diff -r 000000000000 -r bb6990c0dd1a org/sonews/util/StringTemplate.java
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+++ b/org/sonews/util/StringTemplate.java	Thu Aug 20 14:31:19 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.util;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Class that allows simple String template handling.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/0.5.0
+ */
+public class StringTemplate 
+{
+
+  private String              str               = null;
+  private String              templateDelimiter = "%";
+  private Map<String, String> templateValues    = new HashMap<String, String>();
+  
+  public StringTemplate(String str, final String templateDelimiter)
+  {
+    if(str == null || templateDelimiter == null)
+    {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("null arguments not allowed");
+    }
+
+    this.str               = str;
+    this.templateDelimiter = templateDelimiter;
+  }
+  
+  public StringTemplate(String str)
+  {
+    this(str, "%");
+  }
+  
+  public StringTemplate set(String template, String value)
+  {
+    if(template == null || value == null)
+    {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("null arguments not allowed");
+    }
+    
+    this.templateValues.put(template, value);
+    return this;
+  }
+  
+  public StringTemplate set(String template, long value)
+  {
+    return set(template, Long.toString(value));
+  }
+  
+  public StringTemplate set(String template, double value)
+  {
+    return set(template, Double.toString(value));
+  }
+  
+  public StringTemplate set(String template, Object obj)
+  {
+    if(template == null || obj == null)
+    {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("null arguments not allowed");
+    }
+
+    return set(template, obj.toString());
+  }
+  
+  @Override
+  public String toString()
+  {
+    String ret = str;
+
+    for(String key : this.templateValues.keySet())
+    {
+      String value = this.templateValues.get(key);
+      ret = ret.replace(templateDelimiter + key, value);
+    }
+    
+    return ret;
+  }
+
+}