diff -r 000000000000 -r 2541bdb54cb2 org/sonews/config/AbstractConfig.java
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+++ b/org/sonews/config/AbstractConfig.java	Wed Aug 26 10:47:51 2009 +0200
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+/*
+ *   SONEWS News Server
+ *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.sonews.config;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for Config and BootstrapConfig.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/0.5.0
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractConfig 
+{
+  
+  public abstract String get(String key, String defVal);
+  
+  public int get(final String key, final int defVal)
+  {
+    return Integer.parseInt(
+      get(key, Integer.toString(defVal)));
+  }
+  
+  public boolean get(String key, boolean defVal)
+  {
+    String val = get(key, Boolean.toString(defVal));
+    return Boolean.parseBoolean(val);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a long config value specified via the given key.
+   * @param key
+   * @param defVal
+   * @return
+   */
+  public long get(String key, long defVal)
+  {
+    String val = get(key, Long.toString(defVal));
+    return Long.parseLong(val);
+  }
+
+  protected abstract void set(String key, String val);
+  
+}