apache-commons-config

For a monitoring software written in Java I consider using Google Guice as DI provider. The project needs to load its configuration from an external resource (file or database). The application is designed to run in standalone mode or in a servlet container. At the moment the configuration does not contain bindings or parameters for dependency injection, only some global application settings (JDBC connection definitions and associated database management/monitoring objects). I see two options: to use another library, for example Apache Commons Configuration , which supports file and JDBC

I'm trying to test a very simple example given in the Apache-commons configuration library user's guide regarding declaring and creating beans. I copied the code in the example almost word by word, and yet I'm getting a NoClassDefFoundError exception. Here is the xml file I'm using - windowcongif.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <config> <gui> <windowManager config-class="test.DefaultWindowManager" closable="false" resizable="true" defaultWidth="400" defaultHeight="250"> </windowManager> </gui> </config> Here is the code in the file WindowManager.java : package test; public

I have a properties file with a property with a List value (comma separated), how to write this property in a multi-line ? (backslash after the comma)? I can't find anything about this or at least about escaping comma to comma and backslash. If you mean the following; that just relies on backslash + end-of-line. I just found it documented in: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html primes = 2,\ 3,\ 5,\ 7,\ 11 Check the User Guide for Properties files : Special Characters and Escaping : If you need a special character in a property like a line feed, a tabulation or an