public void loadSettingsFromJson(){
synchronized (LOCK) {
    loadSettingsFromJson(defaultFile);
    for (    String fileName : files) {
      loadSettingsFromJson(fileName);
    }
  }
}

public void loadSettingsFromJson ( ) { synchronized ( LOCK ) { loadSettingsFromJson ( defaultFile ) ; for ( String fileName : files ) { loadSettingsFromJson ( fileName ) ; } } }
loads the settings from a json file .
