docs: function (properties) {
              var rootLogger = Logger.getRootLogger();
              rootLogger.removeAllAppenders();
              if (base.isHash(properties)) {
                  parseProperties(base.deepMerge({}, properties));
              } else {
                  fs.readFile(properties, function (err, res) {
                      if (err) {
                          throw err;
                      } else {
                          try {
                              parseProperties(JSON.parse(res));
                          } catch (e) {
                              throw e;
                          }
                      }
                  });
              }
          }