/*   Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation
 *
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 *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
 *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 */

package org.apache.xmlbeans;

import java.util.Hashtable;


public class SystemProperties
{

	protected static Hashtable propertyH;

	public static String getProperty(String key) {
		if (propertyH == null) {
			try {
				propertyH = System.getProperties();
			} catch(SecurityException ex) {
				propertyH = new Hashtable();
				return null;
			}
		}
		return (String)propertyH.get(key);
	}

	public static String getProperty(String key, String defaultValue) {
		String result = getProperty(key);
		if (result == null)
			return defaultValue;
		return result;
	}

	public static void setPropertyH(Hashtable aPropertyH) {
		propertyH = aPropertyH;
	}

}