title: How do you escape colon (:) in Properties file?
body: <p>I am using a properties file to store my application's configuration values.
  In one of the instances, I have to store a value as
  <code>xxx:yyy:zzz</code>. When I do that, the colon is escaped with a back slash<code>\</code> resulting in the value showing as <code>xxx\:yyy\:zzz</code> in the properties file.</p>
  
  <p>I am aware that the colon <code>:</code> is a standard delimiter of the <code>Properties</code> Java class. However I still need to save the value without the back slash <code>\</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions on how to handle this?</p>