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/* java.util.Properties
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package java.util;
import java.io.*;

/**
 * An example of a properties file for the german language is given
 * here.  This extends the example given in ListResourceBundle.
 * Create a file MyResource_de.properties with the following contents
 * and put it in the CLASSPATH.  (The character
 * <code>\</code><code>u00e4</code> is the german &auml;)
 * 
 * <pre>
 * s1=3
 * s2=MeineDisk
 * s3=3. M\<code></code>u00e4rz 96
 * s4=Die Diskette ''{1}'' enth\<code></code>u00e4lt {0} in {2}.
 * s5=0
 * s6=keine Dateien
 * s7=1
 * s8=eine Datei
 * s9=2
 * s10={0,number} Dateien
 * s11=Das Formatieren schlug fehl mit folgender Exception: {0}
 * s12=FEHLER
 * s13=Ergebnis
 * s14=Dialog
 * s15=Auswahlkriterium
 * s16=1,3
 * </pre>
 *
 * Although this is a sub class of a hash table, you should never
 * insert anything other than strings to this property, or several
 * methods, that need string keys and values, will fail.  To ensure
 * this, you should use the <code>get/setProperty</code> method instead
 * of <code>get/put</code>.
 *
 * @see PropertyResourceBundle
 * @author Jochen Hoenicke
 */
public class Properties extends Hashtable
{
  /**
   * The property list that contains default values for any keys not
   * in this property list.  
   */
  protected Properties defaults;

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 4112578634029874840L;

  /**
   * Creates a new empty property list.
   */
  public Properties()
  {
    this.defaults = null;
  }

  /**
   * Create a new empty property list with the specified default values.
   * @param defaults a Properties object containing the default values.
   */
  public Properties(Properties defaults)
  {
    this.defaults = defaults;
  }

  /**
   * Reads a property list from an input stream.  The stream should
   * have the following format: <br>
   *
   * An empty line or a line starting with <code>#</code> or
   * <code>!</code> is ignored.  An backslash (<code>\</code>) at the
   * end of the line makes the line continueing on the next line
   * (but make sure there is no whitespace after the backslash).
   * Otherwise, each line describes a key/value pair. <br>
   *
   * The chars up to the first whitespace, = or : are the key.  You
   * can include this caracters in the key, if you precede them with
   * a backslash (<code>\</code>). The key is followed by optional
   * whitespaces, optionally one <code>=</code> or <code>:</code>,
   * and optionally some more whitespaces.  The rest of the line is
   * the resource belonging to the key. <br>
   *
   * Escape sequences <code>\t, \n, \r, \\, \", \', \!, \#, \ </code>(a
   * space), and unicode characters with the
   * <code>\</code><code>u</code>xxxx notation are detected, and 
   * converted to the corresponding single character. <br>
   *
   * <pre>
   * # This is a comment
   * key     = value
   * k\:5      \ a string starting with space and ending with newline\n
   * # This is a multiline specification; note that the value contains
   * # no white space.
   * weekdays: Sunday,Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,\
   *           Thursday,Friday,Saturday
   * # The safest way to include a space at the end of a value:
   * label   = Name:\<code></code>u0020
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param in the input stream
   * @exception IOException if an error occurred when reading
   * from the input.  */
  public void load(InputStream inStream) throws IOException
  {
    // The spec says that the file must be encoded using ISO-8859-1.
    BufferedReader reader =
      new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inStream, "ISO-8859-1"));
    String line;
    
    while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
      {
	char c = 0;
	int pos = 0;
	while (pos < line.length()
	       && Character.isWhitespace(c = line.charAt(pos)))
	  pos++;

	// If line is empty or begins with a comment character,
	// skip this line.
	if (pos == line.length() || c == '#' || c == '!')
	  continue;

	// The characters up to the next Whitespace, ':', or '='
	// describe the key.  But look for escape sequences.
	StringBuffer key = new StringBuffer();
	while (pos < line.length()
	       && !Character.isWhitespace(c = line.charAt(pos++))
	       && c != '=' && c != ':')
	  {
	    if (c == '\\')
	      {
		if (pos == line.length())
		  {
		    // The line continues on the next line.
		    line = reader.readLine();
		    pos = 0;
		    while (pos < line.length()
			   && Character.isWhitespace(c = line.charAt(pos)))
		      pos++;
		  }
		else
		  {
		    c = line.charAt(pos++);
		    switch (c)
		      {
		      case 'n':
			key.append('\n');
			break;
		      case 't':
			key.append('\t');
			break;
		      case 'r':
			key.append('\r');
			break;
		      case 'u':
			if (pos + 4 <= line.length())
			  {
			    char uni = (char) Integer.parseInt
			      (line.substring(pos, pos + 4), 16);
			    key.append(uni);
			    pos += 4;
			  }	// else throw exception?
			break;
		      default:
			key.append(c);
			break;
		      }
		  }
	      }
	    else
	      key.append(c);
	  }

