1 files changed, 28 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/connectivity/qa/connectivity/tools/DataSource.java b/connectivity/qa/connectivity/tools/DataSource.java
index 221ada3cb487..5c06f7d69622 100644
--- a/connectivity/qa/connectivity/tools/DataSource.java
+++ b/connectivity/qa/connectivity/tools/DataSource.java
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ public class DataSource
         return m_dataSource;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * retrieves the data source's settings
+     */
+    public XPropertySet geSettings()
+    {
+        return UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XPropertySet.class, impl_getPropertyValue( "Settings" ) );
+    }
+
     /** creates a query with a given name and SQL command
      */
     public void createQuery(final String _name, final String _sqlCommand) throws ElementExistException, WrappedTargetException, com.sun.star.lang.IllegalArgumentException
@@ -121,25 +129,35 @@ public class DataSource
         return suppQueries.getQueryDefinitions();
     }
 
-    /** returns the name of the data source
-     *
-     * If a data source is registered at the database context, the name is the registration
-     * name. Otherwise, its the URL which the respective database document is based on.
-     *
-     * Note that the above definition is from the UNO API, not from this wrapper here.
+    /**
+     * retrieves a property value from the data source
+     * @param i_propertyName
+     *      the name of the property whose value is to be returned.
      */
-    public String getName()
+    private Object impl_getPropertyValue( final String i_propertyName )
     {
-        String name = null;
+        Object propertyValue = null;
         try
         {
             final XPropertySet dataSourceProps = UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XPropertySet.class, m_dataSource );
-            name = (String) dataSourceProps.getPropertyValue("Name");
+            propertyValue = dataSourceProps.getPropertyValue( i_propertyName );
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             Logger.getLogger(DataSource.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
         }
-        return name;
+        return propertyValue;
+    }
+
+    /** returns the name of the data source
+     *
+     * If a data source is registered at the database context, the name is the registration
+     * name. Otherwise, its the URL which the respective database document is based on.
+     *
+     * Note that the above definition is from the UNO API, not from this wrapper here.
+     */
+    public String getName()
+    {
+        return (String)impl_getPropertyValue( "Name" );
     }
 };