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17  package org.apache.commons.configuration2;
18  
19  import java.io.IOException;
20  import java.io.Reader;
21  import java.io.Writer;
22  import java.net.URL;
23  import java.util.ArrayDeque;
24  import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
25  import java.util.List;
26  import java.util.Map;
27  import java.util.Objects;
28  import java.util.Properties;
29  import java.util.Set;
30  import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
31  
32  import org.apache.commons.configuration2.event.ConfigurationEvent;
33  import org.apache.commons.configuration2.event.EventListener;
34  import org.apache.commons.configuration2.ex.ConfigurationException;
35  import org.apache.commons.configuration2.ex.ConfigurationRuntimeException;
36  import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
37  
38  /**
39   * <p>
40   * A helper class used by {@link PropertiesConfiguration} to keep the layout of a properties file.
41   * </p>
42   * <p>
43   * Instances of this class are associated with a {@code PropertiesConfiguration} object. They are responsible for
44   * analyzing properties files and for extracting as much information about the file layout (e.g. empty lines, comments)
45   * as possible. When the properties file is written back again it should be close to the original.
46   * </p>
47   * <p>
48   * The {@code PropertiesConfigurationLayout} object associated with a {@code PropertiesConfiguration} object can be
49   * obtained using the {@code getLayout()} method of the configuration. Then the methods provided by this class can be
50   * used to alter the properties file's layout.
51   * </p>
52   * <p>
53   * Implementation note: This is a very simple implementation, which is far away from being perfect, i.e. the original
54   * layout of a properties file won't be reproduced in all cases. One limitation is that comments for multi-valued
55   * property keys are concatenated. Maybe this implementation can later be improved.
56   * </p>
57   * <p>
58   * To get an impression how this class works consider the following properties file:
59   * </p>
60   *
61   * <pre>
62   * # A demo configuration file
63   * # for Demo App 1.42
64   *
65   * # Application name
66   * AppName=Demo App
67   *
68   * # Application vendor
69   * AppVendor=DemoSoft
70   *
71   *
72   * # GUI properties
73   * # Window Color
74   * windowColors=0xFFFFFF,0x000000
75   *
76   * # Include some setting
77   * include=settings.properties
78   * # Another vendor
79   * AppVendor=TestSoft
80   * </pre>
81   *
82   * <p>
83   * For this example the following points are relevant:
84   * </p>
85   * <ul>
86   * <li>The first two lines are set as header comment. The header comment is determined by the last blank line before the
87   * first property definition.</li>
88   * <li>For the property {@code AppName} one comment line and one leading blank line is stored.</li>
89   * <li>For the property {@code windowColors} two comment lines and two leading blank lines are stored.</li>
90   * <li>Include files is something this class cannot deal with well. When saving the properties configuration back, the
91   * included properties are simply contained in the original file. The comment before the include property is
92   * skipped.</li>
93   * <li>For all properties except for {@code AppVendor} the &quot;single line&quot; flag is set. This is relevant only
94   * for {@code windowColors}, which has multiple values defined in one line using the separator character.</li>
95   * <li>The {@code AppVendor} property appears twice. The comment lines are concatenated, so that
96   * {@code layout.getComment("AppVendor");} will result in {@code Application vendor&lt;CR&gt;Another vendor}, with
97   * {@code &lt;CR&gt;} meaning the line separator. In addition the &quot;single line&quot; flag is set to <b>false</b>
98   * for this property. When the file is saved, two property definitions will be written (in series).</li>
99   * </ul>
100  *
101  * @since 1.3
102  */
103 public class PropertiesConfigurationLayout implements EventListener<ConfigurationEvent> {
104     /** Constant for the line break character. */
105     private static final String CR = "\n";
106 
107     /** Constant for the default comment prefix. */
108     private static final String COMMENT_PREFIX = "# ";
109 
110     /** Stores a map with the contained layout information. */
111     private final Map<String, PropertyLayoutData> layoutData;
112 
113     /** Stores the header comment. */
114     private String headerComment;
115 
116     /** Stores the footer comment. */
117     private String footerComment;
118 
119     /** The global separator that will be used for all properties. */
120     private String globalSeparator;
121 
122     /** The line separator. */
123     private String lineSeparator;
124 
125     /** A counter for determining nested load calls. */
126     private final AtomicInteger loadCounter;
127 
128     /** Stores the force single line flag. */
129     private boolean forceSingleLine;
130 
131     /** Seen includes. */
132     private final ArrayDeque<URL> seenStack = new ArrayDeque<>();
133 
134     /**
135      * Creates a new, empty instance of {@code PropertiesConfigurationLayout}.
