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Class OptionConverter</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public class <B>OptionConverter</B><DT>extends java.lang.Object</DL>
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A convenience class to convert property values to specific types.
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<DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
  <DD>Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;, Simon Kitching;, Anders Kristensen</DD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/log4j/helpers/OptionConverter.html#concatanateArrays(java.lang.String[], java.lang.String[])">concatanateArrays</A></B>(java.lang.String[]&nbsp;l,
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/log4j/helpers/OptionConverter.html#convertSpecialChars(java.lang.String)">convertSpecialChars</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;s)</CODE>

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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/log4j/helpers/OptionConverter.html#findAndSubst(java.lang.String, java.util.Properties)">findAndSubst</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Find the value corresponding to <code>key</code> in
     <code>props</code>.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Very similar to <code>System.getProperty</code> except
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Instantiate an object given a class name.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Configure log4j given a URL.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Perform variable substitution in string <code>val</code> from the
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If <code>value</code> is "true", then <code>true</code> is
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Converts a standard or custom priority level to a Level
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<A NAME="concatanateArrays(java.lang.String[], java.lang.String[])"><!-- --></A><H3>
concatanateArrays</H3>
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public static java.lang.String[] <B>concatanateArrays</B>(java.lang.String[]&nbsp;l,
                                                   java.lang.String[]&nbsp;r)</PRE>
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convertSpecialChars</H3>
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public static java.lang.String <B>convertSpecialChars</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;s)</PRE>
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getSystemProperty</H3>
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public static java.lang.String <B>getSystemProperty</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key,
                                                 java.lang.String&nbsp;def)</PRE>
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<DD>Very similar to <code>System.getProperty</code> except
     that the <CODE>SecurityException</CODE> is hidden.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - The key to search for.<DD><CODE>def</CODE> - The default value to return.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the string value of the system property, or the default
     value if there is no property with that key.<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
  <DD>1.1</DD>
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instantiateByKey</H3>
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public static java.lang.Object <B>instantiateByKey</B>(java.util.Properties&nbsp;props,
                                                java.lang.String&nbsp;key,
                                                java.lang.Class&nbsp;superClass,
                                                java.lang.Object&nbsp;defaultValue)</PRE>
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toBoolean</H3>
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public static boolean <B>toBoolean</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;value,
                                boolean&nbsp;dEfault)</PRE>
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<DD>If <code>value</code> is "true", then <code>true</code> is
     returned. If <code>value</code> is "false", then
     <code>true</code> is returned. Otherwise, <code>default</code> is
     returned.

     <p>Case of value is unimportant.
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<A NAME="toInt(java.lang.String, int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
toInt</H3>
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public static int <B>toInt</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;value,
                        int&nbsp;dEfault)</PRE>
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<A NAME="toLevel(java.lang.String, org.apache.log4j.Level)"><!-- --></A><H3>
toLevel</H3>
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public static <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/log4j/Level.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Level</A> <B>toLevel</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;value,
                            <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/log4j/Level.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Level</A>&nbsp;defaultValue)</PRE>
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<DD>Converts a standard or custom priority level to a Level
     object.  <p> If <code>value</code> is of form
     "level#classname", then the specified class' toLevel method
     is called to process the specified level string; if no '#'
     character is present, then the default <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/log4j/Level.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j"><CODE>Level</CODE></A>
     class is used to process the level value.

     <p>As a special case, if the <code>value</code> parameter is
     equal to the string "NULL", then the value <code>null</code> will
     be returned.

     <p> If any error occurs while converting the value to a level,
     the <code>defaultValue</code> parameter, which may be
     <code>null</code>, is returned.

     <p> Case of <code>value</code> is insignificant for the level level, but is
     significant for the class name part, if present.
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
  <DD>1.1</DD>
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<A NAME="toFileSize(java.lang.String, long)"><!-- --></A><H3>
toFileSize</H3>
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public static long <B>toFileSize</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;value,
                              long&nbsp;dEfault)</PRE>
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findAndSubst</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.String <B>findAndSubst</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key,
                                            java.util.Properties&nbsp;props)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Find the value corresponding to <code>key</code> in
     <code>props</code>. Then perform variable substitution on the
     found value.
<P>
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<A NAME="instantiateByClassName(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class, java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3>
instantiateByClassName</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.Object <B>instantiateByClassName</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;className,
                                                      java.lang.Class&nbsp;superClass,
                                                      java.lang.Object&nbsp;defaultValue)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Instantiate an object given a class name. Check that the
     <code>className</code> is a subclass of
     <code>superClass</code>. If that test fails or the object could
     not be instantiated, then <code>defaultValue</code> is returned.
<P>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>className</CODE> - The fully qualified class name of the object to instantiate.<DD><CODE>superClass</CODE> - The class to which the new object should belong.<DD><CODE>defaultValue</CODE> - The object to return in case of non-fulfillment</DL>
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<A NAME="substVars(java.lang.String, java.util.Properties)"><!-- --></A><H3>
substVars</H3>
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public static java.lang.String <B>substVars</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;val,
                                         java.util.Properties&nbsp;props)
                                  throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Perform variable substitution in string <code>val</code> from the
     values of keys found in the system propeties.

     <p>The variable substitution delimeters are <b>${</b> and <b>}</b>.

     <p>For example, if the System properties contains "key=value", then
     the call
     <pre>
     String s = OptionConverter.substituteVars("Value of key is ${key}.");
     </pre>

     will set the variable <code>s</code> to "Value of key is value.".

     <p>If no value could be found for the specified key, then the
     <code>props</code> parameter is searched, if the value could not
     be found there, then substitution defaults to the empty string.

     <p>For example, if system propeties contains no value for the key
     "inexistentKey", then the call

     <pre>
     String s = OptionConverter.subsVars("Value of inexistentKey is [${inexistentKey}]");
     </pre>
     will set <code>s</code> to "Value of inexistentKey is []"

     <p>An <CODE>IllegalArgumentException</CODE> is thrown if
     <code>val</code> contains a start delimeter "${" which is not
     balanced by a stop delimeter "}". </p>

     <p><b>Author</b> Avy Sharell</a></p>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>val</CODE> - The string on which variable substitution is performed.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</CODE> - if <code>val</code> is malformed.</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="selectAndConfigure(java.net.URL, java.lang.String, org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggerRepository)"><!-- --></A><H3>
selectAndConfigure</H3>
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public static void <B>selectAndConfigure</B>(java.net.URL&nbsp;url,
                                      java.lang.String&nbsp;clazz,
                                      <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggerRepository.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi">LoggerRepository</A>&nbsp;hierarchy)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Configure log4j given a URL.

     <p>The url must point to a file or resource which will be interpreted by
     a new instance of a log4j configurator.

     <p>All configurations steps are taken on the
     <code>hierarchy</code> passed as a parameter.

     <p>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>url</CODE> - The location of the configuration file or resource.<DD><CODE>clazz</CODE> - The classname, of the log4j configurator which will parse
     the file or resource at <code>url</code>. This must be a subclass of
     <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Configurator.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi"><CODE>Configurator</CODE></A>, or null. If this value is null then a default
     configurator of <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/log4j/PropertyConfigurator.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j"><CODE>PropertyConfigurator</CODE></A> is used, unless the
     filename pointed to by <code>url</code> ends in '.xml', in which case
     <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/log4j/xml/DOMConfigurator.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.xml"><CODE>DOMConfigurator</CODE></A> is used.<DD><CODE>hierarchy</CODE> - The <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/log4j/Hierarchy.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j"><CODE>Hierarchy</CODE></A> to act on.<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
  <DD>1.1.4</DD>
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