Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.Properties; public class Main { /** * Gets the String property from the properties object. * @param key the key of the String property * @param properties the properties object to get the property from * @return the property value, an empty string if the property doesn't exist */ public static String getString(String key, Properties properties) { return getString(key, "", properties); } /** * Gets the String property from the properties object. * @param key the key of the String property * @param defaultValue the default value if the property doesn't exist * @param properties the properties object to get the property from * @return the property value, defaultValue if the property doesn't exist */ public static String getString(String key, String defaultValue, Properties properties) { return properties.getProperty(key, defaultValue); } }