Managing configuration files with the IniFile class
The toolkit provides the following class to manipulate the entries in configuration files.
com.entrust.toolkit.utility.IniFile;See below for how to use this class.
Importing the IniFile class
Import the IniFile class into your source code.
import com.entrust.toolkit.utility.IniFile;Loading a configuration file
Create a reference to the configuration file.
IniFile properties = new IniFile(<config_file>);Specifically, the IniFile class has 3 constructors.
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Constructor |
Description |
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​public IniFile() |
Initializes a configuration file. |
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public IniFile(java.lang.String filename) |
Initializes a named configuration file. |
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public IniFile(java.io.InputStream is) |
Initializes the configuration file pointed to by the input stream. |
Reading a configuration file
Read data from the configuration file.
String to = null;String from = null;to = properties.getString("SMimeSend", "to");from = properties.getString("SMimeSend", "from");Updating a configuration file
Update the configuration file contents with methods described in the IniFile Javadoc reference.