The class may be any class.

Throws:

IOException

ClassNotFoundException

See Also:

WTContext.getResourceAsStream(java.lang.String)

getSerializedObject

public static Object getSerializedObject(String filename)
                                  throws IOException,
                                         ClassNotFoundException

Read in an instance of a class that has been serialized to a file. The file is read as a resource of the current WTContext object.

   Example Usage:
  	stringInfo = ClassPathRepository.getSerializedObject( "java/lang/String.info" )
  
  	This would read an object that had been serialized to a file named "String.info"
		in the same directory as String.class.
  
  

Parameters:

filename - - filename of the serialized object, including the portion of the directory corresponds to a package in the classpath

Returns:

The instance of the class that was serialized. The class may be any class.

Throws:

IOException

ClassNotFoundException

See Also:

WTContext.getSystemResourceAsStream(java.lang.String)

getSerializedObject

public static Object getSerializedObject(String classname,
                                         String type)
                                  throws IOException,
                                         ClassNotFoundException

Read in an instance of a class that has been serialized to a file. The file is read as a resource of the current WTContext object.

   Example Usage:
  	stringInfo = ClassPathRepository.getSerializedObject( "java.lang.String", "info" )
  
  	This would read an object that had been serialized to a file named "String.info"
		in the same directory as String.class.
  
  

Parameters:

classname - - the fully qualified name of the class that the object belongs to, but is not necessarily an instance of

type - - the file extension of the serialized object

Returns:

The instance of the class that was serialized. The class may be any class.

Throws:

IOException

ClassNotFoundException

See Also:

WTContext.getSystemResourceAsStream(java.lang.String)

openResource

private static InputStream openResource(Class the_class,
                                        String filename)