Here you can find the source of loadConfiguration(String filePath)
public static Dictionary<String, Object> loadConfiguration(String filePath) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*************************************************************************** * Copyright 2012-2013 TXT e-solutions SpA * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License./*from w w w.ja va 2 s . c o m*/ * * This work was performed within the IoT_at_Work Project * and partially funded by the European Commission's * 7th Framework Programme under the contract ICT-257367. * * Authors: * Salvatore Piccione (TXT e-solutions SpA) * * Contributors: * Domenico Rotondi (TXT e-solutions SpA) **************************************************************************/ import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.Dictionary; import java.util.Hashtable; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Map.Entry; import java.util.Properties; import java.util.Set; public class Main { public static Dictionary<String, Object> loadConfiguration(String filePath) throws IOException { File file = new File(filePath); FileInputStream stream = new FileInputStream(file); Properties p = new Properties(); try { p.load(stream); } finally { if (stream != null) stream.close(); } Dictionary<String, Object> config = new Hashtable<String, Object>(p.size()); Set<Entry<Object, Object>> entries = p.entrySet(); Iterator<Entry<Object, Object>> iterator = entries.iterator(); Entry<Object, Object> entry; while (iterator.hasNext()) { entry = iterator.next(); config.put((String) entry.getKey(), entry.getValue()); } return config; } }