136      */
137     public PropertiesConfigurationLayout() {
138         this(null);
139     }
140 
141     /**
142      * Creates a new instance of {@code PropertiesConfigurationLayout} and copies the data of the specified layout object.
143      *
144      * @param c the layout object to be copied
145      */
146     public PropertiesConfigurationLayout(final PropertiesConfigurationLayout c) {
147         loadCounter = new AtomicInteger();
148         layoutData = new LinkedHashMap<>();
149 
150         if (c != null) {
151             copyFrom(c);
152         }
153     }
154 
155     /**
156      * Gets the comment for the specified property key in a canonical form. &quot;Canonical&quot; means that either all
157      * lines start with a comment character or none. If the {@code commentChar} parameter is <b>false</b>, all comment
158      * characters are removed, so that the result is only the plain text of the comment. Otherwise it is ensured that each
159      * line of the comment starts with a comment character. Also, line breaks in the comment are normalized to the line
160      * separator &quot;\n&quot;.
161      *
162      * @param key the key of the property
163      * @param commentChar determines whether all lines should start with comment characters or not
164      * @return the canonical comment for this key (can be <b>null</b>)
165      */
166     public String getCanonicalComment(final String key, final boolean commentChar) {
167         return constructCanonicalComment(getComment(key), commentChar);
168     }
169 
170     /**
171      * Gets the comment for the specified property key. The comment is returned as it was set (either manually by calling
172      * {@code setComment()} or when it was loaded from a properties file). No modifications are performed.
173      *
174      * @param key the key of the property
175      * @return the comment for this key (can be <b>null</b>)
176      */
177     public String getComment(final String key) {
178         return fetchLayoutData(key).getComment();
179     }
180 
181     /**
182      * Sets the comment for the specified property key. The comment (or its single lines if it is a multi-line comment) can
183      * start with a comment character. If this is the case, it will be written without changes. Otherwise a default comment
184      * character is added automatically.
185      *
186      * @param key the key of the property
187      * @param comment the comment for this key (can be <b>null</b>, then the comment will be removed)
188      */
189     public void setComment(final String key, final String comment) {
190         fetchLayoutData(key).setComment(comment);
191     }
192 
193     /**
194      * Gets the number of blank lines before this property key. If this key does not exist, 0 will be returned.
195      *
196      * @param key the property key
197      * @return the number of blank lines before the property definition for this key
198      * @deprecated Use {@link #getBlankLinesBefore(String)}.
199      */
200     @Deprecated
201     public int getBlancLinesBefore(final String key) {
202         return getBlankLinesBefore(key);
203     }
204 
205     /**
206      * Gets the number of blank lines before this property key. If this key does not exist, 0 will be returned.
207      *
208      * @param key the property key
209      * @return the number of blank lines before the property definition for this key
210      */
211     public int getBlankLinesBefore(final String key) {
212         return fetchLayoutData(key).getBlankLines();
213     }
214 
215     /**
216      * Sets the number of blank lines before the given property key. This can be used for a logical grouping of properties.
217      *
218      * @param key the property key
219      * @param number the number of blank lines to add before this property definition
220      * @deprecated use {@link PropertiesConfigurationLayout#setBlankLinesBefore(String, int)}.
221      */
222     @Deprecated
223     public void setBlancLinesBefore(final String key, final int number) {
224         setBlankLinesBefore(key, number);
225     }
226 
227     /**
228      * Sets the number of blank lines before the given property key. This can be used for a logical grouping of properties.
229      *
230      * @param key the property key
231      * @param number the number of blank lines to add before this property definition
232      * @since 2.8.0
233      */
234     public void setBlankLinesBefore(final String key, final int number) {
235         fetchLayoutData(key).setBlankLines(number);
236     }
237 
238     /**
239      * Gets the header comment of the represented properties file in a canonical form. With the {@code commentChar}
240      * parameter it can be specified whether comment characters should be stripped or be always present.
