code: public static Properties readPropertiesQuietly( String fileContent, Logger logger ) {
  
  		Properties result = new Properties();
  		try {
  			if( fileContent != null ) {
  				InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream( fileContent.getBytes( StandardCharsets.UTF_8 ));
  				result.load( in );
  			}
  
  		} catch( Exception e ) {
  			logger.severe( "Properties could not be read from a string." );
  			logException( logger, e );
  		}
  
  		return result;
  	}
docs: Reads properties from a string.
  @param file a properties file
  @param logger a logger (not null)
  @return a {@link Properties} instance