To read an ini file

[Uma Viswanathan]

Could someone help me to read a configuration file (i.e., ini file) which have section names and then entries
Thanks...

[Cindy Glass]

Just read in the file one line at a time and check for key words that you know will be in the ini file. So I guess there is more to this question than I am seeing.

[Uma Viswanathan]

Hi Cindy Glass,
Thanks for your reply.
I want to parse an ini file like
IPAddress = "199...."
Port = "1000"
under the section say, Server1
The ini file also contains the following
IpAddress = "199..."
Port = "2000"
under the section say, Server2
I could write a program to parse a file if it contains entries under no sections. Hope that i am clear to express my doubt. Could you help me to write a program according to this requirement?
Thanks a lot...

[Paul Stevens]

Why don't you use a properties file. The API has support for that without having to code extra.
a.properties
content
label=some value here
Code
String value = System.getProperty("label");

[William Barnes]

Checkout the java.util.Properties class. Sounds like this does alot of the work for you.

[Uma Viswanathan]

Thanks Paul Stevens and christopher foran.
I had already looked into Properties class but i don't how it would be useful to parse an ini file which contains entries "under sections".
I am able to use the Properties class if there is no section and if i have entries directly (i.e, key/value pairs like
Port = "2000" ). If i have entries say Port = "2000" under sections Server1 and Server2, then how should i parse such a file?
Thanks a lot...

[Paul Stevens]

You would need to change your key value. Your right it would not recognize a difference in port= under 2 different sections. You would need to say server1port= and server2port=. The alternative is code it all yourself.