org.nakedobjects
Class Application

java.lang.Object
  org.nakedobjects.Application

Direct Known Subclasses:

Client, Exploration, ObjectServer

public abstract class Application

extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

Application()

Method Summary

protected void	configureSystemLogging() Configures Apache LOG4J to default logging.
protected static boolean	hasProperty(java.lang.String key) Indicates whether the named configuration property exists.
protected static void	loadConfiguration(java.lang.String configFile, java.lang.String defaultConfigFile) Loads up the specified configuration file.
protected static void	set(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value) Allows a configuration property to be programmatically set, or overriden.
protected static java.lang.String	setting(java.lang.String key) Retrieves the named property value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Application

public Application()

Method Detail

configureSystemLogging

protected void configureSystemLogging()
                               throws ConfigurationException

Configures Apache LOG4J to default logging.

Throws:

ConfigurationException

hasProperty

protected static boolean hasProperty(java.lang.String key)

Indicates whether the named configuration property exists.

set

protected static void set(java.lang.String key,
                          java.lang.String value)

Allows a configuration property to be programmatically set, or overriden. This can be used to ensure a property is set in code, rather than relying on it being provided within the configuration file. If this method is called with a property having the same name as one in the configuration file then that user defined value will be replaced.

Parameters:

key - name of the property

value - the value of the property

setting

protected static java.lang.String setting(java.lang.String key)
                                   throws ConfigurationException

Retrieves the named property value.

Throws:

ConfigurationException - when the specfied property does not exist.

loadConfiguration

protected static void loadConfiguration(java.lang.String configFile,
                                        java.lang.String defaultConfigFile)
                                 throws ConfigurationException

Loads up the specified configuration file. If none is specified, then the default configuration file is loaded. If no file can be found a ConfigurationException is thrown and the system should exit.

Throws:

ConfigurationException