private int queryVerbosity ( ) { String verbStr = System . getProperty ( pVerbosity ) ; if ( verbStr == null ) { if ( resources == null ) readProperties ( ) ; if ( resources == null ) return defaultVerbosity ; try { verbStr = resources . getString ( "verbosity" ) ; } catch ( MissingResourceException e ) { return defaultVerbosity ; } } try { int verb = Integer . parseInt ( verbStr . trim ( ) ) ; return verb ; } catch ( Exception e ) { System . err . println ( "Cannot parse verbosity: \"" + verbStr + "\"" ) ; return defaultVerbosity ; } }
Obtain the verbosity setting from the properties .