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

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From	Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>
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Subject	Re: Reading a properties file so that keys can be retrieved in order
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On 13.12.2014 01:02, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 12/12/2014 11:40 AM, etienne.studer@gradleware.com wrote:

>> OrderedProperties properties = new OrderedProperties();
>> properties.load(new FileInputStream(new File("~/some.properties")));

The input stream is not properly closed as far as I can see.

>> The OrderedProperties class will solve your requirement.
>
> The question is 3.5 years old.

Maybe it took him so long...

I am more concerned with the usefulness of this approach.  Properties 
are simply unordered and I think no special semantic should be applied 
to that order.  This is fragile.  If order is needed it is much better 
to choose property names accordingly and this is also what most people 
seem to do.

foo.bar.name.2=World
foo.bar.name.1=Hello
foo.bar.name.3=!

If it gets fancier than that then maybe properties are not the proper tool.

Kind regards

	robert

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Re: Reading a properties file so that keys can be retrieved in order etienne.studer@gradleware.com - 2014-12-12 08:40 -0800
  Re: Reading a properties file so that keys can be retrieved in order Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-12-12 19:02 -0500
    Re: Reading a properties file so that keys can be retrieved in order Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2014-12-16 13:14 +0100

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