docs: public static Properties getProperties(File propertiesFile) {
          Properties properties = new Properties();
          try (BufferedReader reader =
                  new BufferedReader(new FileReader(propertiesFile))) {
              properties.load(reader);
              return properties;
          } catch (Exception e) {
              return JMExceptionManager
                      .handleExceptionAndReturnNull(log, e, "getProperties",
                              propertiesFile);
          }
      }