[CONFIGURATION-272] ConfigurationUtils.copy results in escaped "," characters no longer being escaped

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4
• Fix Version/s: 1.5

Environment

commons 1.4

• Assignee: Oliver Heger
• Reporter: John Meagher
• Created: 22/May/07 20:15
• Updated: 22/Aug/09 19:36
• Resolved: 20/Aug/07 17:59

Description

When using ConfigurationUtils.copy to go between configuration formats any escaped out "," characters are put into the output configuration without the escape character. This results in a different value being returned from getString calls as it now things the property is a list. If 4 escape characters are used instead of the expected 1 then the copy will end up with the correct value, but then the original will end up with the escape character as part of the property value.

Example:
SomeLongProperty=This is a test\, it is only a test

1. Ends up right in the copy, but not right in the original
   SomeOtherProperty=This is also a test\\\\, it is also only a test

After copy:

1. Missing "\" before ","
   SomeLongProperty=This is a test, it is only a test
   SomeOtherProperty=This is also a test\, it is also only a test