gcc/libjava/gnu/classpath/SystemProperties.java

/* SystemProperties.java -- Manage the System properties.
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package gnu.classpath;

import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * The class manages the System properties. This class is only available to
 * privileged code (i.e. code loaded by the bootstrap class loader) and
 * therefore doesn't do any security checks.
 * This class is separated out from java.lang.System to simplify bootstrap
 * dependencies and to allow trusted code a simple and efficient mechanism
 * to access the system properties.
 */
public class SystemProperties
{
  /**
   * Stores the current system properties. This can be modified by
   * {@link #setProperties(Properties)}, but will never be null, because
   * setProperties(null) sucks in the default properties.
   */
  private static Properties properties;

  /**
   * The default properties. Once the default is stabilized,
   * it should not be modified;
   * instead it is cloned when calling <code>setProperties(null)</code>.
   */
  private static final Properties defaultProperties = new Properties();

  private static native void insertSystemProperties(Properties properties);

  static
  {
    insertSystemProperties(defaultProperties);

    defaultProperties.put("gnu.classpath.version",
                          Configuration.CLASSPATH_VERSION);

    // Set base URL if not already set.
    if (defaultProperties.get("gnu.classpath.home.url") == null)
      defaultProperties.put("gnu.classpath.home.url",
			    "file://"
			    + defaultProperties.get("gnu.classpath.home")
	                    + "/lib");

    // Set short name if not already set.
    if (defaultProperties.get("gnu.classpath.vm.shortname") == null)
      {
	String value = defaultProperties.getProperty("java.vm.name");
	int index = value.lastIndexOf(' ');
	if (index != -1)
	  value = value.substring(index + 1);
	defaultProperties.put("gnu.classpath.vm.shortname", value);
      }

    // Network properties
    if (defaultProperties.get("http.agent") == null)
      {
	String userAgent = ("gnu-classpath/"
	                    + defaultProperties.getProperty("gnu.classpath.version")
	                    + " ("
	                    + defaultProperties.getProperty("gnu.classpath.vm.shortname")
	                    + "/"
	                    + defaultProperties.getProperty("java.vm.version")
	                    + ")");
	 defaultProperties.put("http.agent", userAgent);
      }

    defaultProperties.put("gnu.cpu.endian",
			  isWordsBigEndian() ? "big" : "little");

    // XXX FIXME - Temp hack for old systems that set the wrong property
    if (defaultProperties.get("java.io.tmpdir") == null)
      defaultProperties.put("java.io.tmpdir",
                            defaultProperties.get("java.tmpdir"));

    // Note that we use clone here and not new.  Some programs assume
    // that the system properties do not have a parent.
    properties = (Properties) defaultProperties.clone();
  }

  public static String getProperty(String name)
  {
    return properties.getProperty(name);
  }

  public static String getProperty(String name, String defaultValue)
  {
    return properties.getProperty(name, defaultValue);
  }

  public static String setProperty(String name, String value)
  {
    return (String) properties.setProperty(name, value);
  }

  public static Properties getProperties()
  {
    return properties;
  }

  public static void setProperties(Properties properties)
  {
    if (properties == null)
      {
        // Note that we use clone here and not new.  Some programs
        // assume that the system properties do not have a parent.
        properties = (Properties)defaultProperties.clone();
      }

    SystemProperties.properties = properties;
  }

  /**
   * Detect big-endian systems.
   *
   * @return true if the system is big-endian.
   */
  private static native boolean isWordsBigEndian();

  /**
   * Removes the supplied system property and its current value.
   * If the specified property does not exist, nothing happens.
   * 
   * @throws NullPointerException if the property name is null.
   * @return the value of the removed property, or null if no
   *         such property exists.
   */
  public static String remove(String name)
  {
    return (String) properties.remove(name);
  }

}