	boolean isDelim = (c == ':' || c == '=');
	while (pos < line.length()
	       && Character.isWhitespace(c = line.charAt(pos)))
	  pos++;

	if (!isDelim && (c == ':' || c == '='))
	  {
	    pos++;
	    while (pos < line.length()
		   && Character.isWhitespace(c = line.charAt(pos)))
	      pos++;
	  }

	StringBuffer element = new StringBuffer(line.length() - pos);
	while (pos < line.length())
	  {
	    c = line.charAt(pos++);
	    if (c == '\\')
	      {
		if (pos == line.length())
		  {
		    // The line continues on the next line.
		    line = reader.readLine();
		    pos = 0;
		    while (pos < line.length()
			   && Character.isWhitespace(c = line.charAt(pos)))
		      pos++;
		    element.ensureCapacity(line.length() - pos +
					   element.length());
		  }
		else
		  {
		    c = line.charAt(pos++);
		    switch (c)
		      {
		      case 'n':
			element.append('\n');
			break;
		      case 't':
			element.append('\t');
			break;
		      case 'r':
			element.append('\r');
			break;
		      case 'u':
			if (pos + 4 <= line.length())
			  {
			    char uni = (char) Integer.parseInt
			      (line.substring(pos, pos + 4), 16);
			    element.append(uni);
			    pos += 4;
			  }	// else throw exception?
			break;
		      default:
			element.append(c);
			break;
		      }
		  }
	      }
	    else
	      element.append(c);
	  }
	put(key.toString(), element.toString());
      }
  }

  /**
   * Calls <code>store(OutputStream out, String header)</code> and
   * ignores the IOException that may be thrown.
   * @deprecated use store instead.
   * @exception ClassCastException if this property contains any key or
   * value that isn't a string.
   */
  public void save(OutputStream out, String header)
  {
    try
      {
	store(out, header);
      }
    catch (IOException ex)
      {
      }
  }

  /**
   * Writes the key/value pairs to the given output stream. <br>
   *
   * If header is not null, this method writes a comment containing
   * the header as first line to the stream.  The next line (or first
   * line if header is null) contains a comment with the current date.
   * Afterwards the key/value pairs are written to the stream in the
   * following format. <br>
   *
   * Each line has the form <code>key = value</code>.  Newlines,
   * Returns and tabs are written as <code>\n,\t,\r</code> resp.
   * The characters <code>\, !, #, =</code> and <code>:</code> are
   * preceeded by a backslash.  Spaces are preceded with a backslash,
   * if and only if they are at the beginning of the key.  Characters
   * that are not in the ascii range 33 to 127 are written in the
   * <code>\</code><code>u</code>xxxx Form.
   *
   * @param out the output stream
   * @param header the header written in the first line, may be null.
   * @exception ClassCastException if this property contains any key or
   * value that isn't a string.
   */
  public void store(OutputStream out, String header) throws IOException
  {
    // The spec says that the file must be encoded using ISO-8859-1.
    PrintWriter writer
      = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter (out, "ISO-8859-1"));
    if (header != null)
      writer.println("#" + header);
    writer.println("#" + new Date().toString());
    list(writer);
    writer.flush();
  }

  /**
   * Adds the given key/value pair to this properties.  This calls
   * the hashtable method put.
   * @param key the key for this property
   * @param value the value for this property
   * @return The old value for the given key.
   * @since JDK1.2 */
  public Object setProperty(String key, String value)
  {
    return put(key, value);
  }

  /**
   * Gets the property with the specified key in this property list.
   * If the key is not found, the default property list is searched.
   * If the property is not found in default or the default of
   * default, null is returned.
   * @param key The key for this property.
   * @param defaulValue A default value
   * @return The value for the given key, or null if not found. 
   * @exception ClassCastException if this property contains any key or
   * value that isn't a string.
   */
  public String getProperty(String key)
  {
    return getProperty(key, null);
  }

