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package org.apache.commons.collections4.properties;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.commons.collections4.iterators.IteratorEnumeration;

A drop-in replacement for Properties for sorting keys.

Overrides Hashtable<Object,Object>.keys() to sort keys. Allows other methods on the superclass to work with sorted keys.

Since:4.2
/** * A drop-in replacement for {@link Properties} for sorting keys. * <p> * Overrides {@link Properties#keys()} to sort keys. Allows other methods on the superclass to work with sorted keys. * </p> * * @since 4.2 */
public class SortedProperties extends Properties { private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; @Override public synchronized Enumeration<Object> keys() { final Set<Object> keySet = keySet(); final List<String> keys = new ArrayList<>(keySet.size()); for (final Object key : keySet) { keys.add(key.toString()); } Collections.sort(keys); return new IteratorEnumeration<>(keys.iterator()); } }