JAL-3633 refactored/simplified LaunchUtils code

[jalview.git] / getdown / src / getdown / core / src / main / java / jalview / bin / LaunchUtils.java

diff --git a/getdown/src/getdown/core/src/main/java/jalview/bin/LaunchUtils.java b/getdown/src/getdown/core/src/main/java/jalview/bin/LaunchUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644 (file)
index 89d6069..0000000
--- a/getdown/src/getdown/core/src/main/java/jalview/bin/LaunchUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-package jalview.bin;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Properties;
-
-import jalview.util.ChannelProperties;
-
-public class LaunchUtils
-{
-
-  private static Properties userPreferences = null;
-
-  public static String getUserPreference(String key)
-  {
-    if (userPreferences == null)
-    {
-      String channelPrefsFilename = ChannelProperties
-              .getProperty("preferences.filename");
-      String propertiesFile = System.getProperty("user.home")
-              + File.separatorChar + channelPrefsFilename;
-      try
-      {
-        userPreferences = new Properties();
-        userPreferences.load(new FileInputStream(propertiesFile));
-      } catch (FileNotFoundException e)
-      {
-        // didn't find user preferences file
-        return null;
-      } catch (IOException e)
-      {
-        System.err.println(e.getMessage());
-        return null;
-      }
-    }
-    return userPreferences.getProperty(key);
-  }
-
-}