From 0096257d7573c7cba3563f8cbbdabecff35ef8c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdb <mdb@6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 00:24:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added getProperties() which allows one to fetch the
 properties object associated with a particular namespace identifier.

git-svn-id: https://samskivert.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@344 6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c
---
 .../src/java/com/samskivert/util/Config.java      | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Config.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Config.java
index ff318f0e..401c1a9e 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Config.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Config.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: Config.java,v 1.6 2001/08/29 18:40:26 shaper Exp $
+// $Id: Config.java,v 1.7 2001/10/04 00:24:16 mdb Exp $
 //
 // samskivert library - useful routines for java programs
 // Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Bayne
@@ -265,6 +265,19 @@ public class Config
 	return Class.forName(getValue(name, defcname)).newInstance();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the entire properties instance bound to a particular
+     * namespace identifier.
+     *
+     * @return a properties instance that was bound to the specified
+     * namespace identifier or null if nothing is bound to that
+     * identifier.
+     */
+    public Properties getProperties (String name)
+    {
+        return (Properties)_props.get(name);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns an iterator that returns all of the configuration keys that
      * match the specified prefix. The prefix should at least contain a