From: jprocter <Jim Procter>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:20:56 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: default value boolean parameter getter
X-Git-Tag: Release_2_5~53
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=86d8388406a8e90e7af3b2bc4fd1b796c6a673c4;p=jalview.git

default value boolean parameter getter
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diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/JalviewLite.java b/src/jalview/bin/JalviewLite.java
index 7ae85dc..43f7f19 100755
--- a/src/jalview/bin/JalviewLite.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/JalviewLite.java
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ public class JalviewLite extends Applet
 
         newAlignFrame.statusBar.setText("Successfully loaded file "
                 + file);
-
+        
         String treeFile = applet.getParameter("tree");
         if (treeFile == null)
         {
@@ -1194,4 +1194,24 @@ public class JalviewLite extends Applet
   {
     this.separator = separator;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * get boolean value of applet parameter 'name' and return default if parameter is not set 
+   * @param name name of paremeter
+   * @param def the value to return otherwise
+   * @return true or false
+   */
+  public boolean getDefaultParameter(String name, boolean def)
+  {
+    String stn;
+   if ((stn=getParameter(name)) == null)
+   {
+     return def;
+   }
+   if (stn.toLowerCase().equals("true"))
+   {
+     return true;
+   }
+   return false;
+  }
 }