code: public static Properties loadProperties(String filePath) throws MnoConfigurationException {
  		Properties properties = new Properties();
  		InputStream input = getInputStreamFromClassPathOrFile(filePath);
  		try {
  			properties.load(input);
  		} catch (IOException e) {
  			throw new MnoConfigurationException("Could not load properties file: " + filePath, e);
  		} finally {
  			IOUtils.closeQuietly(input);
  		}
  		return properties;
  	}
docs: load Properties from a filePath, in the classPath or absolute
  
  @param filePath
  @return
  @throws MnoConfigurationException