question: public static FunktionConfig findFromFolder ( File folder ) throws IOException { if ( folder . isDirectory ( ) ) { File file = new File ( folder , FILE_NAME ) ; if ( file != null && file . exists ( ) && file . isFile ( ) ) { return loadFromFile ( file ) ; } File parentFile = folder . getParentFile ( ) ; if ( parentFile != null ) { return findFromFolder ( parentFile ) ; } FunktionConfig answer = tryFindConfigOnClassPath ( ) ; if ( answer != null ) { return answer ; } throw new IOException ( "Funktion configuration file does not exist: " + file . getPath ( ) ) ; } else if ( folder . isFile ( ) ) { return loadFromFile ( folder ) ; } FunktionConfig answer = tryFindConfigOnClassPath ( ) ; if ( answer != null ) { return answer ; } throw new IOException ( "Funktion configuration folder does not exist: " + folder . getPath ( ) ) ; }
target:  Tries to find the configuration from the current directory or a parent folder.