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Tyler
Tyler

Reputation: 213

apache commons configuration loads property until "," character

I want to load configuration (apache commons configuration) from a properties file. My program is:

PropertiesConfiguration pc = new PropertiesConfiguration("my.properties");
System.out.println(pc.getString("myValue"));

In my.properties I have 

 myValue=value,

with comma

When I run program the output is value, not value, with comma. Looks like value is loaded until , character.

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 19

Views: 10681

Answers (5)

kain
kain

Reputation: 274

Actually propConfig.setDelimiterParsingDisabled(true) is working, but you must load the config file after this setting, for example:

propConfig = new PropertiesConfiguration();
propConfig.setDelimiterParsingDisabled(true);
propConfig.load(propertiesFile);

Settings won't work if your code like is:

propConfig = new PropertiesConfiguration(propertiesFile);
propConfig.setDelimiterParsingDisabled(true);

Upvotes: 7

KrzyH
KrzyH

Reputation: 4326

Check Javadoc. You have to setDelimiterParsingDisabled(true) to disable parsing list of properties.

Upvotes: 10

ig0774
ig0774

Reputation: 41287

That behavior is clearly documented, i.e., that PropertiesConfiguration treats a value with a comma as multiple values allowing things like:

fruit=apples,banana,oranges

to be interpreted sensibly. The fix (from the doc) is to add a backslash to escape the comma, e.g.,

myKey=value\, with an escaped comma

Upvotes: 16

WarsClon
WarsClon

Reputation: 451

If you put \ before the ,, you escape it, and you can read the value

Example:

myValue=value\, with comma

You read = value, with comma without problems

Upvotes: 0

Karl-Bjørnar Øie
Karl-Bjørnar Øie

Reputation: 5572

PropertiesConfiguration interprets ',' as a value separator.

Upvotes: 1

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