Saving to properties file escapes :

Question

Does anyone know why the colons are getting escaped when I store the properties file?

I\'m doing this:

Properties prop = new Properties();


// Set t         


        

Answer 1

In properties files, both of these are legit:

key1 = value
key2: value

So both = and : must be escaped.

Now, if you read the thing back with Properties, it's no problem. Otherwise, you'll have to write custom code