241      *
242      * @param commentChar determines the presence of comment characters
243      * @return the header comment (can be <b>null</b>)
244      */
245     public String getCanonicalHeaderComment(final boolean commentChar) {
246         return constructCanonicalComment(getHeaderComment(), commentChar);
247     }
248 
249     /**
250      * Gets the header comment of the represented properties file. This method returns the header comment exactly as it
251      * was set using {@code setHeaderComment()} or extracted from the loaded properties file.
252      *
253      * @return the header comment (can be <b>null</b>)
254      */
255     public String getHeaderComment() {
256         return headerComment;
257     }
258 
259     /**
260      * Sets the header comment for the represented properties file. This comment will be output on top of the file.
261      *
262      * @param comment the comment
263      */
264     public void setHeaderComment(final String comment) {
265         headerComment = comment;
266     }
267 
268     /**
269      * Gets the footer comment of the represented properties file in a canonical form. This method works like
270      * {@code getCanonicalHeaderComment()}, but reads the footer comment.
271      *
272      * @param commentChar determines the presence of comment characters
273      * @return the footer comment (can be <b>null</b>)
274      * @see #getCanonicalHeaderComment(boolean)
275      * @since 2.0
276      */
277     public String getCanonicalFooterCooment(final boolean commentChar) {
278         return constructCanonicalComment(getFooterComment(), commentChar);
279     }
280 
281     /**
282      * Gets the footer comment of the represented properties file. This method returns the footer comment exactly as it
283      * was set using {@code setFooterComment()} or extracted from the loaded properties file.
284      *
285      * @return the footer comment (can be <b>null</b>)
286      * @since 2.0
287      */
288     public String getFooterComment() {
289         return footerComment;
290     }
291 
292     /**
293      * Sets the footer comment for the represented properties file. This comment will be output at the bottom of the file.
294      *
295      * @param footerComment the footer comment
296      * @since 2.0
297      */
298     public void setFooterComment(final String footerComment) {
299         this.footerComment = footerComment;
300     }
301 
302     /**
303      * Returns a flag whether the specified property is defined on a single line. This is meaningful only if this property
304      * has multiple values.
305      *
306      * @param key the property key
307      * @return a flag if this property is defined on a single line
308      */
309     public boolean isSingleLine(final String key) {
310         return fetchLayoutData(key).isSingleLine();
311     }
312 
313     /**
314      * Sets the &quot;single line flag&quot; for the specified property key. This flag is evaluated if the property has
315      * multiple values (i.e. if it is a list property). In this case, if the flag is set, all values will be written in a
316      * single property definition using the list delimiter as separator. Otherwise multiple lines will be written for this
317      * property, each line containing one property value.
318      *
319      * @param key the property key
320      * @param f the single line flag
321      */
322     public void setSingleLine(final String key, final boolean f) {
323         fetchLayoutData(key).setSingleLine(f);
324     }
325 
326     /**
327      * Returns the &quot;force single line&quot; flag.
328      *
329      * @return the force single line flag
330      * @see #setForceSingleLine(boolean)
331      */
332     public boolean isForceSingleLine() {
333         return forceSingleLine;
334     }
335 
336     /**
337      * Sets the &quot;force single line&quot; flag. If this flag is set, all properties with multiple values are written on
338      * single lines. This mode provides more compatibility with {@link Properties}, which cannot deal with
339      * multiple definitions of a single property. This mode has no effect if the list delimiter parsing is disabled.
340      *
341      * @param f the force single line flag
342      */
343     public void setForceSingleLine(final boolean f) {
344         forceSingleLine = f;
345     }
346 
347     /**
348      * Gets the separator for the property with the given key.
349      *
350      * @param key the property key
351      * @return the property separator for this property
352      * @since 1.7
353      */
354     public String getSeparator(final String key) {
355         return fetchLayoutData(key).getSeparator();
356     }
357 
358     /**
359      * Sets the separator to be used for the property with the given key. The separator is the string between the property
360      * key and its value. For new properties &quot; = &quot; is used. When a properties file is read, the layout tries to
361      * determine the separator for each property. With this method the separator can be changed. To be compatible with the
362      * properties format only the characters {@code =} and {@code :} (with or without whitespace) should be used, but this
363      * method does not enforce this - it accepts arbitrary strings. If the key refers to a property with multiple values
364      * that are written on multiple lines, this separator will be used on all lines.
