Here you can find the source of loadProperties(File propertyFile)
private static Properties loadProperties(File propertyFile)
//package com.java2s; /**//from www. j a v a 2s . c o m * Copyright (c) 2002-2014 "Neo Technology," * Network Engine for Objects in Lund AB [http://neotechnology.com] * * This file is part of Neo4j. * * Neo4j 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.Closeable; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.util.Properties; public class Main { private static Properties loadProperties(File propertyFile) { Properties properties = new Properties(); if (propertyFile.exists()) { InputStream in = null; try { in = new FileInputStream(propertyFile); properties.load(in); } catch (IOException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } finally { safeClose(in); } } return properties; } private static void safeClose(Closeable closeable) { if (closeable != null) { try { closeable.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } }