Java Utililty Methods Properties Load

properties = new Properties();
properties.load(new FileInputStream("init.properties"));
return properties;

String configFile = System.getProperty(_CONF_FILE) == null ? _CONF_FILE : System.getProperty(_CONF_FILE);
Properties p = new Properties();
p.load(new FileReader(configFile));
return p;

try {
    if (properties == null) {
        properties = new Properties();
        properties.load(new FileInputStream(CONFIG_FILE_PATH));
} catch (IOException ex) {
    throw new Error(ex.getMessage(), ex);

InputStream in = null;
Properties properties = new Properties();
try {
    in = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(configFile));
    properties.load(in);
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return properties;

try {
    CONFIG_PROPERTIES.load(new FileInputStream(TEST_CLASSES_PATH_CONFIG + "config.properties"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
    Logger.getLogger("AdaptersTestCase - Access to config properties").log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);

return loadProperties(new Properties());

Properties propFile = new Properties();
propFile.load(new FileInputStream("dir.properties"));
dataDirName = propFile.getProperty(DIR_PROP_NAME);
fileType = propFile.getProperty(FILE_TYPE_PROP_NAME);
delimiter = propFile.getProperty(DELIMITER_PROP_NAME);

Properties p = new Properties();
try {
    FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(getConfigurationPath());
    p.load(in);
    in.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
return p;

return loadProperties(null, null);

m_properties = new Properties();
try {
    loadProperties(m_properties, new File(m_propFilePath, m_propFileName));
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
    throw e;
} catch (IOException e) {
    throw e;