public static Properties readPropertiesFile( File file ) throws IOException {

		Properties result = new Properties();
		InputStream in = null;
		try {
			in = new FileInputStream( file );
			result.load( in );

		} finally {
			closeQuietly( in );
		}

		return result;
	}
public static Properties readPropertiesFile ( File file ) throws IOException { Properties result = new Properties ( ) ; InputStream in = null ; try { in = new FileInputStream ( file ) ; result . load ( in ) ; } finally { closeQuietly ( in ) ; } return result ; }
Reads properties from a file.
@param file a properties file
@return a {@link Properties} instance
@throws IOException if reading failed