Name: skT45625			Date: 11/01/2000


java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)


The following property file
# comment beginning in first column
 # comment with space before #

is read with the program
public class PropTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Properties p = new Properties();
        try {
            FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream("defaultProperties");
            p.load(in);
            in.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {}
        p.list(System.out);
    }
}

which produces the following output:
-- listing properties --
#=comment with space before #

but the documentation for Properties.load() states:
A line that contains only whitespace or whose first non-whitespace character is
an ASCII # or ! is ignored (thus, # or ! indicate comment lines).

So both lines should be valid comments and be ignored.
(Review ID: 111701) 
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