Java Utililty Methods Properties Load from File

Properties props = new Properties();
try {
    File f = new File(fileName);
    InputStream is = new FileInputStream(f);
    props.load(is);
} catch (Exception e) {
return props;
...

if (priorityList == null)
    priorityList = new ArrayList<String>();
try {
    FileReader fr = new FileReader(PAGEOBJECT_PATH + "priority.list");
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
    String line = "";
    while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
        line = line.trim();
...

return loadProperties(new File(directory, propertiesFileName), false);

Properties props = new Properties();
FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(f);
try {
    props.load(in);
    return props;
} finally {
    try {
        in.close();
...

if (file.exists()) {
    return loadProperties(new FileInputStream(file));
return null;

try {
    InputStream input = null;
    try {
        input = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
        Properties properties = new Properties();
        properties.load(input);
        return properties;
    } finally {
...

return loadProperties(null, file);

FileInputStream input = null;
try {
    input = new FileInputStream(file);
    Properties properties = new Properties();
    properties.load(input);
    return properties;
} finally {
    if (input != null) {
...

Properties properties = new Properties();
try {
    FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
    try {
        properties.load(in);
    } finally {
        in.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException x) {
return properties;

Properties prop = new Properties();
try {
    InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
    prop.load(in);
    in.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return prop;