Even better, if the resulting file had comments! That is another nasty side effect of using java.util.Properties to do the work - it strips out the comments. :-(
Most likely, I'll have to write my own Properties class that does the same basic thing as the java.util.Properties to avoid some of these side effects. Richard On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 15:08, Mark Womack wrote: > It would be nice if the properties were sorted by name in the resulting > file. Then the related properties would be grouped together. :-) > > -Mark > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard Bair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:49 PM > > To: Log4J Developers List > > Subject: RE: Property Config order independent? > > > > > > Ya, I checked out the PropertyConfigurator source. It loads the > > properties into a Properties object via the load method, > > which suggests > > as well that order isn't important. Also, a quick test seemed to > > confirm it as well. > > > > Thanks, > > Richard > > On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 14:39, Mark Womack wrote: > > > You should look at the PropertyConfigurator source to be sure. > > > > > > -Mark > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Richard Bair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:25 PM > > > > To: Log4J Developers List > > > > Subject: Property Config order independent? > > > > > > > > > > > > All, > > > > > > > > I'm working on that log4j configuration gui, and am using the > > > > java.util.Properties class for reading the standard > > properties style > > > > log4j config file. When the Properties class stores its data > > > > back into > > > > a file, it does so in a different order than the original > > file. Does > > > > this matter? I am under the impression that the order in > > the file is > > > > unimportant, but since I've only ever used the xml > > > > configuration files, > > > > I'm not 100% certain on this. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
