[DBUTILS-22] [dbutils] QueryLoader.loadQueries() should be protected

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.1

Environment

Operating System: other
Platform: All

• Bugzilla Id: 31460
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sam Gendler
• Created: 29/Sep/04 07:41
• Updated: 02/Jan/08 07:29
• Resolved: 02/Jan/08 07:29

Description

Those of us who don't want to use traditional java properties files to store properties have no way to
utilize the QueryLoader (I am using XML, for instance, which can be parsed into a subclass of
Properties if so desired). It would be sufficient to make loadQueries() protected instead of private, so I
can overload that one method, but it would be nicer to be able to specify a class which adheres to some
interface (contains load(InputStream is) would be sufficient), which will be instantiated by the
QueryLoader for reading 'properties.' Or alternatively, at least for my use, the ability to specify a
Properties instance would also work. Regardless, the absolute dependance on a traditional properties
file is totally limiting for use of the class, and as soon as loadQueries() becomes protected, I can remove
the duplicate source code from my code repository and just inherit from QueryLoader.