public HashMap<String,String> readConfig(String configFilePath) throws Exception {
  _filePath=configFilePath;
  Vector<String> contentVec=readFileIntoVector(configFilePath);
  contentVec=filterCommentsFromInput(contentVec);
  splitLinesIntoHashMap(contentVec);
  _configRead=new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
  return getConfigMap();
}

public HashMap < String , String > readConfig ( String configFilePath ) throws Exception { _filePath = configFilePath ; Vector < String > contentVec = readFileIntoVector ( configFilePath ) ; contentVec = filterCommentsFromInput ( contentVec ) ; splitLinesIntoHashMap ( contentVec ) ; _configRead = new Timestamp ( System . currentTimeMillis ( ) ) ; return getConfigMap ( ) ; }
function for reading configfile
