// Fig. 19.21: PropertiesTest.java
// Demonstrates class Properties of the java.util package.
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Set;

public class PropertiesTest  
{
   private Properties table;

   // set up GUI to test Properties table
   public PropertiesTest()
   {
      table = new Properties(); // create Properties table

      // set properties
      table.setProperty( "color", "blue" );
      table.setProperty( "width", "200" );

      System.out.println( "After setting properties" );
      listProperties(); // display property values

      // replace property value
      table.setProperty( "color", "red" );

      System.out.println( "After replacing properties" );
      listProperties(); // display property values

      saveProperties(); // save properties

      table.clear(); // empty table

      System.out.println( "After clearing properties" );
      listProperties(); // display property values
      
      loadProperties(); // load properties

      // get value of property color
      Object value = table.getProperty( "color" );

      // check if value is in table
      if ( value != null )
         System.out.printf( "Property color's value is %s\n", value );
      else
         System.out.println( "Property color is not in table" );
   } // end PropertiesTest constructor

   // save properties to a file
   public void saveProperties()
   {
      // save contents of table
      try
      {
         FileOutputStream output = new FileOutputStream( "props.dat" );
         table.store( output, "Sample Properties" ); // save properties
         output.close();
         System.out.println( "After saving properties" );
         listProperties(); // display property values
      } // end try
      catch ( IOException ioException )
      {
         ioException.printStackTrace();
      } // end catch
   } // end method saveProperties

   // load properties from a file
   public void loadProperties()
   {
      // load contents of table
      try
      {
         FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream( "props.dat" );
         table.load( input ); // load properties
         input.close();
         System.out.println( "After loading properties" );
         listProperties(); // display property values
      } // end try
      catch ( IOException ioException )
      {
         ioException.printStackTrace();
      } // end catch
   } // end method loadProperties

   // output property values
   public void listProperties()
   {
      Set< Object > keys = table.keySet(); // get property names
 
      // output name/value pairs
      for ( Object key : keys )
      {
         System.out.printf( 
            "%s\t%s\n", key, table.getProperty( ( String ) key ) );
      } // end for

      System.out.println();
   } // end method listProperties

   public static void main( String args[] )
   {
      new PropertiesTest();
   } // end main
} // end class PropertiesTest

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