Thread: how to code a work around for a missing class

[QUOTE=Norm;170906]Where is the variable: properties given a value? In other words: Where is it to the left of an =?

public class BM_mod10 implements IStrategy {
    //
    private         Vector<Stg_Base>     strategies;        
    private            boolean           mInitialized  = false;
    private            long              mTimeInfoS    = 0;
    private            long              mTimeLev      = 0;
    private static final     boolean           testing          = false;
    /**
     * Interface to the main engine, that allows orders submission, merging etc
     */
    private static    IEngine           engine         = null;
        /**
     * Methods of this interface allows to retrieve account information such as
     * current equity
     */
    private static final    IAccount          account        = null;
    /**
     * The IHistory interface represents API for historical data
     * access.
     */
    private static final    IHistory          history        = null;
    private static    IConsole          console        = null;
    private static    IContext          context        = null;
    //Instantiating the properties file
    public static     Properties        properties     = new Properties();
    public  static    Logger            logger         = null;

I have asked so many questions that you have skipped or ignored, I do not know which one this is an answer to.
Please explain.[COLOR="Silver"]

no - in answer to question:-Have you tried adding the source for a Properties class with the required methods to the source of one of your programs that uses Properties class?

That's where I am at a loss

All I understand is that I need to create a properties class which has 3 methods
putProperty(), getProperty() and containsKeyProperty()
The first should be identical to the existing java putProperty() with both arguments being strings
The second needs to cater for the second argument being either an integer, a double or a boolean value
The third, I am unsure

re your second point:-

That is exactly what I have coded in the meantime
I have commented out all the put, get, containsKey code

and have a whole lot of variable = value lines

It is just that I am unsure that the correct variables are getting the correct values

Do you think the whole properties exercise is not necessary?

--- Update ---

an example of what I have at the moment

            // STATIC properties
/*            gebAmount           = BM_mod10.properties.getProperty("strategy.gebAmount",0.01);
            gebMaxOrders        = BM_mod10.properties.getProperty("strategy.gebMaxOrders", 1);                
            gebRatGoal          = BM_mod10.properties.getProperty("strategy.gebRatGoal", 60);
            gebRatStop          = BM_mod10.properties.getProperty("strategy.gebRatStop", 100);
            gebRatTrailing      = BM_mod10.properties.getProperty("strategy.gebRatTrailing", 0);
            gebOrderWithLimit   = BM_mod10.properties.getProperty("strategy.gebOrderWithLimit", true);
            gebOrderToRun       = BM_mod10.properties.getProperty("strategy.gebOrderToRun", false);
            gebReEnter          = BM_mod10.properties.getProperty("strategy.gebReEnter", true);
*/
            gebAmount           = 0.01;
            gebMaxOrders        = 1;                
            gebRatGoal          = 60;
            gebRatStop          = 100;
            gebRatTrailing      = 0;
            gebOrderWithLimit   = true;
            gebOrderToRun       = false;
            gebReEnter          = true;

Norm

Thank you for expending so much energy in trying to unravel my brain

I need to go away and convince myself that removing the whole property concept and hard-coding the values results in the same set of variable values

I shall come back if I find it hard to do that exercise successfully

Bob M
New Zealand

p.s. I am 75 years young

You were correct Norm,
Of all the many variables, only 3 have different values depending on the currency pair traded
One a boolean and the other two integer values
Now hard coded...........
All good

Bob M
Dunedin, NZ