src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/PropertyUtils.java

package org.apache.maven.shared.utils;

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

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

import org.apache.maven.shared.utils.io.IOUtil;

/**
 * 
 */
public class PropertyUtils
{

    /**
     * The constructor.
     */
    public PropertyUtils()
    {
        // should throw new IllegalAccessError( "Utility class" );
    }

    /**
     * @param url The URL which should be used to load the properties.
     * @return The loaded properties.
     */
    public static java.util.Properties loadProperties( @Nonnull java.net.URL url )
    {
        try
        {
            return loadProperties( url.openStream() );
        }
        catch ( Exception e )
        {
            // ignore
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * @param file The file from which the properties will be loaded.
     * @return The loaded properties.
     */
    public static Properties loadProperties( @Nonnull File file )
    {
        try
        {
            return loadProperties( new FileInputStream( file ) );
        }
        catch ( Exception e )
        {
            // ignore
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * @param is {@link InputStream}
     * @return The loaded properties.
     */
    public static Properties loadProperties( @Nullable InputStream is )
    {
        try
        {
            // to make this the same behaviour as the others we should really return null on any error
            Properties result = new Properties();
            if ( is != null )
            {
                try
                {
                    result.load( is );
                }
                catch ( IOException e )
                {
                    // ignore
                }
            }
            return result;
        }
        catch ( Exception e )
        {
            // ignore
        }
        finally
        {
            IOUtil.close( is );
        }
        return null;
    }

}