Java Utililty Methods Properties Load from File

Properties p = new Properties();
FileInputStream inStream = new FileInputStream(filename);
p.load(inStream);
inStream.close();
return p;

if (!filename.endsWith("properties"))
    filename += ".properties";
InputStream is = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(filename);
return load(is);

InputStream is = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(fileName);
return load(is);

Properties props = new Properties();
try {
    props.load(new FileInputStream(path));
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
    new RuntimeException("Error loading properties: " + path, e);
} catch (IOException e) {
    new RuntimeException("Error loading properties: " + path, e);
return props;

Properties properties = new Properties();
if (propertiesString != null)
    properties.load(new StringReader(propertiesString));
return properties;

InputStream in = null;
Properties prop = new Properties();
try {
    in = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(resource);
    prop.load(in);
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    if (in != null) {
...

Properties p = new Properties();
try {
    InputStream stream = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(resource);
    if (stream == null) {
        stream = new FileInputStream(resource);
    p.load(stream);
} catch (Exception e) {
...

Properties properties = null;
File propertiesFile = null;
try {
    String path = null;
    for (int i = 0; i < paths.length; i++) {
        path = paths[i] + File.separator + fileName;
        propertiesFile = new File(path);
        if (propertiesFile.exists())
...

Properties properties = new Properties();
try {
    properties.load(inputStream);
} catch (IOException ioException) {
return properties;

Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.load(inputStream);
return properties;