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--- java:properties:avoid-escaping-characters [2020/08/18 19:51] – created odefta
+++ java:properties:avoid-escaping-characters [2020/08/18 20:01] – odefta
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 ====== Avoid escaping characters in java Properties class ======
+After calling the **store** method, all the special characters from the key values will be escaped by \ \\
+Ex: instead of :test= we'll have in the properties file \:test\= \\
+To avoid this we need to override the store method:
+<code java>
+Properties properties = new Properties(){
+	@Override
+	public void store(OutputStream out, String comments) throws IOException {
+		BufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out, System.getProperty("file.encoding")));
+		synchronized (this) {
+			for (Enumeration e = keys(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
+				String key = (String) e.nextElement();
+				String val = (String) get(key);
+				bufferedWriter.write(key + "=" + val);
+				bufferedWriter.newLine();
+			}
+		}
+		bufferedWriter.flush();
+	}
+};
+</code>