Java Utililty Methods Properties Load

Properties props = new Properties();
Closer closer = Closer.create();
InputStream in = closer.register(is.openStream());
try {
    props.load(in);
} finally {
    closer.close();
return Maps.fromProperties(props);

InputStream inputStream = clazz.getResourceAsStream(name);
Properties properties = new Properties();
try {
    properties.load(inputStream);
} catch (Exception e) {
return properties;

Properties retval = new Properties();
String propfilename = clazz.getSimpleName() + ".properties";
retval.load(clazz.getResourceAsStream(propfilename));
return retval;

Properties prop = new Properties();
InputStream in = null;
try {
    in = clazz.getResourceAsStream(name);
    prop.load(in);
} finally {
    closeQuietly(in);
return prop;

String fileName = (progname + ".properties");
try {
    InputStream is = new FileInputStream(fileName);
    p.load(is);
    is.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
    System.err.println("Cannot read " + fileName);
    return;
...

try {
    properties.load(clazz.getResourceAsStream(name));
} catch (IOException ioe) {
    System.err.println("Could not load aid property file: " + name);
    System.err.println(ioe);
try {
    if ((propDir != null) && !propDir.equals(".") && !propDir.equals("")) {
...

if (properties == null) {
    properties = new Properties();
for (String propertyName : propertiesName) {
    properties = loadProperties(properties, baseClass, propertyName);
return properties;

BufferedInputStream in = null;
try {
    in = new BufferedInputStream(clazz.getResourceAsStream(resourceName));
    props.load(in);
} catch (IOException ex) {
    System.err.println("I/O exception while loading \"" + resourceName + "\": " + ex.getMessage());
} finally {
    if (in != null) {
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Properties props = new Properties();
AmazonS3 s3Client = new AmazonS3Client(new ProfileCredentialsProvider());
S3Object s3object = s3Client.getObject(new GetObjectRequest(bucketName, key));
props.load(s3object.getObjectContent());
return props;

Properties macros = new Properties();
macros.setProperty("%BASE%", new File(conf).getAbsoluteFile().getParent());
Properties p = new Properties();
FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(conf);
try {
    p.load(fin);
    for (Object o1 : p.keySet()) {
        String k1 = (String) o1;
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