PropertiesToFile.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2004 Anthony Smith
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 *
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * TITLE $Id$
 * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
package opendbcopy.io;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;


/**
 * class description
 *
 * @author Anthony Smith
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public final class PropertiesToFile {
    /**
     * DOCUMENT ME!
     *
     * @param p DOCUMENT ME!
     * @param fileName DOCUMENT ME!
     *
     * @return DOCUMENT ME!
     *
     * @throws IOException DOCUMENT ME!
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException DOCUMENT ME!
     */
    public static final String exportPropertiesToFile(Properties p,
                                                      String     fileName) throws IOException {
        if ((p == null) || (fileName == null) || (fileName.length() == 0)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("missing Properties or fileName to export");
        }

        
        File             outputFile = new File(fileName);
        FileOutputStream myFileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(outputFile);
        p.store(myFileOutputStream, null);
        myFileOutputStream.close();

        return fileName;
    }

    /**
     * DOCUMENT ME!
     *
     * @param fileName DOCUMENT ME!
     *
     * @return DOCUMENT ME!
     *
     * @throws IOException DOCUMENT ME!
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException DOCUMENT ME!
     */
    public static final Properties importPropertiesFromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
        if ((fileName == null) || (fileName.length() == 0)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("missing fileName for properties file to import");
        }

        Properties      p = new Properties();

        File            inputFile = new File(fileName);
        FileInputStream myFileInputStream = new FileInputStream(inputFile);
        p.load(myFileInputStream);
        myFileInputStream.close();

        return p;
    }
}