JDK1.5(代号Tiger)中更新了java.util.Properties类,提供了从XML文件中读写key-value对属性的简单方法:loadFromXML()和storeToXML() 
1、基本加载属性的方法 
l         Sample属性文件:sample.properties 
l         加载属性的Sample程序 
import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.util.Properties;   public class LoadSampleProperties {      public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {        Properties prop = new Properties();         FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("props/sample.properties");        prop.load(fis);         prop.list(System.out);         System.out.println("\nThe foo property: " + prop.getProperty("foo"));    } }  
l         输出结果如下: 
-- listing properties -- fu=baz foo=bar   The foo property: bar  
  
2、从XML中加载属性 
l         下面是Properties DTD清单: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- DTD for properties --> <!ELEMENT properties ( comment?, entry* ) > <!ATTLIST properties version CDATA #FIXED "1.0"> <!ELEMENT comment (#PCDATA) > <!ELEMENT entry (#PCDATA) > <!ATTLIST entry key CDATA #REQUIRED>  
l         Sample XML属性文件:sample.xml(符合上面的Properties DTD) 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd"> <properties>        <comment>Hello</comment>        <entry key="foo">bar</entry>        <entry key="fu">baz</entry> </properties>  
l         <entry>标记指定具体一个属性,由key属性指定属性名,而<entry>标记的内容指定属性值 
l         <comment>标记可以用来指定注释 
l         从XML文件加载属性的Sample程序 
import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.util.Properties;   public class LoadSampleXML {      public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {        Properties prop = new Properties();         FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("props/sample.xml");        prop.loadFromXML(fis);         prop.list(System.out);         System.out.println("\nThe foo property: " + prop.getProperty("foo"));    } }  
l         输出的结果是一样的 
l         可以看出方法很简单:使用XML文件来保存属性,使用loadFromXML()方法替代原来的load()方法来加载XML文件中属性 
  
3、更新XML文件中的属性值 
l         Sample程序 
import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.util.Properties;   public class UpdateSampleXml {      public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {        Properties prop = new Properties();         FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("props/sample.xml");        prop.loadFromXML(fis);         prop.list(System.out);         System.out.println("\nThe foo property: " + prop.getProperty("foo"));          prop.setProperty("foo", "Hello World!");        prop.setProperty("new-name", "new-value");        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("props/sample.xml");        prop.storeToXML(fos, "Store Sample");         fos.close();           fis = new FileInputStream("props/sample.xml");        prop.loadFromXML(fis);         prop.list(System.out);         System.out.println("\nThe foo property: " + prop.getProperty("foo"));    } }  
l         上面的例子加载了sample.xml中的属性,更新了foo属性的值,并新加了new-name属性,调用storeToXML()方法保存到原文件中,并改变注释内容为Store Sample 
l         程序执行后的sample.xml的内容如下: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd"> <properties> <comment>Store Sample</comment> <entry key="new-name">new-value</entry> <entry key="fu">baz</entry> <entry key="foo">Hello World!</entry> </properties>  
   
 
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