Could you post a bug and attach your testcase? Boil the testcase down to the simplest possible, and we'll add it to the c-configuration test suite..
Eric > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles Crouch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 12:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [configuration] referencing properties across files > bug/feature? > > > Thanks for the reply Eric. > I read through > http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/configuration/examples.html? > but it didn't seem to address the variable interpolation/substitution > issue that I described in my post below. I definitely need > some sort of > override behaviour but the examples say that the <override> tags are > optional, so I think the syntax of my propertiesConfiguration.xml is > correct. > > I also got HEAD from cvs on Friday and ran my testcase again, still > behaves as I described below. > > Any further thoughts about what I can do/look at? > Thanks > Charles > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > From: Eric Pugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [configuration] referencing properties across files > bug/feature? > Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 19:31:38 +0100 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Did you read the section here: > http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/configuration/examples.html? > > The latest version has been reworked to make overrides > simpler to do. Here > is the guts: > > <configuration> > <override> > <properties fileName="usergui.properties"/> > <dom4j fileName="gui.xml"/> > </override> > > <additional> > <dom4j > className="org.apache.commons.configuration.HierarchicalDOM4JC > onfiguration" > fileName="tables.xml"/> > <dom4j > className="org.apache.commons.configuration.HierarchicalDOM4JC > onfiguration" > fileName="tasktables.xml" at="tables"/> > </additional> > </configuration> > > Notice the <override> versus <additional>? > > Also, check out one of the nightly builds from here: > http://cvs.apache.org/builds/jakarta-commons/nightly/commons-c onfiguration/. Eric > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles Crouch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 6:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [configuration] referencing properties across files > bug/feature? > > > Hello, > I have a question regarding referencing properties across different > property files. I've tried using both > commons-configuration-20030706.202021.jar and > commons-configuration-20040121.140929.jar. The setup I have is the > following: > > config-override.properties > baseURL=http://localhost:9080 > > config-default.properties > baseURL=http://localhost:80 > servletURL=${baseURL}/servlet > > propertiesConfiguration.xml > <configuration> > <properties > className="org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertiesConfiguration" > fileName="config-override.properties"/> > <properties > className="org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertiesConfiguration" > fileName="config-default.properties"/> > </configuration> > > > When I call configuration.getString("servletURL") I get > http://localhost:80/servlet, but what I want is > http://localhost:9080/servlet. > Is this a bug or a feature? Is there anyway I can achieve the > behavior > I'm after? > > Thanks very much. > Charles > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]