Package org.appng.tools.file

Class PropertyConstantCreator

java.lang.Object

org.appng.tools.file.PropertyConstantCreator

public class PropertyConstantCreator
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PropertyConstantCreator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	main(String[] args)	Generates a .java file containing constants for all the keys defined in the given property-file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyConstantCreator

public PropertyConstantCreator()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws IOException

Generates a .java file containing constants for all the keys defined in the given property-file. For the constant's name, dots (.) and Dashes (-) are replaced with an underscore (_). Also, for a camel-case an underscore is being added.
Usage:

 PropertyConstantCreator
                .main(new String[] { "path/to/file.properties", "org.appng.example.Constants", "target/constants" })
 

Parameters:

args - args[0]* - the path to the property file to use
args[1]* - the fully qualified name of the target class to generate
args[2]* - the output-folder for the generated class
args[3] - the charset used to read the properties file, defaults to System.getProperty("file.encoding")

Throws:

IOException - if the property file can not be found or the target class can not be written

IllegalArgumentException - if one of the parameters is missing