.properties format

The package supports typical Java .properties syntax.

Comments

Lines starting with # or ! are treated as comments and ignored.

Keys and values

• Assignment uses = or : (the first unescaped delimiter on the line wins).
• Leading and trailing whitespace is trimmed.

Multiline values

A trailing \ joins the next physical line (the newline and following whitespace are removed as part of continuation handling).

Escape sequences

Sequence	Meaning
\n	Newline
\r	Carriage return
\t	Tab
\uXXXX	Unicode code point
\ \= \: \! \#	Literal space, equals, colon, bang, hash

Example

# Application
app.name=Demo
app.features.enabled=true

# Multiline
message=Hello world \
    continued text

This text is first turned into a flat key → string value map, then into a nested or flat structure according to the options.