Convenient call to load a properties file from the provided file - Java java.util

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Convenient call to load a properties file from the provided file

Demo Code

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import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.util.EnumSet;
import java.util.Properties;

public class Main{
    public static void main(String[] argv){
        File file = new File("Main.java");
        System.out.println(loadProperties(file));
    }
    /**
     * Convenient call to load a properties file from the provided file
     */
    public static Properties loadProperties(File file) throws IOException {
        if (file == null)
            return null;

        FileReader reader = new FileReader(file);
        try {
            return loadProperties(reader);
        } finally {
            reader.close();
        }
    }
    /**
     * Convenient call to load a properties file from the provided reader
     */
    public static Properties loadProperties(Reader reader)
            throws IOException {
        if (reader == null)
            return null;

        Properties properties = new Properties();
        properties.load(reader);
        return properties;
    }
}

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