/**
* Return the value for a given name from the System Properties or the Environmental Variables.
* The former overrides the latter.
*
* @param name - the name of the System Property or Environmental Variable
* @return the value of the variable or null if it was not found
*/
public static String getEnvOrProp(String name) {
// System properties override env. variables
String envVal = System.getenv(name);
String sysPropVal = System.getProperty(name);
if (sysPropVal != null) return sysPropVal;
return envVal;
}
