Java Utililty Methods Properties Load from File

Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.load(new FileInputStream(propertiesFileName));
return (Map) properties;

Properties fProps = new Properties();
try (InputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(propFile))) {
    fProps.load(is);
return fProps;

try (InputStream input = new FileInputStream(propFilePath)) {
    return loadPropertiesStream(input);

Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.load(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(filename));
return properties;

Properties aprops = new Properties();
InputStream ios = loadResourceClass.getResource(classpath).openStream();
aprops.load(ios);
return aprops;

Properties p = new Properties();
ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
InputStream is = cl.getResourceAsStream(pfname);
if (is == null)
    throw new RuntimeException("Could not find " + pfname + " in CLASSPATH");
try {
    p.load(is);
} catch (Exception e) {
...

InputStream inputStream = clazz.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(filePath);
return loadPropertiesFromInputStream(inputStream);

Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<String, String>();
Properties props = new Properties();
JarEntry entry = jar.getJarEntry("conf/plugin.properties");
if (entry != null) {
    InputStream in = jar.getInputStream(entry);
    props.load(in);
    Enumeration<?> en = props.propertyNames();
    while (en.hasMoreElements()) {
...

final InputStream input = new FileInputStream(configFile);
final Properties prop = new Properties();
prop.load(input);
server = prop.getProperty("ras.server", DEFAULT_SERVER);
database = prop.getProperty("ras.database", DEFAULT_BASE);
port = prop.getProperty("ras.port", DEFAULT_PORT);
username = prop.getProperty("ras.username", DEFAULT_USER);
password = prop.getProperty("ras.password", DEFAULT_PASSWD);
...

File configFile = new File(filePath);
if (!configFile.exists()) {
    throw new FileNotFoundException("Configuration file \"" + filePath + "\" could not be found");
System.out.println("Configuration file located in " + filePath);
InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(filePath);
return loadProperties(inputStream);