Importing a properties file into a dictionary

load-into-dict.cli

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from java.util import HashSet
from java.util import Properties
from java.io import FileReader

def loadProps(propertiesFile):
  props = Properties()
  reader = FileReader(propertiesFile)
  try:
    props.load(reader)
  except:
    print 'Unable to load properties from', propertiesFile
  finally:
    reader.close()
  return props
  
def loadIntoDict(propertiesFile, dictName, overwriteExisting=False):
  try:
    dict = repository.read('Environments/' + dictName)
  except:
    print "Unknown Dictionary '%s'. Please verify that an item with ID 'Environments/%s' exists in the repository" % (dictName, dictName)
    return
  props = loadProps(propertiesFile)
  if not props:
    print "No properties loaded"
    return
  # copy, no live view
  existingKeys = HashSet(dict.values['entries'].keySet())
  for prop in props.entrySet():
    key = prop.key
    if key in existingKeys:
      if overwriteExisting:
        print "Overwriting existing value for key '%s'." % (key)
        dict.values['entries'][key] = prop.value
      else:
        print "Dictionary already contains key '%s'. Skipping." % (key)
    else:
      dict.values['entries'][key] = prop.value
  print "Saving updated dictionary", dictName
  repository.update(dict)
  return dict