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package org.apache.commons.jcs.utils.props;

import java.io.IOException;

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import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * I modified this class to work with .ccf files in particular. I also removed
 * the resource bundle functionality.
 * <p>
 * A simple class for loading java.util.Properties backed by .ccf files deployed
 * as classpath resources. See individual methods for details.
 * <p>
 * The original source is from:
 * <p>
 * @author (C) <a
 *         href="http://www.javaworld.com/columns/jw-qna-index.shtml">Vlad
 *         Roubtsov </a>, 2003
 */
public abstract class PropertyLoader {
    /** throw an error if we can load the file */
    private static final boolean THROW_ON_LOAD_FAILURE = true;

    /** File suffix. */
    private static final String SUFFIX = ".ccf";

    /** property suffix */
    private static final String SUFFIX_PROPERTIES = ".properties";

    /**
     * Looks up a resource named 'name' in the classpath. The resource must map
     * to a file with .ccf extention. The name is assumed to be absolute and can
     * use either "/" or "." for package segment separation with an optional
     * leading "/" and optional ".ccf" suffix.
     * <p>
     * The suffix ".ccf" will be appended if it is not set. This can also handle
     * .properties files
     * <p>
     * Thus, the following names refer to the same resource:
     *
     * <pre>
     *
     *       some.pkg.Resource
     *       some.pkg.Resource.ccf
     *       some/pkg/Resource
     *       some/pkg/Resource.ccf
     *       /some/pkg/Resource
     *       /some/pkg/Resource.ccf
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param name
     *            classpath resource name [may not be null]
     * @param loader
     *            classloader through which to load the resource [null is
     *            equivalent to the application loader]
     * @return resource converted to java.util.properties [may be null if the
     *         resource was not found and THROW_ON_LOAD_FAILURE is false]
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             if the resource was not found and THROW_ON_LOAD_FAILURE is
     *             true
     */
    public static Properties loadProperties(String name, ClassLoader loader) {
        boolean isCCFSuffix = true;

        if (name == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("null input: name");
        }

        ClassLoader classLoader = (loader == null) ? ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader() : loader;

        String fileName = name.startsWith("/") ? name.substring(1) : name;

        if (fileName.endsWith(SUFFIX)) {
            fileName = fileName.substring(0, fileName.length() - SUFFIX.length());
        }

        if (fileName.endsWith(SUFFIX_PROPERTIES)) {
            fileName = fileName.substring(0, fileName.length() - SUFFIX_PROPERTIES.length());
            isCCFSuffix = false;
        }

        fileName = fileName.replace('.', '/');

        if (!fileName.endsWith(SUFFIX) && isCCFSuffix) {
            fileName = fileName.concat(SUFFIX);
        } else if (!fileName.endsWith(SUFFIX_PROPERTIES) && !isCCFSuffix) {
            fileName = fileName.concat(SUFFIX_PROPERTIES);
        }

        Properties result = null;

        try (InputStream in = classLoader.getResourceAsStream(fileName)) {
            result = new Properties();
            result.load(in); // can throw IOException
        } catch (IOException e) {
            result = null;
        }

        if (THROW_ON_LOAD_FAILURE && result == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "could not load [" + fileName + "]" + " as " + "a classloader resource");
        }

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * A convenience overload of {@link #loadProperties(String, ClassLoader)}
     * that uses the current thread's context classloader. A better strategy
     * would be to use techniques shown in
     * http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javaqa/2003-06/01-qa-0606-load.html
     * <p>
     * @param name
     * @return Properties
     */
    public static Properties loadProperties(final String name) {
        return loadProperties(name, Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
    }

    /**
     * Can't use this one.
     */
    private PropertyLoader() {
        super();
    } // this class is not extentible

}