com.panayotis.gnuplot
Class PropertiesHolder

java.lang.Object
  java.util.AbstractMap<K,V>
      java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.String>
          com.panayotis.gnuplot.PropertiesHolder

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String>

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractPlot, Axis, ExpandableTerminal, FillStyle, GNUPlotParameters, PlotStyle

public class PropertiesHolder
extends java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.String>

This object is a data placeholder of various text-based parameters, used in JavaPlot graph objects.
It is possible to retrieve all it's data, as long a valid key-value pair is present.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected static java.lang.String

NL

Constructor Summary

PropertiesHolder()
Creates a new instance of PropertiesHolder with default prefix and suffix values.
The prefix in this case is the token "set " and the suffix is the newline character.

PropertiesHolder(java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.String suffix)
Creates a new instance of PropertiesHolder with given prefix and suffix tokens.

Method Summary

void	appendProperties(java.lang.StringBuffer bf) Retrieve the list of the stored key-value pairs in this object.
void	set(java.lang.String key) Set a specific key to this object, without a value
void	set(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value) Add a specific key-value pair to this object.
void	unset(java.lang.String key) Remove a key from this object

Methods inherited from class java.util.HashMap

clear, clone, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, get, isEmpty, keySet, put, putAll, remove, size, values

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

equals, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

equals, hashCode

Field Detail

NL

protected static final java.lang.String NL

Constructor Detail

PropertiesHolder

public PropertiesHolder()

Creates a new instance of PropertiesHolder with default prefix and suffix values.
The prefix in this case is the token "set " and the suffix is the newline character.

PropertiesHolder

public PropertiesHolder(java.lang.String prefix,
                        java.lang.String suffix)

Creates a new instance of PropertiesHolder with given prefix and suffix tokens.

Parameters:

prefix - The prefix to use

suffix - The suffix to use.

Method Detail

set

public void set(java.lang.String key,
                java.lang.String value)

Add a specific key-value pair to this object.

Parameters:

key - The key to use

value - The value of the specified parameter.
If value is null, then this key will be removed.

set

public void set(java.lang.String key)

Set a specific key to this object, without a value

Parameters:

key - The key to add to this object

unset

public void unset(java.lang.String key)

Remove a key from this object

Parameters:

key - The key to be removed

appendProperties

public void appendProperties(java.lang.StringBuffer bf)

Retrieve the list of the stored key-value pairs in this object. Every pair will be prefixed with "prefix" and suffixed with "suffix". Between key and value will be a space character, if and only if the value is present.

Parameters:

bf - The StringBuffer to store the representation of this object.