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package com.sun.javatest.util;

import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;

/**
 * A subtype of Properties for which the keys method will return a sorted enumeration.
 * This means that the store method will write the various properties in sorted order.
 */
public class SortedProperties extends Properties
{
    // override Keys() to return a sorted set
    public Enumeration keys() {
	Set s = new TreeSet(); // ordered
	for (Enumeration e = super.keys(); e.hasMoreElements(); ) {
	    s.add(e.nextElement());
	}
	
	final Iterator iter = s.iterator();
	return new Enumeration() {
		public boolean hasMoreElements() {
		    return iter.hasNext();
		}
		public Object nextElement() {
		    return iter.next();
		}
	    };
    }
}
