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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 TMate Software Ltd
+ *  
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * For information on how to redistribute this software under
+ * the terms of a license other than GNU General Public License
+ * contact TMate Software at support@hg4j.com
+ */
+package org.tmatesoft.hg.internal;
+
+import org.tmatesoft.hg.core.SessionContext;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Artem Tikhomirov
+ * @author TMate Software Ltd.
+ */
+public class PropertyMarshal {
+	
+	private final SessionContext sessionContext;
+
+	public PropertyMarshal(SessionContext ctx) {
+		sessionContext = ctx;
+	}
+
+	public boolean getBoolean(String propertyName, boolean defaultValue) {
+		// can't use <T> and unchecked cast because got no confidence passed properties are strictly of the kind of my default values,
+		// i.e. if boolean from outside comes as "true", while I pass default as Boolean or vice versa.  
+		Object p = sessionContext.getConfigurationProperty(propertyName, defaultValue);
+		return p instanceof Boolean ? ((Boolean) p).booleanValue() : Boolean.parseBoolean(String.valueOf(p));
+	}
+	
+	public int getInt(String propertyName, int defaultValue) {
+		Object v = sessionContext.getConfigurationProperty(propertyName, defaultValue);
+		if (false == v instanceof Number) {
+			v = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(v));
+		}
+		return ((Number) v).intValue();
+	}
+}