API for java-utils - clojure-contrib v1.3 (in development)

(ns your-namespace
  (:require clojure.contrib.java-utils))

Overview

A set of utilties for dealing with Java stuff like files and properties.

Design goals:

(1) Ease-of-use. These APIs should be convenient. Performance is secondary.

(2) Duck typing. I hate having to think about the difference between
    a string that names a file, and a File. Ditto for a ton of other 
    wrapper classes in the Java world (URL, InternetAddress). With these
    APIs you should be able to think about domain equivalence, not type
    equivalence.

(3) No bossiness. I am not marking any of these functions as private
    the docstrings will tell you the intended usage but do what works for you. 					

Feedback welcome!

If something in this module violates the principle of least surprise, please 
let me (Stu) and the Clojure community know via the mailing list.
Contributors:

Stuart Halloway
Stephen C. Gilardi
Shawn Hoover
Perry Trolard
Stuart Sierra

Public Variables and Functions

Usage: (as-properties m)

Convert any seq of pairs to a java.utils.Properties instance.
Uses name to convert both keys and values into strings.

Usage: (get-system-property stringable)
       (get-system-property stringable default)

Get a system property.

Usage: (read-properties file-able)

Read properties from file-able.

Usage: (set-system-properties settings)

Set some system properties. Nil clears a property.

Usage: (with-system-properties settings & body)

setting => property-name value

Sets the system properties to the supplied values, executes the body, and
sets the properties back to their original values. Values of nil are
translated to a clearing of the property.

Usage: (write-properties m file-able)
       (write-properties m file-able comments)

Write properties to file-able.