/**
* Returns a String-valued setting. Setting is first looked from the namespace that is set (if
* any) and then from the secondary namespace (if any). All other getters use this method as their
* first step too (so all getters may throw SettingsError and look from both namespaces).
*
* @param name Name of the setting to get
* @return The contents of the setting in a String
* @throws SettingsError if the setting is not found from either one of the namespaces
*/
public String getSetting(String name) {
String fullPropName;
if (props == null) {
init(null);
}
fullPropName = getFullPropertyName(name, false);
String value = props.getProperty(fullPropName);
if (value != null) { // found value, check if run setting can be parsed
value = parseRunSetting(value.trim());
}
if ((value == null || value.length() == 0) && this.secondaryNamespace != null) {
// try secondary namespace if the value wasn't found from primary
fullPropName = getFullPropertyName(name, true);
value = props.getProperty(fullPropName);
if (value != null) {
value = parseRunSetting(value.trim());
}
}
if (value == null || value.length() == 0) {
throw new SettingsError("Can't find setting " + getPropertyNamesString(name));
}
outputSetting(fullPropName + " = " + value);
return value;
}
