code: public Properties getProperties()
      {
          Properties propertiesCopy = properties.getProperties(isSavingDefaults());
  
          if (isAutoTrim())
          {
              for (Entry<Object, Object> entry : propertiesCopy.entrySet())
              {
                  entry.setValue(entry.getValue().toString().trim());
              }
          }
  
          return propertiesCopy;
      }
docs: Retrieve a {@link Properties} object that contains the properties managed
  by this instance.<br>
  <br>
  Please note that the returned {@link Properties} object is not connected
  in any way to this manager and is only a snapshot of what the properties
  looked like at the time the request was fulfilled.
  
  @return a {@link Properties} instance containing the properties managed
  by this instance (including defaults)