grunt-properties-reader

Grunt plugin that reads java properties files.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-properties-reader --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-properties-reader');

The "properties" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named properties to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  properties: {
    props: 'configFile.properties'
  }
})

Options

Options are passed directly into the second argument of the grunt.file.read operation. See grunt.file

Usage Examples

Basic

In this example, a properties file is used to read a server deployment location. The deployDir property is then used in a clean task.

The example application.properties file:

deployDir=C:\server\deployment

And example Gruntfile.js:

grunt.initConfig({
  properties: {
    app: 'application.properties'
  },
  clean: {
    deployDir: '<%= app.deployDir %>'
  }
})

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-clean');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-properties-reader');

grunt.registerTask('cleanDeploy', ['properties', 'clean:deployDir'])

Running grunt cleanDeploy from the command line will delete the directory.

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

• 2013-06-07 v0.1.0 Initial release