How to use Java property files?

Question

I have a list of key/value pairs of configuration values I want to store as Java property files, and later load and iterate through.

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Answer 1

In Java 8 to get all your properties

public static Map readPropertiesFile(String location) throws Exception {

    Map properties = new HashMap<>();

    Properties props = new Properties();
    props.load(new FileInputStream(new File(location)));

    props.forEach((key, value) -> {
        properties.put(key.toString(), value.toString());
    });

    return properties;
}