org.jgap.data.config
Class MetaConfig

java.lang.Object
  org.jgap.data.config.MetaConfig

public class MetaConfig
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides an interface to the configuration information to create a JGAP Configuration GUI.

Since:

2.4

Method Summary

java.util.List	getConfigProperty(java.lang.String className) Read the meta-config file and load it in memory.
static MetaConfig	getInstance()
java.io.Reader	getReader(java.lang.String a_filename) Returns a reader to a file
protected void	init() Read the meta-config file and load it in memory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static MetaConfig getInstance()
                              throws MetaConfigException,
                                     java.io.IOException

Throws:

MetaConfigException

java.io.IOException

getConfigProperty

public java.util.List getConfigProperty(java.lang.String className)

Read the meta-config file and load it in memory.

Parameters:

className - the name of the class of which the properties are required

Returns:

the list of properties for this class, if class is registered, otherwise null

Since:

2.4

init

protected void init()
             throws MetaConfigException,
                    java.io.IOException

Read the meta-config file and load it in memory. Having to read my own property file without using the Java Property class since I need to preserve the order of these properties, plus I have duplicate labels.

Throws:

MetaConfigException

java.io.IOException

Since:

2.4

getReader

public java.io.Reader getReader(java.lang.String a_filename)
                         throws java.io.IOException

Returns a reader to a file

Parameters:

a_filename - the file to retrieve a reader for

Returns:

the Reader

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Since:

3.0