OK I got it to work Just using my_string.split("character_to_split_on")
Brent Gray wrote:
>
> 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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