Any text before the first key
is considered as a comment
~ key1. Keys are 1-line strings started with '~'. Leading/trailing whitespaces are removed
Multiline
Value1
~ key2
Multiline
Value2

Map<String, String> properties = new MPropsParser().parse(text);

or

Map<String, String> properties = new MPropsParser().parse(new FileReader("path-to-file"));

or with a streaming

new MPropsParser().parse(new FileReader("path-to-file"), new BiConsumer<String, String>(){...});

// All keys now starts with '>' token: example: "> key \n value".
MPropsParser parser = new MPropsParser(">");

To escape any value use starting ' ' (space) character on any value line that starts with key token. This extra leading space will be removed (not-returned) by parser.

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.mprops</groupId>
        <artifactId>mprops</artifactId>
        <version>1.1.0</version>
    </dependency>