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<h1 class="epydoc">Class PropertiesConfiguration</h1><span class="codelink"><a href="configuration-pysrc.html#PropertiesConfiguration">source&nbsp;code</a></span><br /><br />
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                        <strong class="uidshort">PropertiesConfiguration</strong>
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<p>A Configuration that parses a plain text properties file.</p>
<p>This typically follows the java.util.Properties format.</p>
<p>Note: This code is mostly based on this recipe
<a class="rst-reference external" href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/496795" target="_top">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/496795</a>.
Copyright (c) Anand Balachandran Pillai</p><br /><br />

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