code: private Properties loadProperties(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
          Properties properties = new Properties();
          properties.load(inputStream);
          return properties;
      }
docs: Load the properties
  
  @param inputStream the {@link java.io.InputStream} to read from
  @return the {@link java.util.Properties} object containing the properties read from
  the {@link java.io.InputStream}
  @throws java.io.IOException if the loading fails.