365      *
366      * @param key the key for the property
367      * @param sep the separator to be used for this property
368      * @since 1.7
369      */
370     public void setSeparator(final String key, final String sep) {
371         fetchLayoutData(key).setSeparator(sep);
372     }
373 
374     /**
375      * Gets the global separator.
376      *
377      * @return the global properties separator
378      * @since 1.7
379      */
380     public String getGlobalSeparator() {
381         return globalSeparator;
382     }
383 
384     /**
385      * Sets the global separator for properties. With this method a separator can be set that will be used for all
386      * properties when writing the configuration. This is an easy way of determining the properties separator globally. To
387      * be compatible with the properties format only the characters {@code =} and {@code :} (with or without whitespace)
388      * should be used, but this method does not enforce this - it accepts arbitrary strings. If the global separator is set
389      * to <b>null</b>, property separators are not changed. This is the default behavior as it produces results that are
390      * closer to the original properties file.
391      *
392      * @param globalSeparator the separator to be used for all properties
393      * @since 1.7
394      */
395     public void setGlobalSeparator(final String globalSeparator) {
396         this.globalSeparator = globalSeparator;
397     }
398 
399     /**
400      * Gets the line separator.
401      *
402      * @return the line separator
403      * @since 1.7
404      */
405     public String getLineSeparator() {
406         return lineSeparator;
407     }
408 
409     /**
410      * Sets the line separator. When writing the properties configuration, all lines are terminated with this separator. If
411      * no separator was set, the platform-specific default line separator is used.
412      *
413      * @param lineSeparator the line separator
414      * @since 1.7
415      */
416     public void setLineSeparator(final String lineSeparator) {
417         this.lineSeparator = lineSeparator;
418     }
419 
420     /**
421      * Gets a set with all property keys managed by this object.
422      *
423      * @return a set with all contained property keys
424      */
425     public Set<String> getKeys() {
426         return layoutData.keySet();
427     }
428 
429     /**
430      * Reads a properties file and stores its internal structure. The found properties will be added to the specified
431      * configuration object.
432      *
433      * @param config the associated configuration object
434      * @param reader the reader to the properties file
435      * @throws ConfigurationException if an error occurs
436      */
437     public void load(final PropertiesConfiguration config, final Reader reader) throws ConfigurationException {
438         loadCounter.incrementAndGet();
439         @SuppressWarnings("resource") // createPropertiesReader wraps the reader.
440         final PropertiesConfiguration.PropertiesReader pReader = config.getIOFactory().createPropertiesReader(reader);
441 
442         try {
443             while (pReader.nextProperty()) {
444                 if (config.propertyLoaded(pReader.getPropertyName(), pReader.getPropertyValue(), seenStack)) {
445                     final boolean contained = layoutData.containsKey(pReader.getPropertyName());
446                     int blankLines = 0;
447                     int idx = checkHeaderComment(pReader.getCommentLines());
448                     while (idx < pReader.getCommentLines().size() && StringUtils.isEmpty(pReader.getCommentLines().get(idx))) {
449                         idx++;
450                         blankLines++;
451                     }
452                     final String comment = extractComment(pReader.getCommentLines(), idx, pReader.getCommentLines().size() - 1);
453                     final PropertyLayoutData data = fetchLayoutData(pReader.getPropertyName());
454                     if (contained) {
455                         data.addComment(comment);
456                         data.setSingleLine(false);
457                     } else {
458                         data.setComment(comment);
459                         data.setBlankLines(blankLines);
460                         data.setSeparator(pReader.getPropertySeparator());
461                     }
462                 }
463             }
464 
465             setFooterComment(extractComment(pReader.getCommentLines(), 0, pReader.getCommentLines().size() - 1));
466         } catch (final IOException ioex) {
467             throw new ConfigurationException(ioex);
468         } finally {
469             loadCounter.decrementAndGet();
470         }
471     }
472 
473     /**
474      * Writes the properties file to the given writer, preserving as much of its structure as possible.
475      *
476      * @param config the associated configuration object
477      * @param writer the writer
478      * @throws ConfigurationException if an error occurs
479      */
480     public void save(final PropertiesConfiguration config, final Writer writer) throws ConfigurationException {
481         try {
482             @SuppressWarnings("resource") // createPropertiesReader wraps the writer.
