Pulling values from a Java Properties file in order?

Question

I have a properties file where the order of the values is important. I want to be able to iterate through the properties file and output the values based on the order of the

Answer 1

Apache Commons Configuration might do the trick for you. I haven't tested this myself, but I checked their sources and looks like property keys are backed by LinkedList in AbstractFileConfiguration class:

public Iterator getKeys()
{
    reload();
    List keyList = new LinkedList();
    enterNoReload();
    try
    {
        for (Iterator it = super.getKeys(); it.hasNext();)
        {
            keyList.add(it.next());
        }

        return keyList.iterator();
    }
    finally
    {
        exitNoReload();
    }
}