Alec Swan schrieb:
I wrote the code following the example on
http://commons.apache.org/configuration/userguide-1.2/howto_compositeconfiguration.html

There is no save() method in CompositeConfiguration. How can I save it?

Thanks.

The merged configuration produced by CompositeConfiguration is only virtual, i.e. there is no physical PropertiesConfiguration containing the merged properties. It lives only in memory and cannot be saved.

I am afraid, Commons Configuration does not provide an easy solution for your problem. You can copy the content of the composite configuration into a properties configuration, e.g.:

PropertiesConfiguration propConfig = new PropertiesConfiguration();
propConfig.copy(compositeConfig);
propConfig.save(someFile);

But this will copy only the properties and not the comments or the overall layout.

Oliver



On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Jörg Schaible <joerg.schai...@gmx.de>wrote:

Alec Swan wrote at Mittwoch, 17. Juni 2009 18:39:

Thank you for updating the subject, Jörg.

I changed the order in which I add defaults and overrides. The following
is the new code:

                    // merge overrides with defaults
                    CompositeConfiguration compositeConfig = new
CompositeConfiguration(overridingConfig);
                    compositeConfig.addConfiguration(defaultConfig);

                    // convert merged properties to string
                    StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
                    overridingConfig.save(writer);

defaultConfig contains the following properties:
# A property
A = 1
# B property
B = 2

overridingConfig contains the following properties:
B = 3

I expected the merged content written to the writer to contain these
properties:
# A property
A = 1
# B property
B = 3

Instead, the merged content written to the writer is the same as the
overridingConfig:
B = 3

Could anybody tell me what's wrong with my code?
You saved the overridingConfiguration and not the compositeConfig.

- Jörg


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