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//**************************************
// Name: config
// Description:Code read optionvalue from file.
when i started to program with java
i search long time samples to this.
here is my sollution.
if someone knows better post it here.
// By: Petri Kunnari
//
// Inputs:you can call method roption( string whatoption , string file )from this class
option-file type:
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option1=value1
option2=value2
etc....
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//
// Returns:method roption return optionvalue as String
//
// Assumes:make you own class
for example you whant read integer option called numbers from file file.cfg:
include something like this 
config cfg = new config();
Integer ingr = new Integer(cfg.roption( "numbers" , "file.cfg"));
int number = ingr.intValue();
//
// Side Effects:don't know any!!
//
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// class config 
// Petri Kunnari 1999
// petri.kunnari@oulu.fi
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.lang.*;
public class config 
{
	// read option from file
	// returns option value
	public String roption( String what , String file) throws IOException
	{
	String w=what; 
	String f=file; 
	String optionline;
	
	FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f);
	Properties prop = new Properties();	
	prop.load(fis);	
	optionline = prop.getProperty(w);
	//System.out.println(optionline);
	return(optionline);
	}
}