Parsing file inputs

Question

I am trying to extract the information in the following from the right side of the equal sign into a string object (sVal_...).
[VisQServer]
Resubmit=N
User=221a1c231c043a
Client=260a1c30475163
FTPUsername=221a1c231c043a
Jobname=asf
ClientFile=E:\QMan\build\.cmake.state
ServerFile=D:\scratch\tsorial\.cmake.state
Command=1
CommandOpt=
Priority=2
Retrieve=N
Delete=N
Compress=N
Here is my code:
// Read Job File and extract info into a string object
                   Properties p=new Properties();
                    p.load( new FileInputStream( sJobFileName ) );
                    sVal_user=p.getProperty(USERNAME);
                 sVal_client=p.getProperty(CLIENT);
                 sVal_jobname=p.getProperty(JOBNAME);
                sVal_resubmit=p.getProperty(RESUBMIT);
                sVal_priority=p.getProperty(PRIORITY);
                sVal_clientfile=p.getProperty(CLIENTFILE);
                sVal_serverfile=p.getProperty(SERVERFILE);
                sVal_commandopt=p.getProperty(COMMANDOPT);
                sVal_command=p.getProperty(COMMAND);
                sVal_ftpusername=p.getProperty(FTPUSERNAME);
                sVal_retrieve=p.getProperty(RETRIEVE);
                sVal_delete=p.getProperty(DELETE);
                sVal_compress=p.getProperty(COMPRESS);Somehow when the 'ClientFile' argument gets extracted the result is E:QManbuild.cmake.state not E:\QMan\build\.cmake.state; same goes for serverfile. Why are the slash character being removed and how can I correct this. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

It really shouldn't be that bad....I haven't proofread it or compiled it, but this class should do the job (at least, you'll get the idea). My only stipulation is that you have to name your class DilbertProperties to so that your boss will get the idea...:)
class DilbertProperties extends HashMap
  public DilbertProperties(File file)
    BufferedReader read = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(sJobFileName));
    String temp = null;
    while( (temp = read.readLine()) != null)
      StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(temp, "=");
      if(st.countTokens() == 2)
        String key = st.nextToken();
        String value = st.nextToken();
        // put this key, value pair into the HashMap
        this.put(key, value);
  // use this method to retrieve a property
  public String getProperty(String key)
    return (String)this.get(key);
}