[CONFIGURATION-354] XML configuration handles non-default list delimiter bad way

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

Environment

Windows XP Home edition, Java 1.6.0_07

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Peter Verhas
• Created: 21/Dec/08 12:17
• Updated: 21/Dec/08 17:28
• Resolved: 21/Dec/08 17:28

Description

When setting the list separator character the XML configuration engine does not handle the lists properly. Sample code:

Junit test code:

    public void testConfig() {
        CompositeConfiguration conf = null;
        try {
            conf = (CompositeConfiguration) new ConfigurationFactory("config.xml").getConfiguration();
        } catch (ConfigurationException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(TestConfig.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            return;
        }
        PrintStream o = System.out;
        conf.setListDelimiter(conf.getString("list.delimiter").charAt(0));
        o.println("c=" + conf.getString("c"));
        o.println("x="+conf.getString("key.subkey(1)"));
        o.print(System.getProperty("java.version"));
    }

The config.xml contains

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <xml fileName="application.xml"/>
</configuration>

and finally the application.xml is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1250"?>
<konfig>
    <list><delimiter>\,</delimiter></list>
    <key>
        <subkey>one,two,three</subkey>
        <subkey >four</subkey>
    </key>
    <c>${key.subkey(1)}</c>
</konfig>

The resulting output is:

c=two
x=two
1.6.0_07

This is correct so far. This is the case when I comment out the setListDelimiter code line. After this I change the application.xml to

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1250"?>
<konfig>
    <list><delimiter>;</delimiter></list>
    <key>
        <subkey>one;two;three</subkey>
        <subkey >four</subkey>
    </key>
    <c>${key.subkey(1)}</c>
</konfig>

even though I expect the same result what I got was:

c=four
x=four
1.6.0_07

Do I miss some point or setListDelimiter does not work for XML files?