package org.codehaus.plexus.util;

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import java.util.Properties;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

Static methods to create Properties loaded from various sources.
Author:
Jason van Zyl, Michal Maczka
Version:
$Id$/**
 * Static methods to create Properties loaded from various sources.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:jason@maven.org">Jason van Zyl</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:mmaczka@interia.pl">Michal Maczka</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class PropertyUtils
{

    public static Properties loadProperties( final URL url )
        throws IOException
    {
        if ( url == null )
        {
            throw new NullPointerException( "url" );
        }

        return loadProperties( url.openStream() );
    }

    public static Properties loadProperties( final File file )
        throws IOException
    {
        if ( file == null )
        {
            throw new NullPointerException( "file" );
        }

        return loadProperties( new FileInputStream( file ) );
    }

    public static Properties loadProperties( final InputStream is )
        throws IOException
    {
        InputStream in = is;
        try
        {
            final Properties properties = new Properties();

            // Make sure the properties stream is valid
            if ( in != null )
            {
                properties.load( in );
                in.close();
                in = null;
            }

            return properties;
        }
        finally
        {
            IOUtil.close( in );
        }
    }

}