Mary Shields

I went ahead with the properties file, and delimited the values with commas. Then, used String.split to carve out the individual fields. The amount of data I'm using is trivial, so this works for me.

What I have is a table that uses a key to get multiple fields related to that key, for example, use 'name' to get the other fields (address, phone number, etc.). The values in the table change rarely, and there are very few entries. Maybe the properties file isn't the way to go?

Is there a way to incorporate a multi-dimensional 'array' in a properties file?

In my situation, I want to look up a key and find associated field values for that key. For example: Name(key), address, phone number, etc.

Thank you.

You could try implementing the factory pattern:
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abstract class City{
abstract void process();
}

class Paris extends City{
void process(){
//do paris processing
}
}

class cityFactory {
public City createCity(String city) {
if (city.equals("Paris")) {
return (City)(new Paris());
}
}

class doProcessing {
public void handleRequest(String inCity){
CityFactory factory = new CityFactory();
City city = factory.createCity(inCity);
city.process();
}
}

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code needs a little work, but that's the general idea.

Greetings everybody!

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