Learning Guava -- Load properties file using Guava

Guava code snippet for loading a properties file from classpath.

	import java.io.IOException;
	import java.io.InputStream;
	import java.net.URL;
	import java.util.Properties;
	import com.google.common.io.ByteSource;
	import com.google.common.io.Resources;
	/**
	* Reads a properties file and print all the key value pairs to the console.
	* Note: Writing to console is just for convenience here.
	*/
	public final class ReadPropertiesWithGuava {
	public final static void main(final String[] args) {
	final URL url = Resources.getResource("spring-config.properties");
	final ByteSource byteSource = Resources.asByteSource(url);
	final Properties properties = new Properties();
	InputStream inputStream = null;
	try {
	inputStream = byteSource.openBufferedStream();
	properties.load(inputStream);
	properties.list(System.out);
	} catch (final IOException ioException) {
	ioException.printStackTrace();
	} finally {
	if (inputStream != null) {
	try {
	inputStream.close();
	} catch (final IOException ioException) {
	ioException.printStackTrace();
	}
	}
	}
	}
	}

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