NGConfiguration.java

package angularBeans.util;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import com.google.gson.ExclusionStrategy;

/***
 * Angular Beans Configuration Util
 * 
 * <br><br>
 * 
 * <b>Properties:</b> ng.properties
 * 
 * @author Tiago Carvalho
 */
public class NGConfiguration {
	
	private static String ANGULAR_BEANS_PROPERTIES = "ng.properties";
	private static String GSON_EXCLUSION_STRATEGY = "gson.exclusionStrategy";
	
	public static String getProperty(String property) {
		try(InputStream is = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(ANGULAR_BEANS_PROPERTIES)){			
			if(is != null){
				Properties props = new Properties();
				props.load(is);
				return props.getProperty(property);
			}
		} catch (IOException e){
			Logger.getLogger(NGConfiguration.class.getName()).severe(e.toString());
		}
		
		return null;
	}
	
	public static ExclusionStrategy[] getGsonExclusionStrategy() {
		try{
			String exclusionStrategyName = NGConfiguration.getProperty(GSON_EXCLUSION_STRATEGY);
			
			if(exclusionStrategyName != null && exclusionStrategyName.length() > 0){
				return new ExclusionStrategy[]{(ExclusionStrategy) Class.forName(exclusionStrategyName).newInstance()};
			}
		} catch (Exception e){
			Logger.getLogger(NGConfiguration.class.getName()).severe(e.toString());
		}

		// Needs to return empty array explicitly instead of null because of GsonBuilder's setExclusionStrategies() varargs
		return new ExclusionStrategy[]{};
	}
}