Class FirefoxPreferencesParser

java.lang.Object

net.sourceforge.jnlp.proxy.browser.FirefoxPreferencesParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

PreferencesParser

public final class FirefoxPreferencesParser
extends Object
implements PreferencesParser

A parser for Firefox's preferences file. It can 'parse' Firefox's preferences file and expose the preferences in a simple to use format.

Sample usage:

FirefoxPreferencesParser p = new FirefoxPreferencesParser(prefsFile);
p.parse();
Map<String,String> prefs = p.getPreferences();
System.out.println("blink allowed: " + prefs.get("browser.blink_allowed"));

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private static final Logger	LOG
(package private) Map<String,String>	prefs

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FirefoxPreferencesParser()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Map<String,String>	getPreferences()	Get the firefox preferences as a map (key,value pair).
void	parse()	Parse the preferences file

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

LOG

private static final Logger LOG

prefs

Map<String,String> prefs

Constructor Details

FirefoxPreferencesParser

public FirefoxPreferencesParser()

Method Details

parse

public void parse()
           throws IOException

Parse the preferences file

Specified by:

parse in interface PreferencesParser

Throws:

IOException - if an exception occurs while reading the preferences file.

getPreferences

public Map<String,String> getPreferences()

Get the firefox preferences as a map (key,value pair). Note that all values (including integers and booleans) are stored as a string, so conversion to an appropriate type may be required.

Specified by:

getPreferences in interface PreferencesParser

Returns:

a map containing firefox' preferences