private boolean queryRelativeCatalogs(){
  if (resources == null)   readProperties();
  if (resources == null)   return defaultRelativeCatalogs;
  try {
    String allow=resources.getString("relative-catalogs");
    return (allow.equalsIgnoreCase("true") || allow.equalsIgnoreCase("yes") || allow.equalsIgnoreCase("1"));
  }
 catch (  MissingResourceException e) {
    return defaultRelativeCatalogs;
  }
}

private boolean queryRelativeCatalogs ( ) { if ( resources == null ) readProperties ( ) ; if ( resources == null ) return defaultRelativeCatalogs ; try { String allow = resources . getString ( "relative-catalogs" ) ; return ( allow . equalsIgnoreCase ( "true" ) || allow . equalsIgnoreCase ( "yes" ) || allow . equalsIgnoreCase ( "1" ) ) ; } catch ( MissingResourceException e ) { return defaultRelativeCatalogs ; } }
obtain the relativecatalogs setting from the properties .