483             final PropertiesConfiguration.PropertiesWriter pWriter = config.getIOFactory().createPropertiesWriter(writer, config.getListDelimiterHandler());
484             pWriter.setGlobalSeparator(getGlobalSeparator());
485             if (getLineSeparator() != null) {
486                 pWriter.setLineSeparator(getLineSeparator());
487             }
488 
489             if (headerComment != null) {
490                 writeComment(pWriter, getCanonicalHeaderComment(true));
491             }
492 
493             boolean firstKey = true;
494             for (final String key : getKeys()) {
495                 if (config.containsKeyInternal(key)) {
496                     // preset header comment needs to be separated from key
497                     if (firstKey && headerComment != null && getBlankLinesBefore(key) == 0) {
498                         pWriter.writeln(null);
499                     }
500 
501                     // Output blank lines before property
502                     for (int i = 0; i < getBlankLinesBefore(key); i++) {
503                         pWriter.writeln(null);
504                     }
505 
506                     // Output the comment
507                     writeComment(pWriter, getCanonicalComment(key, true));
508 
509                     // Output the property and its value
510                     final boolean singleLine = isForceSingleLine() || isSingleLine(key);
511                     pWriter.setCurrentSeparator(getSeparator(key));
512                     pWriter.writeProperty(key, config.getPropertyInternal(key), singleLine);
513                 }
514                 firstKey = false;
515             }
516 
517             writeComment(pWriter, getCanonicalFooterCooment(true));
518             pWriter.flush();
519         } catch (final IOException ioex) {
520             throw new ConfigurationException(ioex);
521         }
522     }
523 
524     /**
525      * The event listener callback. Here event notifications of the configuration object are processed to update the layout
526      * object properly.
527      *
528      * @param event the event object
529      */
530     @Override
531     public void onEvent(final ConfigurationEvent event) {
532         if (!event.isBeforeUpdate() && loadCounter.get() == 0) {
533             if (ConfigurationEvent.ADD_PROPERTY.equals(event.getEventType())) {
534                 final boolean contained = layoutData.containsKey(event.getPropertyName());
535                 final PropertyLayoutData data = fetchLayoutData(event.getPropertyName());
536                 data.setSingleLine(!contained);
537             } else if (ConfigurationEvent.CLEAR_PROPERTY.equals(event.getEventType())) {
538                 layoutData.remove(event.getPropertyName());
539             } else if (ConfigurationEvent.CLEAR.equals(event.getEventType())) {
540                 clear();
541             } else if (ConfigurationEvent.SET_PROPERTY.equals(event.getEventType())) {
542                 fetchLayoutData(event.getPropertyName());
543             }
544         }
545     }
546 
547     /**
548      * Returns a layout data object for the specified key. If this is a new key, a new object is created and initialized
549      * with default values.
550      *
551      * @param key the key
552      * @return the corresponding layout data object
553      */
554     private PropertyLayoutData fetchLayoutData(final String key) {
555         if (key == null) {
556             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Property key must not be null!");
557         }
558 
559         // PropertyLayoutData defaults to singleLine = true
560         return layoutData.computeIfAbsent(key, k -> new PropertyLayoutData());
561     }
562 
563     /**
564      * Removes all content from this layout object.
565      */
566     private void clear() {
567         seenStack.clear();
568         layoutData.clear();
569         setHeaderComment(null);
570         setFooterComment(null);
571     }
572 
573     /**
574      * Tests whether a line is a comment, i.e. whether it starts with a comment character.
575      *
576      * @param line the line
577      * @return a flag if this is a comment line
578      */
579     static boolean isCommentLine(final String line) {
580         return PropertiesConfiguration.isCommentLine(line);
581     }
582 
583     /**
584      * Trims a comment. This method either removes all comment characters from the given string, leaving only the plain
585      * comment text or ensures that every line starts with a valid comment character.
