Here you can find the source of loadProperties()
private static void loadProperties()
//package com.java2s; /**/*from ww w . j a v a2 s.c o m*/ * Copyright (C) 2010-2012 Barcelona Supercomputing Center * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * This library 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 * Lesser General Public License for more details. * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.Properties; public class Main { private static final String CONFIG_FILE_PATH = System.getenv("OPTIMIS_HOME") + "/etc/CloudOptimizer/config.properties"; private static Properties properties = null; private static void loadProperties() { try { if (properties == null) { properties = new Properties(); properties.load(new FileInputStream(CONFIG_FILE_PATH)); } } catch (IOException ex) { throw new Error(ex.getMessage(), ex); } } }