protected Properties createProperties(URL location) throws IOException {
  InputStream is=null;
  if (location != null) {
    is=location.openStream();
  }
  Properties tmpProperties=new Properties();
  if (is != null) {
    tmpProperties.load(is);
  }
  return tmpProperties;
}

protected Properties createProperties ( URL location ) throws IOException { InputStream is = null ; if ( location != null ) { is = location . openStream ( ) ; } Properties tmpProperties = new Properties ( ) ; if ( is != null ) { tmpProperties . load ( is ) ; } return tmpProperties ; }
reads the file at the given location and creates a properties file from the contents .
