[VELTOOLS-81] Patch to add escaping for property values and property keys in java properties files.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3
• Fix Version/s: 1.x, 1.4, 2.x, 3.0
• Component/s: GenericTools
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Phil Cornelius
• Created: 03/Apr/07 13:57
• Updated: 07/Jan/18 19:38
• Resolved: 10/Apr/07 16:32

Description

Special escaping is required when writing keys and values into java properties files.

I have simply taken the escaping routines from java.util.Properties in the private method saveConvert(String, boolean) and have added two new methods to propertyKey and propertyValue used in the same way as the other escaping routines.

This is useful for example when trying to templatize an install path, say.

Suppose I have a velocity variable available at runtime $INSTALL_PATH

I could templatize the following properties thus.
----before
#Policy Director properties file
#Wed Mar 28 16:26:19 BST 2007
mgmt_domain=Default
config_type=standalone
tcd_enabled=false
pd-home=C\:\\IBMTest1\\WebSphere
AppServer/java/jre/PolicyDirector
pdvar-home=C\:\\IBMTest1\\WebSphere
AppServer/java/jre/PolicyDirector
— templatized
#Policy Director properties file
#Wed Mar 28 16:26:19 BST 2007
mgmt_domain=Default
config_type=standalone
tcd_enabled=false
pd-home=$enc.propertyValue(${INSTALL_PATH})WebSphere
AppServer/java/jre/PolicyDirector
pdvar-home=$enc.propertyValue(${INSTALL_PATH})WebSphere
AppServer/java/jre/PolicyDirector