Can .NET load and parse a properties file equivalent to Java Properties class?

Question

Is there an easy way in C# to read a properties file that has each property on a separate line followed by an equals sign and the value, such as the following:

Answer 1

No there is not : But I have created one easy class to help :

public class PropertiesUtility
{
    private static Hashtable ht = new Hashtable();
    public void loadProperties(string path)
    {
        string[] lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(path);
        bool readFlag = false;
        foreach (string line in lines)
        {
            string text = Regex.Replace(line, @"\s+", "");
            readFlag =  checkSyntax(text);
            if (readFlag)
            {
                string[] splitText = text.Split('=');
                ht.Add(splitText[0].ToLower(), splitText[1]);
            }
        }
    }

    private bool checkSyntax(string line)
    {
        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(line) || line[0].Equals('['))
        {
            return false;
        }

        if (line.Contains("=") && !String.IsNullOrEmpty(line.Split('=')[0]) && !String.IsNullOrEmpty(line.Split('=')[1]))
        {
            return true;
        }
        else
        {
            throw new Exception("Can not Parse Properties file please verify the syntax");
        }
    }

    public string getProperty(string key)
    {
        if (ht.Contains(key))
        {
            return ht[key].ToString();
        }
        else
        {
            throw new Exception("Property:" + key + "Does not exist");
        }

    }
}

Hope this helps.