package uk.ac.vamsas.objects.utils;

import uk.ac.vamsas.objects.core.Property;

public class Properties {
  public static Property newProperty(String name, String type, String content)
  {
    Property vProperty = new Property();
    vProperty.setName(name);
    if (type != null)
    {
      vProperty.setType(type);
    }
    else
    {
      vProperty.setType(STRINGTYPE);
    }
    vProperty.setContent(content);
    return vProperty;
  }
  public static String STRINGTYPE="string";
  public static String FLOATTYPE="float";
  public static String INTEGERTYPE="integer";
  
  public boolean isString(Property p)
  {
    return isType(p, STRINGTYPE);
  }

  /**
   * 
   * @param p the property to test for type
   * @param typeString one of the string constants in this class
   * @return true if p is of type 'typeString'
   */
  public boolean isType(Property p, String typeString) {
    return (p==null) ? false : (p.getType().toLowerCase().equals(typeString));
  }
  
}