5.3.12. Properties Class

A Properties object is a MapCollection with unique indexes that are character strings representing names and items that are also restricted to character string values. Properties objects are useful for processing bundles of application option values.

Table 5.22. Properties Class

Object

Methods inherited from the Object class

Class (Metaclass)

Methods inherited from the Class class

+ Collection (Mixin Class)

Methods inherited from the Collection class

[] (Abstract Method)	equivalent	put (Abstract Method)
[]= (Abstract Method)	hasIndex	subset
allIndexes (Abstract Method)	hasItem	supplier
allItems (Abstract Method)	index (Abstract Method)	union
at (Abstract Method)	intersection	xor
difference	items
disjoint	makeArray

+ MapCollection (Mixin Class)

Methods inherited from the MapCollection class

of (Class Method)

makeArray

putAll

Directory

Methods inherited from the Directory class

new (Class Method)

[]	hasIndex	removeEntry
[]=	hasItem	removeItem
allIndexes	index	setEntry
allItems	isEmpty	setMethod
at	items	supplier
empty	makeArray	unknown
entry	put	unsetMethod
hasEntry	remove

Properties

load (Class method)

[]=	load	setProperty
getLogical	put	setWhole
getProperty	save
getWhole	setLogical