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AndreaNobili
AndreaNobili

Reputation: 42957

How exactly works this properties file that "include" some other properties file?

I have the following doubt related a Java properties file.

Into a project I have a config.properties file that contains something like these lines:

Mailer=C:/Projects/MY-PROJECT/src/config/mailer.properties
Upload=C:/Projects/MY-PROJECT/src/config/upload.xml
Soap=C:/Projects/MY-PROJECT/src/config/soap.xml
Libretto=C:/Projects/MY-PROJECT/src/config/libretto.properties

So what is the exact meaning of these lines into a properties file? I think that is how I am including the content of 2 .properties file (mailer.properties and libretto.properties) and of 2 .xml file (upload.xml and soap.xml)

Is it right or is it a wrong interpretation?

Tnx

Upvotes: 0

Views: 84

Answers (1)

AlexR
AlexR

Reputation: 115338

Properties is a very simple format and does not support any kind of import. Such logic (if required) must be implemented at application level.

This means that exact meaning of properties file snippet that you posted can be discovered by examining code of your application. I suppose that this file contains references to other files, so somewhere in your application exists code that parses this file, extracts paths to other files and reads them too.

Upvotes: 3

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