586      *
587      * @param s the string to be processed
588      * @param comment if <b>true</b>, a comment character will always be enforced; if <b>false</b>, it will be removed
589      * @return the trimmed comment
590      */
591     static String trimComment(final String s, final boolean comment) {
592         final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(s.length());
593         int lastPos = 0;
594         int pos;
595 
596         do {
597             pos = s.indexOf(CR, lastPos);
598             if (pos >= 0) {
599                 final String line = s.substring(lastPos, pos);
600                 buf.append(stripCommentChar(line, comment)).append(CR);
601                 lastPos = pos + CR.length();
602             }
603         } while (pos >= 0);
604 
605         if (lastPos < s.length()) {
606             buf.append(stripCommentChar(s.substring(lastPos), comment));
607         }
608         return buf.toString();
609     }
610 
611     /**
612      * Either removes the comment character from the given comment line or ensures that the line starts with a comment
613      * character.
614      *
615      * @param s the comment line
616      * @param comment if <b>true</b>, a comment character will always be enforced; if <b>false</b>, it will be removed
617      * @return the line without comment character
618      */
619     static String stripCommentChar(final String s, final boolean comment) {
620         if (StringUtils.isBlank(s) || isCommentLine(s) == comment) {
621             return s;
622         }
623         if (!comment) {
624             int pos = 0;
625             // find first comment character
626             while (PropertiesConfiguration.COMMENT_CHARS.indexOf(s.charAt(pos)) < 0) {
627                 pos++;
628             }
629 
630             // Remove leading spaces
631             pos++;
632             while (pos < s.length() && Character.isWhitespace(s.charAt(pos))) {
633                 pos++;
634             }
635 
636             return pos < s.length() ? s.substring(pos) : StringUtils.EMPTY;
637         }
638         return COMMENT_PREFIX + s;
639     }
640 
641     /**
642      * Extracts a comment string from the given range of the specified comment lines. The single lines are added using a
643      * line feed as separator.
644      *
645      * @param commentLines a list with comment lines
646      * @param from the start index
647      * @param to the end index (inclusive)
648      * @return the comment string (<b>null</b> if it is undefined)
649      */
650     private String extractComment(final List<String> commentLines, final int from, final int to) {
651         if (to < from) {
652             return null;
653         }
654         final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(commentLines.get(from));
655         for (int i = from + 1; i <= to; i++) {
656             buf.append(CR);
657             buf.append(commentLines.get(i));
658         }
659         return buf.toString();
660     }
661 
662     /**
663      * Checks if parts of the passed in comment can be used as header comment. This method checks whether a header comment
664      * can be defined (i.e. whether this is the first comment in the loaded file). If this is the case, it is searched for
665      * the latest blank line. This line will mark the end of the header comment. The return value is the index of the first
666      * line in the passed in list, which does not belong to the header comment.
667      *
668      * @param commentLines the comment lines
669      * @return the index of the next line after the header comment
670      */
671     private int checkHeaderComment(final List<String> commentLines) {
672         if (loadCounter.get() == 1 && layoutData.isEmpty()) {
673             int index = commentLines.size() - 1;
674             // strip comments that belong to first key
675             while (index >= 0 && StringUtils.isNotEmpty(commentLines.get(index))) {
676                 index--;
677             }
678             // strip blank lines
679             while (index >= 0 && StringUtils.isEmpty(commentLines.get(index))) {
680                 index--;
681             }
682             if (getHeaderComment() == null) {
683                 setHeaderComment(extractComment(commentLines, 0, index));
684             }
685             return index + 1;
686         }
687         return 0;
688     }
689 
690     /**
691      * Copies the data from the given layout object.
692      *
693      * @param c the layout object to copy
694      */
695     private void copyFrom(final PropertiesConfigurationLayout c) {
696         c.getKeys().forEach(key -> layoutData.put(key, c.layoutData.get(key).clone()));
697 
698         setHeaderComment(c.getHeaderComment());
699         setFooterComment(c.getFooterComment());
700     }
701 
702     /**
703      * Helper method for writing a comment line. This method ensures that the correct line separator is used if the comment
704      * spans multiple lines.
705      *
706      * @param writer the writer
707      * @param comment the comment to write
708      * @throws IOException if an IO error occurs
709      */
710     private static void writeComment(final PropertiesConfiguration.PropertiesWriter writer, final String comment) throws IOException {
711         if (comment != null) {
712             writer.writeln(StringUtils.replace(comment, CR, writer.getLineSeparator()));
713         }
714     }
715 
716     /**
717      * Helper method for generating a comment string. Depending on the boolean argument the resulting string either has no
718      * comment characters or a leading comment character at each line.
