Java Utililty Methods Properties Load from File

Properties kernelProps = new Properties();
InputStream is = null;
boolean propsLoaded = false;
if (fileName != null && fileName.length() > 0) {
    try {
        is = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(fileName));
        if (fileName.endsWith(".xml"))
            kernelProps.loadFromXML(is);
...

try {
    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(makeFullPathname(fileName));
    BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis);
    properties.load(bis);
    bis.close();
    fis.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
} catch (IOException e) {
...

File file = new File(filePath);
if (!file.exists()) {
    try {
        file.createNewFile();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        throw new IllegalStateException(e);
return loadProperties(file);

InputStream inputStream = ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(filePath);
Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.load(inputStream);
inputStream.close();
return properties;

Properties properties = new Properties();
try {
    properties.load(new FileInputStream(path));
    return properties;
} catch (IOException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Cannot open " + path);

InputStream is = getResourceAsStream(path, caller);
if (is == null) {
    return null;
Properties p = new Properties();
try {
    p.load(is);
} catch (IOException ioe) {
...

return loadProperties(new File(path), defaults);

if (propertiesFile != null) {
    File file = new File(propertiesFile);
    if (file.exists()) {
        Properties properties = new Properties();
        FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(propertiesFile);
        try {
            properties.load(inputStream);
        } finally {
...

Properties props = new Properties();
InputStream in = new FileInputStream(propertiesFile);
props.load(in);
in.close();
return props;

FileInputStream input;
input = new FileInputStream(propertyFile);
properties.load(input);