/**
* Reads given configuration property. If not found, returns the default value.
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
* @param def default value
* @see #getClass(String)
*/
public static Class getClass(String name, Class def) {
return config.getClass(name, def);
}
/**
* Returns the name of a protocol that has the given identifier.
*
* <p>Note that this is not a constant time operation in the number of protocols, although
* typically there are very few protocols defined.
*
* @param pid numeric protocol identifier.
* @return name of the protocol that has the given id. null if no protocols have the given id.
*/
public static String lookupPid(int pid) {
return config.lookupPid(pid);
}
/**
* Reads given configuration property. If not found, throws a {@link MissingParameterException}.
* When creating the Class object, a few attempts are done to resolve the classname. See {@link
* Configuration} for details.
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
*/
public static Class getClass(String name) {
return config.getClass(name);
}
/**
* Calls {@link #getPid(String)}, and returns the default if no property is defined with the given
* name.
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
* @param pid the default protocol identifier
* @return the numeric protocol identifier associated to the value of the property, or the default
* if not defined
*/
public static int getPid(String name, int pid) {
return config.getPid(name, pid);
}
/**
* Returns the numeric protocol identifier of the given protocol name.
*
* @param protname the protocol name.
* @return the numeric protocol identifier associated to the protocol name
*/
public static int lookupPid(String protname) {
return config.lookupPid(protname);
}
/**
* It returns an array of class instances. The instances are constructed by calling {@link
* #getInstance(String)} on the names returned by {@link #getNames(String)}.
*
* @param name The component type (i.e. prefix of the list of configuration properties) which will
* be passed to {@link #getNames(String)}.
*/
public static Object[] getInstanceArray(String name) {
return config.getInstanceArray(name);
}
/**
* Reads given configuration property. If not found, throws a {@link MissingParameterException}.
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
* @param def default value
*/
public static boolean getBoolean(String name, boolean def) {
return config.getBoolean(name, def);
}
/**
* Reads given configuration property. If not found, throws a MissingParameterException.
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
*/
public static double getDouble(String name) {
return config.getDouble(name);
}
/**
* Reads given configuration property. If not found, returns the default value.
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
* @param def default value
*/
public static String getString(String name, String def) {
return config.getString(name, def);
}
/**
* Reads given configuration property. If not found, returns the default value.
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
* @param def default value
*/
public static long getLong(String name, long def) {
if (name == Network.PAR_SIZE || name == Network.PAR_MAXSIZE)
return config.getLong(name, def) / Communicator.getSize();
else return config.getLong(name, def);
}
/**
* Reads given configuration property. If not found, returns the default value.
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
* @param def default value
*/
public static double getDouble(String name, double def) {
return config.getDouble(name, def);
}
/**
* Reads given configuration property. If not found, throws a {@link MissingParameterException}.
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
*/
public static int getInt(String name) {
if (name == Network.PAR_SIZE || name == Network.PAR_MAXSIZE)
return config.getInt(name) / Communicator.getSize();
else return config.getInt(name);
}
/**
* Reads given configuration property. If not found, returns the default value.
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
* @param def default value
*/
public static int getInt(String name, int def) {
return config.getInt(name, def);
}
/**
* Reads given property. If not found, or the value is empty string then throws a {@link
* MissingParameterException}. Empty string is not accepted as false due to the similar function
* of {@link #contains} which returns true in that case. True is returned if the lowercase value
* of the property is "true", otherwise false is returned.
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
*/
public static boolean getBoolean(String name) {
return config.getBoolean(name);
}
/**
* Reads given configuration property for a class name. It returns an instance of the class. The
* class must implement a constructor that takes a String as an argument. The value of this string
* will be <tt>name</tt>. The constructor of the class can see the configuration so it can make
* use of this name to read its own parameters from it.
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
* @throws MissingParameterException if the given property is not defined
* @throws IllegalParameterException if there is any problem creating the instance
*/
public static Object getInstance(String name) {
return config.getInstance(name);
}
/**
* Reads given configuration property. If not found, throws a MissingParameterException. Removes
* trailing whitespace characters.
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
*/
public static String getString(String name) {
return config.getString(name);
}
/**
* Reads given configuration property for a class name. It returns an instance of the class. The
* class must implement a constructor that takes a String as an argument. The value of this string
* will be <tt>name</tt>. The constructor of the class can see the configuration so it can make
* use of this name to read its own parameters from it.
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
* @param def The default object that is returned if there is no property defined with the given
* name
* @throws IllegalParameterException if the given name is defined but there is a problem creating
* the instance.
*/
public static Object getInstance(String name, Object def) {
return config.getInstance(name, def);
}
/**
* Reads the given property from the configuration interpreting it as a protocol name. Returns the
* numeric protocol identifier of this protocol name. See the discussion of protocol name at
* {@link Configuration} for details on how this numeric id is calculated
*
* @param name Name of configuration property
* @return the numeric protocol identifier associated to the value of the property
*/
public static int getPid(String name) {
return config.getPid(name);
}
/**
* Returns an array of names prefixed by the specified name. The array is sorted as follows. If
* there is no config entry <code>{@value #PAR_INCLUDE}+"."+name</code> or <code>
* {@value #PAR_ORDER}+"."+name</code> then the order is alphabetical. Otherwise this entry
* defines the order. For more information see {@link Configuration}.
*
* @param name the component type (i.e., the prefix)
* @return the full property names in the order specified by the configuration
*/
public static String[] getNames(String name) {
return config.getNames(name);
}
/** @return true if and only if name is a specified (existing) property. */
public static boolean contains(String name) {
return config.contains(name);
}