Re: Reading a properties file so that keys can be retrieved in order

laredotornado@zipmail.com wrote:


<sscce source="com/lewscanon/eegee/Properteer.java">
/* Properteer.java
  * $Id$
  */
package com.lewscanon.eegee;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
  * Properteer.
  */
public class Properteer
{
     private static final String PROPFILE = "properteer.properties";

     /**
      * main.
      * @param args String [] command arguments.
      */
     public static void main( String [] args )
     {
         Reader propReader = new InputStreamReader(
                 Properteer.class.getResourceAsStream( PROPFILE ));

         assert propReader != null;

         Properties props = new Properties();
         try
         {
             props.load( propReader );
         }
         catch ( IOException exc )
         {
             final String msg = "Unable to load properties: "
                 + exc.getLocalizedMessage();
             System.err.println( msg );
             IllegalStateException rethrow = new IllegalStateException( msg,
exc );
             throw rethrow;
         }
         finally
         {
             close( propReader );
         }

         System.out.println( "size "+ props.size() +": " );
         System.out.println( "------" );
         System.out.println( "native order" );
         for ( Map.Entry <?, ?> entry : props.entrySet() )
         {
             System.out.println( entry.getValue().toString() );
         }
         System.out.println( "------" );

         System.out.println( "forced order" );
         for ( Orderer ord : Orderer.values() )
         {
             System.out.println( props.get( ord.toString() ));
         }
         System.out.println( "------" );
         System.out.println();

     }

     static void close( Closeable closeable )
     {
         assert closeable != null; // package-private - cannot accept null
         try
         {
             closeable.close();
         }
         catch ( IOException exc )
         {
             final String msg = "Unable: "+ exc.getLocalizedMessage();
             System.err.println( msg );
        }
     }

     enum Orderer
     {
         FOO("foo"), BAR("bar"), BAZ("baz"), QUX("qux"), ;

         private final String handle;

         Orderer( String han )
         {
             this.handle = han;
         }

         @Override
         public final String toString()
         {
             return this.handle;
         }

         /**
          * fromString - convert from {@code String} to {@code Orderer}.
          * Tries custom strings first, then defaults to {@code valueOf()}.
          * @param han String to convert.
          * @return Orderer matching the input, or {@code null} if no match.
          */
         public static Orderer fromString( String han )
         {
             if ( han == null )
             {
                 return null;
             }
             for ( Orderer inst : values() )
             {
                 if ( han.equals( inst.toString() ) )
                 {
                     return inst;
                 }
             }
             return valueOf( han );
         }
     }

}
</sscce>

properteer.properties (in same subdirectory as Properteer.class):
----------------------
foo = The Fonz
bar = Richie Cunningham
baz = Joanie Cunningham
qux = Chachie
----------------------

output:
----------------------
size 4:
------
native order
Chachie
Richie Cunningham
Joanie Cunningham
The Fonz
------
forced order
The Fonz
Richie Cunningham
Joanie Cunningham
Chachie
------
----------------------

--
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
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