/* -*- tab-width: 4 -*-
 *
 * Electric(tm) VLSI Design System
 *
 * File: BaseProperties.java
 *
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 */
package com.sun.electric.util;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * @author Felix Schmidt
 *
 */
public abstract class BaseProperties {

	protected Properties properties = null;
	private final String propertiesFile;


	/**
	 *
	 */
	protected BaseProperties(String fileName) {
		propertiesFile = fileName;
	}

	public void reload() throws Exception {
		this.reload(propertiesFile);
	}

	public void reload(String fileName) throws Exception {
		properties = PropertiesUtils.load(new File(fileName));
	}

	public Object getProperty(String property) {
		return properties.get(property);
	}

}
