in src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration2/tree/DefaultConfigurationKey.java [102:117]
public DefaultConfigurationKey append(final String property, final boolean escape) {
String key;
if (escape && property != null) {
key = escapeDelimiters(property);
} else {
key = property;
}
key = trim(key);
if (keyBuffer.length() > 0 && !isAttributeKey(property) && !key.isEmpty()) {
keyBuffer.append(getSymbols().getPropertyDelimiter());
}
keyBuffer.append(key);
return this;
}