Java Utililty Methods Properties Load from File

Properties props = new Properties();
loadPropertiesFromFile(props, fullFileName);
return props;

Properties properties = new Properties();
if (pathname == null || pathname.length() == 0)
    return properties;
FileInputStream in = null;
in = new FileInputStream(pathname);
if (in != null) {
    properties.load(in);
    in.close();
...

InputStream is = null;
try {
    is = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(propsFilePath));
    Properties props = new Properties();
    props.load(is);
    return props;
} finally {
    close(is);
...

Properties props = new Properties();
try {
    InputStream input = ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream((propertiesFileName));
    props.load(input);
} catch (Exception e) {
    return null;
return props;
...

HashMap<String, Class<? extends E>> providers;
providers = new HashMap<String, Class<? extends E>>();
InputStream in;
in = base.getResourceAsStream(confPropertiesName);
if (in != null) {
    providers.putAll(readProvidersConfiguration(base, in, "built-in"));
} else
    System.err.format("Built-in configuration not found for %s\n", base.getName());
...

FileReader fis = new FileReader(pythonScriptName);
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(fis);
String script = "";
String record = null;
while ((record = reader.readLine()) != null) {
    script = script + System.getProperty("line.separator") + record;
return script;
...

BufferedReader r = null;
StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();
try {
    r = new BufferedReader(stream);
    String line = null;
    while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) {
        text.append(line);
        text.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
...

Properties properties = new Properties();
File propertiesFile = new File(propertiesFilename);
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(propertiesFile);
properties.load(fis);
fis.close();
String secondPropertiesFilename = properties.getProperty(PROPERTY_INCLUDE_ABSOLUTE);
if (secondPropertiesFilename != null) {
    properties.remove(PROPERTY_INCLUDE_ABSOLUTE);
...

isRQGEnabled = true;
String propertPath = getRQGConfig();
rqg_environment = new Properties();
InputStream stream = null;
if (propertPath == null) {
    propertPath = "rqg_config.properties";
if (propertPath != null) {
...

Properties props;
props = new Properties();
props.load(in);
return props.getProperty(key);