title: java apache configuration: special characters ";" and "#" in value
body: <p>I use for my configuration file org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration.
  Now I have the following key-value-pair:</p>
  
  <pre><code>mySpecialKey = ABC,;#XYZ
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I need for this one value the 3 special characters ",", ";" and "#". 
  But ";" and "#" have in my other key-value-pairs the original comment function.
  I can mask "," with "\", but I haven't a solution to mask ";" and "#".
  How can I resolve my problem? Thanks for your hints, Stefanie</p>