How to write values in a properties file through java code

Question

I have an issue.

I have a properties file. I want to store some values in that file and will implement in the code whenever it is required. Is there any way to do that?

I am using Properties class to do that..

Answer 1

Load the properties file using java.util.Properties.

Code snippet -

Properties prop = new Properties();
InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAsStream("xyz.properties");
prop.load(in);

It provides Properties#setProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) which helps to add new property.

Code snippet -

prop.setProperty("newkey", "newvalue");

This new set you can save using Properties#store(java.io.OutputStream, java.lang.String)

Code Snippet -

prop.store(new FileOutputStream("xyz.properties"), null);

Answer 2

You can do it in following way:

1. Set the properties first in the Properties object by using object.setProperty(String obj1, String obj2).

2. Then write it to your File by passing a FileOutputStream to properties_object.store(FileOutputStream, String).

Here is the example code :

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.File;

class Main
{
    static File file;
    static void saveProperties(Properties p) throws IOException
    {
        FileOutputStream fr = new FileOutputStream(file);
        p.store(fr, "Properties");
        fr.close();
        System.out.println("After saving properties: " + p);
    }

    static void loadProperties(Properties p)throws IOException
    {
        FileInputStream fi=new FileInputStream(file);
        p.load(fi);
        fi.close();
        System.out.println("After Loading properties: " + p);
    }

    public static void main(String... args)throws IOException
    {
        file = new File("property.dat");
        Properties table = new Properties();
        table.setProperty("Shivam","Bane");
        table.setProperty("CS","Maverick");
        System.out.println("Properties has been set in HashTable: " + table);
        // saving the properties in file
        saveProperties(table);
        // changing the property
        table.setProperty("Shivam", "Swagger");
        System.out.println("After the change in HashTable: " + table);
        // saving the properties in file
        saveProperties(table);
        // loading the saved properties
        loadProperties(table);
    }
}