question: protected Map loadExternalClient ( String clientType ) { Map eMap = ( Map ) loadedExternalClients . get ( clientType ) ; if ( eMap == null ) { if ( extCapInstance != null ) { eMap = extCapInstance . getProperties ( clientType ) ; } if ( eMap == null ) { return null ; } loadedExternalClients . put ( clientType , eMap ) ; externalClientData . put ( clientType , eMap ) ; } return eMap ; }
target:  Load client properties recursively from external DB