ingo@1022: /*
ingo@1022:  * Copyright (c) 2010 by Intevation GmbH
ingo@1022:  *
ingo@1022:  * This program is free software under the LGPL (>=v2.1)
ingo@1022:  * Read the file LGPL.txt coming with the software for details
ingo@1022:  * or visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ if it does not exist.
ingo@1022:  */
ingo@1022: 
tim@3: package de.intevation.gnv.propertiesreader;
tim@36: 
tim@3: /**
ingo@690:  * An interface that defines a single method to retrieve properties specified by
ingo@690:  * a key.
ingo@690:  *
sascha@684:  * @author <a href="mailto:tim.englich@intevation.de">Tim Englich</a>
tim@3:  */
tim@3: public interface PropertiesReader {
tim@36: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Retrieves a property by the given <i>ke<</i>.
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @param key The key of a property.
ingo@690:      * @param defaultValue The default value which is returned if no property
ingo@690:      * is found by <i>key</i>.
ingo@690:      * @return the value of a property.
ingo@690:      */
tim@3:     public String getPropertieValue(String key, String defaultValue);
tim@3: }
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