Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * JLibs: Common Utilities for Java * Copyright (C) 2009 Santhosh Kumar T <santhosh.tekuri@gmail.com> * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. */ import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.util.*; public class Main { /** * Reads Properties from given inputStream and returns it. * NOTE: the given stream is closed by this method */ public static Properties readProperties(InputStream is, Properties props) throws IOException { if (props == null) props = new Properties(); try { props.load(is); } finally { is.close(); } return props; } }