Java: Escape equal sign in properties file

Using \=, you can escape the equal sign in properties file.

app.properties

#Application Properties
#Mon May 27 11:43:49 IST 2019
version=1.23
userQuery=where value \= 'wab12'
vendor=ABC Corporation

As you see the property ‘userQuery’, I escaped = symbol using \.

App.java

package com.sample.app;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;

public class App {

 public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
  Properties properties = new Properties();
  FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream("/Users/krishna/Documents/app.properties");

  properties.load(fin);

  properties.store(System.out, "Application Properties");
 }

}

Output

#Application Properties

#Mon May 27 11:47:49 IST 2019

version=1.23

userQuery=where value \= 'wab12'

vendor=ABC Corporation

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