com.pelzer.util
Class OverridableFields

java.lang.Object
  com.pelzer.util.OverridableFields

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Serializable

public abstract class OverridableFields
extends Object
implements Serializable

This class is used to cache properties from the PropertyManager, and should be extended by local Constants classes in various packages. Classes should put a line in their static initializer like this to guarantee the file gets initialized...: new ().init();

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected static boolean

DISABLE_PROPERTY_LOADING if set to true, NO constants will be loaded by the init() method, leaving the constant file as it was defined in the .java file.

Constructor Summary

OverridableFields()

Method Summary

protected void	init() This method initializes all the fields of this class with constants from the PropertyManager.
protected void	init(String domain) Custom version of 'init()' that allows you to specify your own base domain to pull properties from.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DISABLE_PROPERTY_LOADING

protected static boolean DISABLE_PROPERTY_LOADING

if set to true, NO constants will be loaded by the init() method, leaving the constant file as it was defined in the .java file. This is only useful when used by the property manager to determine which properties overrides are actually active.

Constructor Detail

OverridableFields

public OverridableFields()

Method Detail

init

protected void init()

This method initializes all the fields of this class with constants from the PropertyManager. For arrays, items should be put in the property system as PROPERTY_NAME.n , where n is a 0-index number (0,1,2,3,...)

init

protected void init(String domain)

Custom version of 'init()' that allows you to specify your own base domain to pull properties from. Generally you should just use init() and initialize with the name of your constants class.