question: public static InputStream needStream ( String propertyName ) throws NoSuchPropertyException , FileNotFoundException , MaryConfigurationException { MaryProperties . needProperty ( propertyName ) ; return getStream ( propertyName ) ; }
target:  For the named property, attempt to get an open input stream. If the property value starts with "jar:", the remainder of the value is interpreted as an absolute path in the classpath. Otherwise it is interpreted as a file name.