How to Aoid \ charcters in the stored properties file

Question

I m using the code to store into .properties files but it adds \ before : How can i avoid this
Properties prop = new Properties();
prop.setProperty("URL", "jdbc:oracle:thin:@:host:port:schema");
properties.store(new FileOutputStream(db.properties), null);But my db.properties files is below
jdbc\:oracle\:thin\:@\:host\:port\:schemaI want to avoid '\' while storing.

Answer 1

http://www.docjar.com/html/api/java/util/Properties.java.htmlThat would be the code for java.util.Properties Class.
If you can notice through code there is a method called
private void formatForOutput(String str, StringBuffer buffer, boolean key)and inside the method there is a switch case
case '\\':
case '!':
case '#':
case '=':
case ':':
      buffer.append('\\').append(c);
       break;you might think of removing it as per your stated requirement and use the final implementation class accordingly.
Hope that might help :)
REGARDS,
RaHuL