  /**
   * Gets the property with the specified key in this property list.  If
   * the key is not found, the default property list is searched.  If the
   * property is not found in default or the default of default, the 
   * specified defaultValue is returned.
   * @param key The key for this property.
   * @param defaulValue A default value
   * @return The value for the given key.
   * @exception ClassCastException if this property contains any key or
   * value that isn't a string.
   */
  public String getProperty(String key, String defaultValue)
  {
    Properties prop = this;
    // Eliminate tail recursion.
    do
      {
	String value = (String) prop.get(key);
	if (value != null)
	  return value;
	prop = prop.defaults;
      }
    while (prop != null);
    return defaultValue;
  }

  private final void addHashEntries(Hashtable base)
  {
    if (defaults != null)
      defaults.addHashEntries(base);
    Enumeration keys = keys();
    while (keys.hasMoreElements())
      base.put(keys.nextElement(), base);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an enumeration of all keys in this property list, including
   * the keys in the default property list.
   */
  public Enumeration propertyNames()
  {
    // We make a new Hashtable that holds all the keys.  Then we
    // return an enumeration for this hash.  We do this because we
    // don't want modifications to be reflected in the enumeration
    // (per JCL), and because there doesn't seem to be a
    // particularly better way to ensure that duplicates are
    // ignored.
    Hashtable t = new Hashtable();
    addHashEntries(t);
    return t.keys();
  }

  /**
   * Formats a key/value pair for output in a properties file.
   * See store for a description of the format.
   * @param key the key.
   * @param value the value.
   * @see #store
   */
  private String formatForOutput(String key, String value)
  {
    // This is a simple approximation of the expected line size.
    StringBuffer result =
      new StringBuffer(key.length() + value.length() + 16);
    boolean head = true;
    for (int i = 0; i < key.length(); i++)
      {
	char c = key.charAt(i);
	switch (c)
	  {
	  case '\n':
	    result.append("\\n");
	    break;
	  case '\r':
	    result.append("\\r");
	    break;
	  case '\t':
	    result.append("\\t");
	    break;
	  case '\\':
	    result.append("\\\\");
	    break;
	  case '!':
	    result.append("\\!");
	    break;
	  case '#':
	    result.append("\\#");
	    break;
	  case '=':
	    result.append("\\=");
	    break;
	  case ':':
	    result.append("\\:");
	    break;
	  case ' ':
	    result.append("\\ ");
	    break;
	  default:
	    if (c < 32 || c > '~')
	      {
		String hex = Integer.toHexString(c);
		result.append("\\u0000".substring(0, 6 - hex.length()));
		result.append(hex);
	      }
	    else
	        result.append(c);
	  }
	if (c != 32)
	  head = false;
      }
    result.append('=');
    head = true;
    for (int i = 0; i < value.length(); i++)
      {
	char c = value.charAt(i);
	switch (c)
	  {
	  case '\n':
	    result.append("\\n");
	    break;
	  case '\r':
	    result.append("\\r");
	    break;
	  case '\t':
	    result.append("\\t");
	    break;
	  case '\\':
	    result.append("\\\\");
	    break;
	  case '!':
	    result.append("\\!");
	    break;
	  case '#':
	    result.append("\\#");
	    break;
	  case ' ':
	    result.append(head ? "\\ " : " ");
	    break;
	  default:
	    if (c < 32 || c > '~')
	      {
		String hex = Integer.toHexString(c);
		result.append("\\u0000".substring(0, 6 - hex.length()));
		result.append(hex);
	      }
	    else
	      result.append(c);
	  }
	if (c != 32)
	  head = false;
      }
    return result.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Writes the key/value pairs to the given print stream.  They are
   * written in the way, described in the method store.
   * @param out the stream, where the key/value pairs are written to.
   * @exception ClassCastException if this property contains any key or
   * value that isn't a string.
   * @see #store
   */
  public void list(PrintStream out)
  {
    Enumeration keys = keys();
    Enumeration elts = elements();
    while (keys.hasMoreElements())
      {
	String key = (String) keys.nextElement();
	String elt = (String) elts.nextElement();
	String output = formatForOutput(key, elt);
	out.println(output);
      }
  }

  /**
   * Writes the key/value pairs to the given print writer.  They are
   * written in the way, described in the method store.
   * @param out the writer, where the key/value pairs are written to.
   * @exception ClassCastException if this property contains any key or
   * value that isn't a string.
   * @see #store
   * @see #list(java.io.PrintStream)
   * @since JDK1.1
   */
  public void list(PrintWriter out)
  {
    Enumeration keys = keys();
    Enumeration elts = elements();
    while (keys.hasMoreElements())
      {
	String key = (String) keys.nextElement();
	String elt = (String) elts.nextElement();
	String output = formatForOutput(key, elt);
	out.println(output);
      }
  }
}