Load a properties file from resources package

Utils.java

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package org.createnet.raptor.client;

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

/**
 *
 * @author Luca Capra <lcapra@fbk.eu>
 */
public class Utils {

    static final String settingsFile = "settings.properties";

    static public Properties loadSettings() throws IOException {
        
        ClassLoader classLoader = Utils.class.getClassLoader();
        File file = new File(classLoader.getResource(settingsFile).getFile());
        InputStream input = new FileInputStream(file);
        
        Properties prop = new Properties();
        prop.load(input);
        
        return prop;
    }

}