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package org.apache.wicket.resource;

import org.apache.wicket.util.value.ValueMap;

/**
 * Kind of like java.util.Properties but based on Wicket's ValueMap and thus benefiting from all its
 * nice build-in type converters and without parent properties.
 * 
 * @author Juergen Donnerstag
 */
public final class Properties {
    /** Empty Properties */
    public static final Properties EMPTY_PROPERTIES = new Properties("NULL", ValueMap.EMPTY_MAP);

    /** A unique key for this specific group of properties. */
    private final String key;

    /** Property values */
    private final ValueMap strings;

    /**
     * Construct
     * 
     * @param key
     *            The key
     * @param strings
     *            Properties values
     */
    public Properties(final String key, final ValueMap strings) {
        this.key = key;
        this.strings = strings;
    }

    /**
     * Get direct access to all values from the properties file.
     * 
     * @return map
     */
    public final ValueMap getAll() {
        return strings;
    }

    /**
     * Get the property value identified by its 'key'.
     * 
     * @param key
     * @return property message
     */
    public final String getString(final String key) {
        return strings.getString(key);
    }

    /**
     * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
     */
    @Override
    public final String toString() {
        return "unique key:" + key;
    }
}