/**
* Given a property file name, load the property file and return an object representing the
* property values.
*
* @param propertyFile The name of the property file to load.
* @param def Default property values, or <code>null</code> if there are no defaults.
* @return The loaded SortedProperties object.
*/
public static SortedProperties loadProperties(String propertyFile, Properties def) {
SortedProperties properties = new SortedProperties();
if (def != null) {
properties = new SortedProperties(def);
}
File file = null;
try {
file = findProperties(propertyFile);
if (file == null) {
logger.warning("Property file " + propertyFile + " does not exist");
} else if (!file.exists()) {
logger.warning("Property file " + file.getPath() + " does not exist");
} else {
logger.config("Loading properties from " + file.getPath());
properties.load(new FileInputStream(file));
}
} catch (Exception e) {
logger.severe("Failure while trying to load properties file " + file.getPath(), e);
}
return properties;
}
