code: public void loadParamFile()
  	{
  		FlatFile ff = new FlatFile(paramFile);
  		
  				
  		CloseableIterator<String> itr = null;
  		
  		try {
  			itr = ff.getSequentialIterator();
  		} catch (IOException io) {
  			LOGGER.warning(io.toString());
  		}
  		
  		paramSet = new HashSet<String>();
  
  		while (itr.hasNext()) {
  			String param = itr.next();
  			param = param.trim();
  			
  			if (param.isEmpty() || param.startsWith("#")) {
  				continue;
  			}
  			
  			// Use only the first word, ignore the rest
  			int wordEnd = param.indexOf(delim);
  			if (wordEnd > 0) {
  				param = param.substring(0, wordEnd);
  			}
  			
  			paramSet.add(param);
  		}
  	}
docs: init-method="loadParamFile" when using this Filter