Here you can find the source of loadConfig(File settingsFile)
public static Properties loadConfig(File settingsFile) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*/*from www . j av a 2 s. c om*/ * SubCherry - Cherry Picking with Trac and Subversion * Copyright (C) 2014 Bernhard Haumacher and others * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program 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 General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.Properties; public class Main { public static Properties loadConfig(File settingsFile) throws IOException { Properties loadedProperties = new Properties(); if (settingsFile.exists()) { FileInputStream settingsIn = new FileInputStream(settingsFile); loadedProperties.load(settingsIn); settingsIn.close(); } return loadedProperties; } }