39 lines
1.2 KiB
Ruby
39 lines
1.2 KiB
Ruby
=begin
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A utility class that reads a properties file and returns a hash containing the
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properties.
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=end
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class PropertyFileReader
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# Read a properties file and return a hash.
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#
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# Parameters: the path to the properties file
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#
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# The hash includes the special property "properties_file_path", which holds
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# the path to the properties file.
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#
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def self.read(file_path)
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properties = {}
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properties["properties_file_path"] = File.expand_path(file_path)
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File.open(file_path) do |file|
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file.each_line do |line|
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line.strip!
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if line.length == 0 || line[0] == ?# || line[0] == ?!
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# ignore blank lines, and lines starting with '#' or '!'.
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elsif line =~ /(.*?)\s*[=:]\s*(.*)/
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# key and value are separated by '=' or ':' and optional whitespace.
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properties[$1.strip] = $2
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else
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# No '=' or ':' means that the value is empty.
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properties[line] = ''
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end
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end
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end
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return properties
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end
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end
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