Better way to represent array in java properties file

Question

I'm currently making a .properties file that needs to be loaded and transformed into an array. But there is a possibility of anywhere from 0-25 of each of the property keys to exist. I tried a few implementations but i'm just stuck at doing this cleanly. Anyone have any ideas?

foo.1.filename=foo.txt foo.1.expire=200  foo.2.filename=foo2.txt foo.2.expire=10  etc more foo's  bar.1.filename=bar.txt bar.1.expire=100 

where I'll assemble the filename/expire pairings into a data object, as part of an array for each parent property element like foo[myobject]

Formatting of the properties file can change, I'm open to ideas.

Answer 1

I can suggest using delimiters and using the

String.split(delimiter)

Example properties file:

MON=0800#Something#Something1, Something2

prop.load(new FileInputStream("\\\\Myseccretnetwork\\Project\\props.properties")); String[]values = prop.get("MON").toString().split("#"); 

Hope that helps