Package org.springframework.util

Class SystemPropertyUtils

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.util.SystemPropertyUtils

public abstract class SystemPropertyUtils
extends Object

Helper class for resolving placeholders in texts. Usually applied to file paths.

A text may contain ${...} placeholders, to be resolved as system properties: e.g. ${user.dir}. Default values can be supplied using the ":" separator between key and value.

Since:

1.2.5

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Rob Harrop, Dave Syer

See Also:

• PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX
• PLACEHOLDER_SUFFIX
• System.getProperty(String)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX	Prefix for system property placeholders: "${".
static final String	PLACEHOLDER_SUFFIX	Suffix for system property placeholders: "}".
static final String	VALUE_SEPARATOR	Value separator for system property placeholders: ":".

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SystemPropertyUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	resolvePlaceholders(String text)	Resolve ${...} placeholders in the given text, replacing them with corresponding system property values.
static String	resolvePlaceholders(String text, boolean ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders)	Resolve ${...} placeholders in the given text, replacing them with corresponding system property values.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX

public static final String PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX

Prefix for system property placeholders: "${".

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

PLACEHOLDER_SUFFIX

public static final String PLACEHOLDER_SUFFIX

Suffix for system property placeholders: "}".

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

VALUE_SEPARATOR

public static final String VALUE_SEPARATOR

Value separator for system property placeholders: ":".

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

SystemPropertyUtils

public SystemPropertyUtils()

Method Details

resolvePlaceholders

public static String resolvePlaceholders(String text)

Resolve ${...} placeholders in the given text, replacing them with corresponding system property values.

Parameters:

text - the String to resolve

Returns:

the resolved String

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if there is an unresolvable placeholder

See Also:

• PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX
• PLACEHOLDER_SUFFIX

resolvePlaceholders

public static String resolvePlaceholders(String text,
 boolean ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders)

Resolve ${...} placeholders in the given text, replacing them with corresponding system property values. Unresolvable placeholders with no default value are ignored and passed through unchanged if the flag is set to true.

Parameters:

text - the String to resolve

ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders - whether unresolved placeholders are to be ignored

Returns:

the resolved String

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if there is an unresolvable placeholder

See Also:

• PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX
• and the "ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders" flag is false