code: public static String getProperty(String name) throws MissingPropertyException {
          if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
              log.trace("entering getProperty(" + name + ")");
          }
          if (PropertiesManager.props == null) loadProps();
          String val = getPropertyUntrimmed(name);
          val = val.trim();
          if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
              log.trace("returning from getProperty(" + name + ") with return value [" + val + "]");
          }
          return val;
      }
docs: Returns the value of a property for a given name. Any whitespace is trimmed off the beginning
  and end of the property value. Note that this method will never return null. If the requested
  property cannot be found, this method throws an UndeclaredPortalException.
  
  @param name the name of the requested property
  @return value the value of the property matching the requested name
  @throws MissingPropertyException - if the requested property cannot be found