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Thread: Problem With Properties (+SSCEE)

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    Default Problem With Properties (+SSCEE)

    It won't load the properties right! I am using java.util.Properties, but it isn't working! I just want a really simple way to store variables, hich I usually do with properties, but this time it isn't working. Here is the SSCEE (I think thats the right way you name it)
    import java.io.File;
    import java.io.FileInputStream;
    import java.io.FileOutputStream;
    import java.util.Properties;
     
    public class SSCEE 
    {
    	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
    	{
    		Properties prop = new Properties();
    		File f = new File(System.getProperty("user.home")+"/DogWalking/user-info/user.properties");
    		FileOutputStream out = null;
    		FileInputStream in = null;
    		if(!f.exists())
    		{ //Creates and sets defaults fine...
    			new File(System.getProperty("user.home")+"/DogWalking/user-info/").mkdirs(); //Create directory
    			f.createNewFile();//Create file
    			in = new FileInputStream(f);
    			out = new FileOutputStream(f);
    			System.out.println("Created a new user.properties! Setting default values");
    			prop.setProperty("timeWalked", "0");
    			prop.setProperty("moneyGained", "0");
    			prop.store(out, "--No Comment--");
    			out.flush();
    			out.close();
    			prop.load(in);
    			in.close();
    			System.out.println(prop);
    		}else if(f.exists())
    		{ //Finds nothing
    			in = new FileInputStream(f);
    			out = new FileOutputStream(f);
    			System.out.println("Found a user.properties! Getting values!");
    			prop.load(in);
    			in.close();
    			if(prop.containsKey("timeWalked") && prop.containsKey("moneyGained"))
    			{
    				System.out.println("Success!");
    				System.out.println(prop);
    			}else
    				System.out.println("Fail! " + prop); //Every time goes here.
    			prop.store(out, "--No Comment--"); //Just Checking for debugging purposes exactly what it does... and it prints nothing!
    			out.flush();
    			out.close();
    		}
    	}
    }
    All help is appreciated.

    The first run it prints
    Created a new user.properties! Setting default values
    {moneyGained=0, timeWalked=0}
    And the file looks like
    #--No Comment--
    #Thu Aug 25 13:50:39 PDT 2011
    moneyGained=0
    timeWalked=0

    The second run (and all following) prints
    Found a user.properties! Getting values!
    Fail! {}
    and the file looks like
    #--No Comment--
    #Thu Aug 25 13:52:43 PDT 2011

    Thanks for any help!


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    Default Re: Problem With Properties (+SSCEE)

    With a few mods most of your code works:
    import java.io.File;
    import java.io.FileInputStream;
    import java.io.FileOutputStream;
    import java.util.Properties;
     
    public class PropertiesProblem 
    {
       final static String PropFN = "PropertiesProblem.ini";    //<<<<<<<<<
     
    	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
    	{
    		Properties prop = new Properties();
    		File f = new File(PropFN); //System.getProperty("user.home")+"/DogWalking/user-info/user.properties");
    		FileOutputStream out = null;
    		FileInputStream in = null;
    		if(!f.exists())
    		{ //Creates and sets defaults fine...
    //			new File(System.getProperty("user.home")+"/DogWalking/user-info/").mkdirs(); //Create directory
    //			f.createNewFile();//Create file
    //			in = new FileInputStream(f);
    			out = new FileOutputStream(f);
    			System.out.println("Created a new user.properties! Setting default values");
    			prop.setProperty("timeWalked", "0");
    			prop.setProperty("moneyGained", "0");
    			prop.store(out, "--No Comment--");
    			out.flush();
    			out.close();
     
    			in = new FileInputStream(f);
    			prop.load(in);
    			in.close();
    			System.out.println("created=" + prop);    // {moneyGained=0, timeWalked=0}
             /*
             Created a new user.properties! Setting default values
             created={moneyGained=0, timeWalked=0}
     
             */
     
     
     
    		}else if(f.exists())
    		{ //Finds nothing
    			in = new FileInputStream(f);
    //			out = new FileOutputStream(f);  // WHat does this do???
    			System.out.println("Found a user.properties! Getting values!");
    			prop.load(in);
    			System.out.println("read=" + prop);
    			in.close();
    			if(prop.containsKey("timeWalked") && prop.containsKey("moneyGained"))
    			{
    				System.out.println("Success!");
    			}else
    				System.out.println("Fail! " + prop); //Every time goes here.
     
    			out = new FileOutputStream(f);  // WHat does this do???
    			prop.store(out, "--No Comment--"); //Just Checking for debugging purposes exactly what it does... and it prints nothing!
    			out.flush();
    			out.close();
             /*
             Found a user.properties! Getting values!
             read={moneyGained=0, timeWalked=0}
             Success!
     
             */
     
    		}
    	}
    }

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