Now there is a way to set default-values for non-existing properties

diff --git a/source/mir/config/MirPropertiesConfiguration.java b/source/mir/config/MirPropertiesConfiguration.java
index 56f1bb2..2d618e0 100755 (executable)
--- a/source/mir/config/MirPropertiesConfiguration.java
+++ b/source/mir/config/MirPropertiesConfiguration.java
@@ -55,17 +55,17 @@ public class MirPropertiesConfiguration extends PropertiesConfiguration {
   private static String contextPath;
 
   //if one of these properties is not present a new 
-  //emtpy property is added
-  private String[] needed =
+  //property is added with its default value;
+  private  static NeededProperty[] neededWithValue =
   {
-    "Producer.DocRoot", "Producer.ImageRoot", "Producer.Image.Path",
-    "Producer.Media.Path", "Producer.RealMedia.Path", "Producer.Image.IconPath"
+       new NeededProperty("Producer.DocRoot",""),
+               new NeededProperty("Producer.ImageRoot",""),
+               new NeededProperty("Producer.Image.Path",""),
+               new NeededProperty("Producer.Media.Path",""),
+               new NeededProperty("Producer.RealMedia.Path",""),
+               new NeededProperty("Producer.Image.IconPath","")
   };
 
-  //if one of these properties is not present a new 
-  //emtpy property is added
-  private String[] neededWithValue = { "" };
-
   /**
    * Constructor for MirPropertiesConfiguration.
    */
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ public class MirPropertiesConfiguration extends PropertiesConfiguration {
    * Checks if one property is missing and adds a default value
    */
   private void checkMissing() {
-    for (int i = 0; i < needed.length; i++) {
-      if (super.getProperty(needed[i]) == null) {
-        addProperty(needed[i], "");
-      }
-    }
+               for (int i = 0; i < neededWithValue.length; i++) {
+                       if (super.getProperty(neededWithValue[i].getKey()) == null) {
+                               addProperty(neededWithValue[i].getKey(), neededWithValue[i].getValue());
+                       }
+               }
   }
 
   public File getFile(String key) throws FileNotFoundException {
@@ -218,5 +218,28 @@ public class MirPropertiesConfiguration extends PropertiesConfiguration {
     public PropertiesConfigFailure(String msg, Throwable cause) {
       super(msg, cause);
     }
+    
   }
+  
+       /**
+        * A Class for properties to be checked
+        * @author idefix
+        */
+       private static class NeededProperty {
+               private String _key;
+               private String _value;
+       
+               public NeededProperty(String key, String value) {
+                       _key = key;
+                       _value = value;
+               }
+               
+               public String getKey() {
+                       return _key;
+               }
+               
+               public String getValue() {
+                       return _value;
+               }
+       }
 }