PropertiesParser parses a properties source string into a Properties
instance.
The source string contains simple key-value pairs. Multiple pairs are separated by line terminators (\n or \r or \r\n). Keys are separated from values with the characters '=', ':' or a white space character.
Comments are also supported. Just add a '#' or '!' character at the beginning of your comment-line.
If you want to use any of the special characters in your key or value you must escape it with a back-slash character '\'.
The key contains all of the characters in a line starting from the first non-white space character up to, but not including, the first unescaped key-value-separator.
The value contains all of the characters in a line starting from the first non-white space character after the key-value-separator up to the end of the line. You may of course also escape the line terminator and create a value across multiple lines.
public function parseProperties(source:String):Properties
Parses the given source and creates a Properties instance from
it.
source | the source to parse |
the properties defined by the given source