Details
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Type:
Improvement
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Status:
Closed
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Fixed
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Affects Version/s: 1.2.2
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Fix Version/s: 1.3
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Component/s: Converters
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Labels:None
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JDK version and platform:any
Description
The PropertiesConverter [1] currently serializes its map of key-value entries without ordering them first. Thus the resulting XML may change between runs, which is not very diff-friendly.
A possible solution could look like this (in PropertiesConverter.marshal(...)):
TreeSet s = new TreeSet(properties.keySet());
for (Iterator iterator = s.iterator(); iterator.hasNext()
{
Object key = iterator.next();
Object value = properties.get(key);
Cheers,
Christopher
I've added this as optional functionality. Since the sorting will take time, is unnecessary regarding functionality and may be surprising for existing applications, you may now register a PropertyConverter instance on your own. The head revision supports a bool parameter to enable the sorting.