how to extract values from .properties file, having two values corresponding to one property name

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how to extract values from .properties file, having two values corresponding to one property name Example of property file is

iFrame=className=demo-frame

DateTextBox=id=datepicker

datePicker=xpath="//td[not(contains(@class,'ui-datepicker-other-month'))]/a[text()='"+value+"']"

Q: main help required for 3rd property as value contains special characters as well.

check the link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9737812/properties-file-with-a-list-as-the-value-for-an-individual-key — Zealous System, May 12 '15 at 08:33

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '15 at 08:32

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You can have your values comma-separated:

DateTextBox=id,datepicker
String[] dates = properties.getProperty("DateTextBox").split(",");

answered May 12 '15 at 08:32

Hussein Zawawi

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Thanks for this answer. Do following property also work with it: datePicker=xpath, "//td[not(contains(@class,'ui-datepicker-other-month'))]/a[text()='"+value+"']" As it contains comma in 2nd value itself. – Jagdeep Kaur May 12 '15 at 08:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 12 '15 at 10:14

You can use a combination of substring and indexOf methods to get the desired results:

prop.getProperty("datePicker").
    substring(prop.getProperty("datePicker").
        indexOf("=", prop.getProperty("datePicker").indexOf("="))+1)

In this second indexOf provides first occurence of = which is utilised by enclosing indexOf to start its search from returned index. This in turn provides index of second = thus makes easy to capture substring.

P.S. it will work for all keys in your properties file.

how to extract values from .properties file, having two values corresponding to one property name

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