/* * $Id$ * * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, * Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library 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 * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ package org.jdesktop.swingx.tips; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.Properties; /** * Loads tips from Properties.<br> * * @author <a href="mailto:fred@L2FProd.com">Frederic Lavigne</a> */ public class TipLoader { private TipLoader() { } /** * Initializes a TipOfTheDayModel from properties. Each tip is defined by two * properties, its name and its description: * * <pre> * <code> * tip.1.name=First Tip * tip.1.description=This is the description * * tip.2.name=Second Tip * tip.2.description=<html>This is an html description * * ... * * tip.10.description=No name for this tip, name is optional * </code> * </pre> * * @param props * @return a TipOfTheDayModel * @throws IllegalArgumentException * if a name is found without description */ public static TipOfTheDayModel load(Properties props) { List<TipOfTheDayModel.Tip> tips = new ArrayList<TipOfTheDayModel.Tip>(); int count = 1; while (true) { String nameKey = "tip." + count + ".name"; String nameValue = props.getProperty(nameKey); String descriptionKey = "tip." + count + ".description"; String descriptionValue = props.getProperty(descriptionKey); if (nameValue != null && descriptionValue == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException( "No description for name " + nameValue); } if (descriptionValue == null) { break; } DefaultTip tip = new DefaultTip(nameValue, descriptionValue); tips.add(tip); count++; } return new DefaultTipOfTheDayModel(tips); } }