Script to convert .properties files to Sun's XML property files

props2xml.py

import os
from os.path import splitext

def xml_start():
    return """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd">
    <properties>
    """
def xml_end():
    return "</properties>"

def convert_single_property_to_xml(line):
    entry = line.split("=", 1)
    if len(entry) == 2:
        return '<entry key="' + entry[0].strip() + '">' + entry[1].strip() + '</entry>\n'
    else:
        return ""
    
prop_files = [f for f in os.listdir(".") if f.endswith(".properties")]
for fname in prop_files:
    xfname = splitext(fname)[0] + ".xml"
    print fname + " -> " + xfname
    with open(fname, "r") as fo:
        with open(xfname, "w") as fxml:
            fxml.write(xml_start())
            for line in fo:
                fxml.write(convert_single_property_to_xml(line))
            fxml.write(xml_end())
        fxml.close()
    fo.close()