Bug 109955

Summary:	[nls tooling] Properties file editor should detect duplicate properties.
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	trevor campbell <trevor.campbell>
Component:	Text	Assignee:	JDT-Text-Inbox <jdt-text-inbox>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	caladyon, tomasz.zarna
Version:	3.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description trevor campbell

2005-09-20 02:06:14 EDT

It would be nice if Properties file editor detected duplicate properties.
In long properties files on mature projects with many programmers these files
often end up in poor shape and having duplicate properties is a real problem.

Comment 1 Dani Megert

2006-03-21 05:09:55 EST

Try Source > Find Broken NLS Keys... (needs latest 3.2 I-build)

Comment 2 Dani Megert

2009-05-18 10:20:12 EDT

*** Bug 276710 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Luciano

2013-10-15 04:25:51 EDT

Eclipse should NOT delete lines with "duplicate" key, because they can be loaded as String array by org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration.getStringArray

http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/apidocs/org/apache/commons/configuration/Configuration.html#getStringArray(java.lang.String)

Deleting lines with the same property and different values leads to loss of data (I'm experimenting now with Eclipse Kepler)!

This feature should be implemented as a command on demand (not automatic).
Thanks

PS: this issue is old and not up-to-date, I think I'm gonna create a new one

Comment 4 Luciano

2013-10-15 04:46:40 EDT

Sorry, I made a mistake: I agree that Eclipse should *only detect*.
I opened issue #419427 because Kepler actually deletes.

Thanks