private void propertiesElement(XNode context) throws Exception { if (context != null) { Properties defaults = context.getChildrenAsProperties(); String resource = context.getStringAttribute("resource"); String url = context.getStringAttribute("url"); if (resource != null && url != null) { throw new BuilderException( "The properties element cannot specify both a URL and a resource based property file reference. Please specify one or the other."); } if (resource != null) { defaults.putAll(Resources.getResourceAsProperties(resource)); } else if (url != null) { defaults.putAll(Resources.getUrlAsProperties(url)); } Properties vars = configuration.getVariables(); if (vars != null) { defaults.putAll(vars); } parser.setVariables(defaults); configuration.setVariables(defaults); } }