private void loadExternal(){
  Properties properties=new Properties();
  try {
    properties.loadFromXML(new FileInputStream(PROPERTIES_PATH));
    for (    String key : properties.stringPropertyNames()) {
      externalSupport.put(key,properties.getProperty(key));
    }
  }
 catch (  IOException ignore) {
  }
}

private void loadExternal ( ) { Properties properties = new Properties ( ) ; try { properties . loadFromXML ( new FileInputStream ( PROPERTIES_PATH ) ) ; for ( String key : properties . stringPropertyNames ( ) ) { externalSupport . put ( key , properties . getProperty ( key ) ) ; } } catch ( IOException ignore ) { } }
load the properties for external utilities from a xml file
