How to select several properties for specific name - spring

Question

I am working on a web project using Spring and Spring MVC.
I have a feature that is the same for 3 different elements (which are available in dropdown in view). Only two parameters change for each item. I decided to put these elements and parameters in a .properties file to permit the user change them. So for example in my .properties I have the following:
FC
fcUuid=11111111111111111
fcTag=tag1
AC
itUuid=22222222222222222
itTag=tag2
IT
acUuid=333333333333333333
acTag=tag3
For the moment I am able to retrieve each element separately.
For example:
String communityUuid = SpringPropertiesUtil.getProperty("fcUuid");
(SpringPropertiesUtil extends PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer)
But my question is: how can I retrieve all the parameters relative to one element?
For example the user selects "FC", how in my service layer can I retrieve both fcUuid and fcTag parameters?
Of course I can do something like:
if(param="FC"){
String communityUuid = SpringPropertiesUtil.getProperty("fcUuid");
String communityTag = SpringPropertiesUtil.getProperty("fcTag");
} else if (param="AC"){...}
But I don't want to do that because the user can add elements so I would have to modify the code each time.
I would like something like:
String communityUuid = SpringPropertiesUtil.getProperties(param[0]);
String tagUuid = SpringPropertiesUtil.getProperties(param[1]);
Or even better:
String communityUuid = SpringPropertiesUtil.getProperties(param[uuid]);
String tagUuid = SpringPropertiesUtil.getProperties(param[tag]);

Answer 1

You need customize how to handle properties into map that you need. You can do like :
#group your properites
uiValues=\
FC={fcUuid:11111111111111111},{fcTag : tag1}&&\
AC={itUuid : 22222222222222222},{itTag : tag2}&&\
IT={acUuid:333333333333333333},{acTag:tag3}
#Component
public class ConfigProperties {
//FC=...&&AC=....&&IT=....
private static final String GROUP_SPLITTER = "&&";
private static final String GROUP_VALUES_MARKER = "=";
private static final String START_VALUES_IN_GROUP = "{";
private static final String END_VALUES_IN_GROUP = "}";
private static final String VALUES_SPLITTER= ",";
private static final String KEY_VALUE_SPLITTER= ":";
#Value("#{T(current current package .ConfigProperties).
decodeMap('${uiValues}')}")
private Map<String,Values> map;
/**
if(param="FC"){
String communityUuid = SpringPropertiesUtil.getProperty("fcUuid");
String communityTag = SpringPropertiesUtil.getProperty("fcTag");
}
#Autowired
ConfigProperties configProperties;
String communityUuid = configProperties.getValue("FC","fcUuid");
String communityTag = configProperties.getValue("FC","fcTag");
*/
public String getValue(String key , String property){
//add check for null
Values values= map.get(key);
if (values == null){
return "";
}
for (Tuple tuple : values.tuples){
if (tuple.key.equals(property)){
return tuple.value;
}
}
return "";
}
public List<String> getProperties(String key){
//add check for null
List<String> properties = new ArrayList<>();
Values values= map.get(key);
//add check for null
for (Tuple tuple : values.tuples){
properties.add(tuple.key);
}
return properties;
}
public static Map<String, Values> decodeMap(String value) {
//add validator for value format
boolean isValid = true;
if(!isValid){
return new HashMap<>();
}
Map<String, Values> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
String[] groups = value.split(GROUP_SPLITTER);
for (String group : groups) {
String[] values = splitToKeyAndValues(group.split(GROUP_VALUES_MARKER)[1]);
String key = group.substring(0,group.indexOf(GROUP_VALUES_MARKER));
map.put(key, getValues(values));
}
return map;
}
private static Values getValues(String[] parts) {
Values values = new Values();
for (int i=0;i<parts.length;i++){
values.tuples.add(getTuple(parts[i]));
}
return values;
}
private static Tuple getTuple(String parts) {
Tuple tuple = new Tuple();
parts = parts.substring(1,parts.length()-1);
tuple.key= parts.split(KEY_VALUE_SPLITTER)[0];
tuple.value= parts.split(KEY_VALUE_SPLITTER)[1];
return tuple;
}
static String[] splitToKeyAndValues(String valuesInGroup) {
return valuesInGroup.split(VALUES_SPLITTER);
}
}
class Values{
List<Tuple> tuples = new ArrayList<>();
}
class Tuple{
String key;
String value;
}

Answer 2

With the help of one of my colleagues I managed to realize that. This is how I proceeded:
In my .properties file I changed the data format, now it looks like:
#FC
clientApplications[0].name=FC
clientApplications[0].communityId=00000000000000
clientApplications[0].tag=tag0
#AC
clientApplications[1].name=AC
clientApplications[1].communityId=11111111111111
clientApplications[1].tag=tag1
etc...
I created a bean named ClientApplication (FC, AC and IT are applications) with 3 attributes (name, communityId and tag)
I created a class named ApplicationStore that stores all the applications present in the propertiesfile in the form of ClientApplication objects and that provides a get method which returns a ClientApplication according to the name of the app.
#Component("applicationStore")
public class ApplicationStore {
private Map<String, ClientApplication> map;
public void put(String key, ClientApplication value) {
map.put(key, value);
}
public ClientApplication get(String key) {
return map.get(key);
}
public ApplicationStore() {
int i = 0;
map = new HashMap<String, ClientApplication>();
while (SpringPropertiesUtil.getProperty("clientApplications[" + i + "].name") != null) {
ClientApplication ca = new ClientApplication();
ca.setName(SpringPropertiesUtil.getProperty("clientApplications[" + i + "].name"));
ca.setCommunityId(SpringPropertiesUtil.getProperty("clientApplications[" + i + "].communityId"));
ca.setTag(SpringPropertiesUtil.getProperty("clientApplications[" + i + "].tag"));
map.put(ca.getName(), ca);
i++;
}
}
}
With that I only have to add this to my service layer:
#Service("aService")
public class AServiceImpl implements AService {
#Autowired
private ApplicationStore apps;
private String communityUuid;
private String communityTag;
#Override
public void aMethod(String appName) trhows Exception {
ClientApplication ca = new ClientApplication();
ca = apps.get(appName);
communityUuid = ca.getCommunityId();
communityTag = ca.getTag();
System.out.println("Application for key " + app + " : " + ca);
System.out.println("communityUuid: " + communityUuid);
System.out.println("communityTag:" + communityTag);
}
}