How to merge two java.util.Properties objects?

Question

I\'m trying to have a default java.util.Properties object in my class, with the default properties it accepts, and let the developer override some of them by sp

Answer 1

Assuming you eventually would like to read the properties from a file, I'd go for loading both files in the same properties object like:

Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.load(getClass().getResourceAsStream("default.properties"));
properties.load(getClass().getResourceAsStream("custom.properties"));