de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.properties
Class Properties

java.lang.Object
  de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.logging.AbstractLoggable
      de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.properties.Properties

All Implemented Interfaces:

Loggable

public final class Properties
extends AbstractLoggable

Provides management of properties.

Author:

Arthur Zimek

Field Summary

static Properties	KDD_FRAMEWORK_PROPERTIES The Properties for the KDDFramework.
private Properties	PROPERTIES Stores the properties as defined by a property-file.
static Pattern	PROPERTY_SEPARATOR The pattern to split for separate entries in a property string, which is a ",".
private static Properties	temporalProperties

Fields inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.logging.AbstractLoggable

debug

Constructor Summary

private

Properties(String filename) Provides the properties as defined in the designated file.

Method Summary

PropertyDescription[]	getProperties(PropertyName propertyName) Returns an array of PropertyDescription for all entries for the given PropertyName.
String[]	getProperty(PropertyName propertyName) Provides the entries (as separated by PROPERTY_SEPARATOR) for a specified PropertyName.
String	restrictionString(Class superclass) Provides a description string listing all classes for the given superclass or interface as specified in the properties.

Methods inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.logging.AbstractLoggable

debugFine, debugFiner, debugFinest, exception, message, progress, progress, progress, verbose, verbose, warning

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PROPERTY_SEPARATOR

public static final Pattern PROPERTY_SEPARATOR

The pattern to split for separate entries in a property string, which is a ",".

temporalProperties

private static Properties temporalProperties

KDD_FRAMEWORK_PROPERTIES

public static final Properties KDD_FRAMEWORK_PROPERTIES

The Properties for the KDDFramework.

PROPERTIES

private final Properties PROPERTIES

Stores the properties as defined by a property-file.

Constructor Detail

Properties

private Properties(String filename)

Provides the properties as defined in the designated file.

Parameters:

filename - name of a file to provide property-definitions.

Method Detail

getProperty

public String[] getProperty(PropertyName propertyName)

Provides the entries (as separated by PROPERTY_SEPARATOR) for a specified PropertyName.

Parameters:

propertyName - the PropertyName of the property to retrieve

Returns:

the entries (separated by PROPERTY_SEPARATOR) for the specified PropertyName - if the property is undefined, the returned array is of length 0

restrictionString

public String restrictionString(Class superclass)

Provides a description string listing all classes for the given superclass or interface as specified in the properties.

Parameters:

superclass - the class to be extended or interface to be implemented

Returns:

a description string listing all classes for the given superclass or interface as specified in the properties

getProperties

public PropertyDescription[] getProperties(PropertyName propertyName)

Returns an array of PropertyDescription for all entries for the given PropertyName.

Parameters:

propertyName - the Propertyname of the property to retrieve

Returns:

PropertyDescriptins for all entries of the given PropertyName