aQute.lib.utf8properties
Class UTF8Properties

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Dictionary<K,V>
      java.util.Hashtable<Object,Object>
          java.util.Properties
              aQute.lib.utf8properties.UTF8Properties

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Map<Object,Object>

public class UTF8Properties
extends Properties

Properties were by default read as ISO-8859-1 characters. However, in the last 10 years most builds use UTF-8. Since this is in general a global setting, it is very awkward to use ISO-8859-1. In general, it is not often a problem since most of Java is written with the basic ASCII encoding. However, we want to do this right. So in bnd we generally use this UTF-8 Properties class. This class always writes UTF-8. However, it will try to read UTF-8 first. If this fails, it will try ISO-8859-1, and the last attempt is the platform default.

An additional problem is backslash encoding. When reading properties, the Properties class skips backslashes that have no correct next character. This is not a real problem if it was not for bndtools where it turned out to be real tricky to get the UI to understand this since text widgets read from the properties (backslash removed) while the main text is just, well, the main text and has the backslash present. Since we strife to fidelity, we actually fixup the

This class can (and probably should) be used anywhere a Properties class is used.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.util.Properties

defaults

Constructor Summary

UTF8Properties()

UTF8Properties(Properties p)

Method Summary

void	load(InputStream in)
void	load(Reader r)
void	store(OutputStream out, String msg)

Methods inherited from class java.util.Properties

getProperty, getProperty, list, list, loadFromXML, propertyNames, save, setProperty, store, storeToXML, storeToXML, stringPropertyNames

Methods inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

clear, clone, contains, containsKey, containsValue, elements, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keys, keySet, put, putAll, rehash, remove, size, toString, values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UTF8Properties

public UTF8Properties(Properties p)

UTF8Properties

public UTF8Properties()

Method Detail

load

public void load(InputStream in)
          throws IOException

Overrides:

load in class Properties

Throws:

IOException

load

public void load(Reader r)
          throws IOException

Overrides:

load in class Properties

Throws:

IOException

store

public void store(OutputStream out,
                  String msg)
           throws IOException

Overrides:

store in class Properties

Throws:

IOException