lib/src/main/java/rife/render/Abbreviate.java

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ package rife.render;
 import rife.template.Template;
 import rife.template.ValueRenderer;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
 /**
  * <p>Abbreviate a template value with ellipses.</p>
  *
@@ -44,9 +48,14 @@ public class Abbreviate implements ValueRenderer {
         var max = -1;
         var defaultValue = template.getDefaultValue(valueId);
         if (defaultValue != null) {
-            var properties = RenderUtils.parsePropertiesString(defaultValue);
+            var properties = new Properties();
-            mark = properties.getProperty("mark", mark);
+            try {
-            max = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("max", String.valueOf(max)));
+                properties.load(new StringReader(defaultValue));
+                mark = properties.getProperty("mark", mark);
+                max = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("max", String.valueOf(max)));
+            } catch (IOException | NumberFormatException ignore) {
+                // do nothing
+            }
         }
 
         return template.getEncoder().encode(

lib/src/main/java/rife/render/DateTimeIso.java

@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ package rife.render;
 import rife.template.Template;
 import rife.template.ValueRenderer;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 /**
  * <p>Return the current date and time in ISO 8601 format.</p>
@@ -45,11 +48,16 @@ public class DateTimeIso implements ValueRenderer {
     public String render(Template template, String valueId, String differentiator) {
         var defaultValue = template.getDefaultValue(valueId);
         if (defaultValue != null) {
-            var properties = RenderUtils.parsePropertiesString(template.getDefaultValue(valueId));
+            var properties = new Properties();
-            var tz = "tz";
+            try {
-            if (properties.containsKey(tz)) {
+                var tz = "tz";
-                return ZonedDateTime.now().format(
+                properties.load(new StringReader(defaultValue));
-                        RenderUtils.ISO_8601_FORMATTER.withZone(ZoneId.of(properties.getProperty(tz))));
+                if (properties.containsKey(tz)) {
+                    return ZonedDateTime.now().format(
+                            RenderUtils.ISO_8601_FORMATTER.withZone(ZoneId.of(properties.getProperty(tz))));
+                }
+            } catch (IOException ignore) {
+                // do nothing
             }
 
         }

lib/src/main/java/rife/render/Mask.java

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ package rife.render;
 import rife.template.Template;
 import rife.template.ValueRenderer;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
 /**
  * <p>Masks characters of a template value.</p>
  *
@@ -44,15 +48,16 @@ public class Mask implements ValueRenderer {
         var unmasked = 0;
         var fromStart = false;
         var defaultValue = template.getDefaultValue(valueId);
-        if (defaultValue != null && !defaultValue.isBlank()) {
+        if (defaultValue != null) {
-            var properties = RenderUtils.parsePropertiesString(defaultValue);
+            var properties = new Properties();
-            mask = properties.getProperty("mask", mask);
             try {
+                properties.load(new StringReader(defaultValue));
+                mask = properties.getProperty("mask", mask);
                 unmasked = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("unmasked", "0"));
-            } catch (NumberFormatException ignore) {
+                fromStart = "true".equalsIgnoreCase(properties.getProperty("fromStart", "false"));
+            } catch (IOException | NumberFormatException ignore) {
                 // do nothing
             }
-            fromStart = "true".equalsIgnoreCase(properties.getProperty("fromStart", "false"));
         }
         return template.getEncoder().encode(
                 RenderUtils.mask(template.getValueOrAttribute(differentiator), mask, unmasked, fromStart));

lib/src/main/java/rife/render/QrCode.java

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ package rife.render;
 import rife.template.Template;
 import rife.template.ValueRenderer;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
 /**
  * <p>Generates an SVG QR Code for a template value using <a href="https://goqr.me/">goQR.me</a>.</p>
  *
@@ -40,8 +44,17 @@ public class QrCode implements ValueRenderer {
      */
     @Override
     public String render(Template template, String valueId, String differentiator) {
-        var properties = RenderUtils.parsePropertiesString(template.getDefaultValue(valueId));
+        var size = "150x150";
-        var size = properties.getProperty("size", "150x150");
+        var defaultValue = template.getDefaultValue(valueId);
+        if (defaultValue != null) {
+            var properties = new Properties();
+            try {
+                properties.load(new StringReader(defaultValue));
+                size = properties.getProperty("size", size);
+            } catch (IOException ignore) {
+                // do nothing
+            }
+        }
         return RenderUtils.qrCode(template.getValueOrAttribute(differentiator), size);
     }
 }

lib/src/main/java/rife/render/RenderUtils.java

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import rife.tools.StringUtils;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.text.Normalizer;
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@ import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 /**
  * Collection of utility-type methods commonly used by the renderers.
@@ -47,6 +44,7 @@ public final class RenderUtils {
      * The encoding property.
      */
     public static final String ENCODING_PROPERTY = "encoding";
+
     /**
      * ISO 8601 date formatter.
      *
@@ -84,7 +82,6 @@ public final class RenderUtils {
             DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz").withLocale(Localization.getLocale());
     private static final String DEFAULT_USER_AGENT =
             "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/111.0";
-    private final static Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(RenderUtils.class.getName());
 
     private RenderUtils() {
         // no-op
@@ -211,26 +208,15 @@ public final class RenderUtils {
      */
     public static String fetchUrl(String url, String defaultContent) {
         try {
-            var fetchUrl = new URL(url);
+            var connection = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
-            try {
+            connection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", DEFAULT_USER_AGENT);
-                var connection = (HttpURLConnection) fetchUrl.openConnection();
+            var code = connection.getResponseCode();
-                connection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", DEFAULT_USER_AGENT);
+            if (code >= 200 && code <= 399) {
-                var code = connection.getResponseCode();
+                try (var inputStream = connection.getInputStream()) {
-                if (code >= 200 && code <= 399) {
+                    return new String(inputStream.readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-                    try (var inputStream = connection.getInputStream()) {
-                        return new String(inputStream.readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
-                        LOGGER.warning("A " + code + " status code was returned by " + fetchUrl.getHost());
-                    }
-                }
-            } catch (IOException ioe) {
-                if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
-                    LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "An IO error occurred while connecting to " + fetchUrl.getHost(), ioe);
                 }
             }
-        } catch (MalformedURLException ignore) {
+        } catch (IOException ignore) {
             // do nothing
         }
         return defaultContent;
@@ -352,7 +338,7 @@ public final class RenderUtils {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns a new {@code Properties} containing the properties specified in the given {@code String}.
+     * Returns a new {@code Properties} containing the properties specified in the given {$String}.
      *
      * @param src the {@code} String containing the properties
      * @return the new {@code Properties}

lib/src/main/java/rife/render/Uptime.java

@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ package rife.render;
 import rife.template.Template;
 import rife.template.ValueRenderer;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 /**
  * Renders the server uptime.
@@ -42,7 +45,16 @@ public class Uptime implements ValueRenderer {
      */
     @Override
     public String render(Template template, String valueId, String differentiator) {
-        var properties = RenderUtils.parsePropertiesString(template.getDefaultValue(valueId));
+        var properties = new Properties();
+        var defaultValue = template.getDefaultValue(valueId);
+        if (defaultValue != null) {
+            try {
+                properties.load(new StringReader(defaultValue));
+            } catch (IOException ignore) {
+                // ignore
+            }
+        }
+
         String uptime;
         if (template.hasAttribute(Uptime.class.getName())) {
             uptime = RenderUtils.uptime((long) template.getAttribute(Uptime.class.getName()), properties);