Here you can find the source of getSection(Properties props, String sectionName, boolean removeSectionName)
public static Properties getSection(Properties props, String sectionName, boolean removeSectionName)
//package com.java2s; /*********************************************************************** Legacy Film to DVD Project/*www . j a va2s. c o m*/ Copyright (C) 2005 James F. Carroll This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA ****************************************************************************/ import java.util.*; public class Main { public static Properties getSection(Properties props, String sectionName, boolean removeSectionName) { Properties ret = new Properties(); for (Enumeration<?> e = props.propertyNames(); e.hasMoreElements();) { String key = (String) (e.nextElement()); if (key.startsWith(sectionName + ".")) { String newkey = removeSectionName ? key.substring(sectionName.length() + 1) : key; ret.setProperty(newkey, props.getProperty(key)); } else if (key.equals(sectionName) && !removeSectionName) { ret.setProperty(key, props.getProperty(key)); } } return ret; } }