719      *
720      * @param comment the comment string to be processed
721      * @param commentChar determines the presence of comment characters
722      * @return the canonical comment string (can be <b>null</b>)
723      */
724     private static String constructCanonicalComment(final String comment, final boolean commentChar) {
725         return comment == null ? null : trimComment(comment, commentChar);
726     }
727 
728     /**
729      * A helper class for storing all layout related information for a configuration property.
730      */
731     static class PropertyLayoutData implements Cloneable {
732         /** Stores the comment for the property. */
733         private StringBuffer comment;
734 
735         /** The separator to be used for this property. */
736         private String separator;
737 
738         /** Stores the number of blank lines before this property. */
739         private int blankLines;
740 
741         /** Stores the single line property. */
742         private boolean singleLine;
743 
744         /**
745          * Creates a new instance of {@code PropertyLayoutData}.
746          */
747         public PropertyLayoutData() {
748             singleLine = true;
749             separator = PropertiesConfiguration.DEFAULT_SEPARATOR;
750         }
751 
752         /**
753          * Gets the number of blank lines before this property.
754          *
755          * @return the number of blank lines before this property
756          * @deprecated Use {#link {@link #getBlankLines()}}.
757          */
758         @Deprecated
759         public int getBlancLines() {
760             return getBlankLines();
761         }
762 
763         /**
764          * Gets the number of blank lines before this property.
765          *
766          * @return the number of blank lines before this property
767          * @since 2.8.0
768          */
769         public int getBlankLines() {
770             return blankLines;
771         }
772 
773         /**
774          * Sets the number of properties before this property.
775          *
776          * @param blankLines the number of properties before this property
777          * @deprecated Use {@link #setBlankLines(int)}.
778          */
779         @Deprecated
780         public void setBlancLines(final int blankLines) {
781             setBlankLines(blankLines);
782         }
783 
784         /**
785          * Sets the number of properties before this property.
786          *
787          * @param blankLines the number of properties before this property
788          * @since 2.8.0
789          */
790         public void setBlankLines(final int blankLines) {
791             this.blankLines = blankLines;
792         }
793 
794         /**
795          * Returns the single line flag.
796          *
797          * @return the single line flag
798          */
799         public boolean isSingleLine() {
800             return singleLine;
801         }
802 
803         /**
804          * Sets the single line flag.
805          *
806          * @param singleLine the single line flag
807          */
808         public void setSingleLine(final boolean singleLine) {
809             this.singleLine = singleLine;
810         }
811 
812         /**
813          * Adds a comment for this property. If already a comment exists, the new comment is added (separated by a newline).
814          *
815          * @param s the comment to add
816          */
817         public void addComment(final String s) {
818             if (s != null) {
819                 if (comment == null) {
820                     comment = new StringBuffer(s);
821                 } else {
822                     comment.append(CR).append(s);
823                 }
824             }
825         }
826 
827         /**
828          * Sets the comment for this property.
829          *
830          * @param s the new comment (can be <b>null</b>)
831          */
832         public void setComment(final String s) {
833             if (s == null) {
834                 comment = null;
835             } else {
836                 comment = new StringBuffer(s);
837             }
838         }
839 
840         /**
841          * Gets the comment for this property. The comment is returned as it is, without processing of comment characters.
842          *
843          * @return the comment (can be <b>null</b>)
844          */
845         public String getComment() {
846             return Objects.toString(comment, null);
847         }
848 
849         /**
850          * Gets the separator that was used for this property.
851          *
852          * @return the property separator
853          */
854         public String getSeparator() {
855             return separator;
856         }
857 
858         /**
859          * Sets the separator to be used for the represented property.
860          *
861          * @param separator the property separator
862          */
863         public void setSeparator(final String separator) {
864             this.separator = separator;
865         }
866 
867         /**
868          * Creates a copy of this object.
869          *
870          * @return the copy
871          */
872         @Override
873         public PropertyLayoutData clone() {
874             try {
875                 final PropertyLayoutData copy = (PropertyLayoutData) super.clone();
876                 if (comment != null) {
877                     // must copy string buffer, too
878                     copy.comment = new StringBuffer(getComment());
879                 }
880                 return copy;
881             } catch (final CloneNotSupportedException cnex) {
882                 // This cannot happen!
883                 throw new ConfigurationRuntimeException(cnex);
884             }
885         }
886     }
887 }