Hi - thanks Christopher
On the first option
* Interpret the string as an array yourself, perhaps like this:
#foreach($key in $keyString.split(',[ ]?'))
is .split() a Velocity function? Is there any documentation on how it works
as I am not familier with it.
Thanks
Christopher Schultz-2 wrote:
>
> Brent,
>
> Brent Gray wrote:
>> Any suggestion on how to correctly reference an array in the properties
>> file?
>
> As you are observing, Properties.get just returns a String, not an
> array. You need to do one of the following:
>
> * Interpret the string as an array yourself, perhaps like this:
> #foreach($key in $keyString.split(',[ ]?'))
>
> * Wrap your Properties object with something that knows how to interpret
> a String as an array (or other collection) -- probably splitting on
> commas or something
>
> * Use a class that already knows how to do this, such as
> ExtendedProperties from the commons-collections project (see the
> getStringArray method) -- note that ExtendedProperties appears to
> recommend using PropertiesConfiguration from commons-configuration
> instead... perhaps they will be deprecating it and/or removing it
> altogether
>
> Hope that helps,
> -chris
>
>
>
>
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