Added getProperty() method - will be accessed from Velocity class
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git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jakarta/velocity/trunk@74503 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/Runtime.java b/src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/Runtime.java
index 778b43d..69c9bd6 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/Runtime.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/Runtime.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
  * @author <a href="mailto:jvanzyl@periapt.com">Jason van Zyl</a>
  * @author <a href="mailto:jlb@houseofdistraction.com">Jeff Bowden</a>
  * @author <a href="mailto:geirm@optonline.net">Geir Magusson Jr.</a>
- * @version $Id: Runtime.java,v 1.94 2001/03/14 21:50:27 jvanzyl Exp $
+ * @version $Id: Runtime.java,v 1.95 2001/03/15 04:42:06 geirm Exp $
  */
 public class Runtime implements RuntimeConstants
 {    
@@ -300,6 +300,18 @@
     }
     
     /**
+     *  Allows an external caller to get a property.  The calling
+     *  routine is required to know the type, as this routine
+     *  will return an Object, as that is what properties can be.
+     *
+     *  @param key property to return
+     */
+    public static Object getProperty( String key )
+    {
+        return configuration.get( key );
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Initialize Velocity properties, if the default
      * properties have not been laid down first then
      * do so. Then proceed to process any overriding