weka.core
Class Environment

java.lang.Object
  extended by weka.core.Environment
All Implemented Interfaces:
RevisionHandler

public class Environment
extends java.lang.Object
implements RevisionHandler

This class encapsulates a map of all environment and java system properties. There are methods for adding and removing variables as well as a method for replacing key names (enclosed by ${}) with their associated value in Strings.

Version:
$Revision: 4567 $
Author:
Mark Hall (mhall{[at]}pentaho{[dot]}com

Constructor Summary
Environment()
           
 
Method Summary
static void addVariable(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value)
          Add a variable to the internal map.
 java.lang.String getRevision()
          Returns the revision string.
static java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getVariableNames()
          Get the names of the variables (keys) stored in the internal map.
static java.lang.String getVariableValue(java.lang.String key)
          Get the value for a particular variable.
static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
          Main method for testing this class.
static void removeVariable(java.lang.String key)
          Remove a named variable from the map.
static java.lang.String substitute(java.lang.String source)
          Substitute a variable names for their values in the given string.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Environment

public Environment()
Method Detail

substitute

public static java.lang.String substitute(java.lang.String source)
                                   throws java.lang.Exception
Substitute a variable names for their values in the given string.

Parameters:
source - the source string to replace variables in
Returns:
a String with all variable names replaced with their values
Throws:
java.lang.Exception - if an unknown variable name is encountered

addVariable

public static void addVariable(java.lang.String key,
                               java.lang.String value)
Add a variable to the internal map.

Parameters:
key - the name of the variable
value - its value

removeVariable

public static void removeVariable(java.lang.String key)
Remove a named variable from the map.

Parameters:
key - the name of the varaible to remove.

getVariableNames

public static java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getVariableNames()
Get the names of the variables (keys) stored in the internal map.

Returns:
a Set of variable names (keys)

getVariableValue

public static java.lang.String getVariableValue(java.lang.String key)
Get the value for a particular variable.

Parameters:
key - the name of the variable to get
Returns:
the associated value or null if this variable is not in the internal map

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
Main method for testing this class.

Parameters:
a - list of strings to replace variables in (e.g. "\${os.name} "\${java.version}")

getRevision

public java.lang.String getRevision()
Returns the revision string.

Specified by:
getRevision in interface RevisionHandler
Returns:
the revision