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 *
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/*
 * $Id: OutputPropertyUtils.java,v 1.2 2004/02/17 04:18:18 minchau Exp $
 */
package com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serializer;

import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * This class contains some static methods that act as helpers when parsing a
 * Java Property object.
 * 
 * @see java.util.Properties
 */
public class OutputPropertyUtils
{
    /**
      * Searches for the boolean property with the specified key in the property list.
      * If the key is not found in this property list, the default property list,
      * and its defaults, recursively, are then checked. The method returns
      * <code>false</code> if the property is not found, or if the value is other
      * than "yes".
      *
      * @param   key   the property key.
      * @param   props   the list of properties that will be searched.
      * @return  the value in this property list as a boolean value, or false
      * if null or not "yes".
      */
    public static boolean getBooleanProperty(String key, Properties props)
    {

        String s = props.getProperty(key);

        if (null == s || !s.equals("yes"))
            return false;
        else
            return true;
    }

    /**
     * Searches for the int property with the specified key in the property list.
     * If the key is not found in this property list, the default property list,
     * and its defaults, recursively, are then checked. The method returns
     * <code>false</code> if the property is not found, or if the value is other
     * than "yes".
     *
     * @param   key   the property key.
     * @param   props   the list of properties that will be searched.
     * @return  the value in this property list as a int value, or 0
     * if null or not a number.
     */
    public static int getIntProperty(String key, Properties props)
    {

        String s = props.getProperty(key);

        if (null == s)
            return 0;
        else
            return Integer.parseInt(s);
    }

}