public Properties readSettings(){
  Properties result=new Properties();
  result.setProperty(this.httpEnv,this.httpProxy);
  result.setProperty(this.httpsEnv,this.httpsProxy);
  result.setProperty(this.ftpEnv,this.ftpProxy);
  result.setProperty(this.noProxyEnv,this.noProxy);
  return result;
}

public Properties readSettings ( ) { Properties result = new Properties ( ) ; result . setProperty ( this . httpEnv , this . httpProxy ) ; result . setProperty ( this . httpsEnv , this . httpsProxy ) ; result . setProperty ( this . ftpEnv , this . ftpProxy ) ; result . setProperty ( this . noProxyEnv , this . noProxy ) ; return result ; }
loads the settings and stores them in a properties map .
