peterseverin-java_properties

= Java Properties Files in Ruby

I don't know if there's a real need for this, and if there is the jruby people probably have it covered a lot better than I do. These classes were mainly whipped up as an exercise in creating a ruby gem.

= JavaProperties::Properties

A class that can read and write to Java properties files that behaves otherwise as a standard ruby Enumerable. The keys to this object can be provided as Strings or Symbols, but internally they are Symbols.

require 'rubygems' require 'java_properties'

Create a new object from a file

props = JavaProperties::Properties.new("/path/to/file.properties")

Merge in another file

props.load("/path/to/other/file.properties")

Behaves as an Enumerable

props.each{ |key,value| puts "#{key} = #{value}" }

= properties2yaml

An executable script to convert an existing properties file to a YAML file. There is no script to go the other way because not all YAML files can be saved into a properties file. (That and I was feeling lazy.)

Usage: properties2yaml [options] [INPUT] [OUTPUT]

Options are:

  -s, --stdin  Read input from standard input instead of an input file
  -h, --help   Show this help message.