code: public Properties toProperties() {
  		Properties props = new Properties();
  		// We need to iterate over the keys calling
  		// getProperty in order to consider defaults.
  		for (String key : keySet()) {
  			props.put(key, get(key));
  		}
  		return props;
  	}
docs: Returns a new {@link java.util.Properties} instance representing the properties.
  
  @return The properties