From 4a030c2298d22056f3f17673a97c331546ddc449 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kensen John <kensenjohn@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 02:18:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added capability to convert Property files into JSONObject
 and vice versa

---
 Property.java | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Property.java

diff --git a/Property.java b/Property.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb4f85c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Property.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package org.json;
+
+/*
+Copyright (c) 2002 JSON.org
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+/**
+ * Converts a Property file data into JSONObject and back.
+ * @author JSON.org
+ * @version 2013-05-23
+ */
+public class Property {
+    /**
+     * Converts a property file object into a JSONObject. The property file object is a table of name value pairs.
+     * @param properties java.util.Properties
+     * @return JSONObject
+     * @throws JSONException
+     */
+    public static JSONObject toJSONObject(java.util.Properties properties) throws JSONException {
+        JSONObject jo = new JSONObject();
+        if(properties!=null && !properties.isEmpty()) {
+            Enumeration<?> enumProperties = properties.propertyNames();
+            while(enumProperties.hasMoreElements()) {
+                String name = (String)enumProperties.nextElement();
+                jo.put( name, properties.getProperty( name) );
+            }
+        }
+        return jo;
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts the JSONObject into a property file object.
+     * @param jo JSONObject
+     * @return java.util.Properties
+     * @throws JSONException
+     */
+    public static Properties toProperties( JSONObject jo )  throws JSONException {
+        Properties  properties = new Properties();
+        if( jo!=null ) {
+            Iterator    keys = jo.keys();
+
+            while (keys.hasNext()) {
+                String  name    = keys.next().toString();
+                String  value   = jo.getString( name );
+                properties.put(name,value);
+            }
+        }
+        return properties;
+    }
+}