C# and propertiy file

[florins12]

Hi,
I am new to C#. I'm making a project which requires a property file like this:
key1=value1
key2=value2
How can I read/modify this file in C# ? There is a class in C# like Properties in java ?

Thanks,
Florin

 

[cappmgr]

Java has Hash tables as does C#. You could explore that.
Marty

 

[florins12]

I know I could parse myself, but I'm thinking that maybe there is a class in .NET as in Java (java.util.Properties) which does this thing ...

 

[obislavu]

There are many solutions.
Hers is one example:

Hashtable ht = new Hashtable();
open the file
Foreach line read from the file:
 string [] kv= line.split('=');
 ht.Add(kv[0],kv[1]);
close the file.
Now you can iterate the Hashtable, modify it:
if (ht.Containkey("key1")
    ht["key1"]="blabla";
When all changes are done the save the Hashtable:
open the output file
foreach (object o in ht.Keys)
{
  string line = o.ToString() +"=" + ht[o].ToString() +"\r\n";
  Write line to output
}
close the file.

Of course you should test line for null after each read, and kv array after split()...
-obislavu-