Can .NET load and parse a properties file equivalent to Java Properties class?

Question

Is there an easy way in C# to read a properties file that has each property on a separate line followed by an equals sign and the value, such as the following:

Answer 1

I don't know of any built-in way to do this. However, it would seem easy enough to do, since the only delimiters you have to worry about are the newline character and the equals sign.

It would be very easy to write a routine that will return a NameValueCollection, or an IDictionary given the contents of the file.