GetPropertyAction.java

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package sun.security.action;

/**
 * A convenience class for retrieving the string value of a system
 * property as a privileged action.
 *
 * <p>An instance of this class can be used as the argument of
 * <code>AccessController.doPrivileged</code>.
 *
 * <p>The following code retrieves the value of the system
 * property named <code>"prop"</code> as a privileged action: <p>
 *
 * <pre>
 * String s = java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged
 *                      (new GetPropertyAction("prop"));
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author Roland Schemers
 * @see java.security.PrivilegedAction
 * @see java.security.AccessController
 * @since 1.2
 */

public class GetPropertyAction
        implements java.security.PrivilegedAction<String> {
    private String theProp;
    private String defaultVal;

    /**
     * Constructor that takes the name of the system property whose
     * string value needs to be determined.
     *
     * @param theProp the name of the system property.
     */
    public GetPropertyAction(String theProp) {
        this.theProp = theProp;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor that takes the name of the system property and the default
     * value of that property.
     *
     * @param theProp the name of the system property.
     * @param defaulVal the default value.
     */
    public GetPropertyAction(String theProp, String defaultVal) {
        this.theProp = theProp;
        this.defaultVal = defaultVal;
    }

    /**
     * Determines the string value of the system property whose
     * name was specified in the constructor.
     *
     * @return the string value of the system property,
     *         or the default value if there is no property with that key.
     */
    public String run() {
        String value = System.getProperty(theProp);
        return (value == null) ? defaultVal : value;
    }
}