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# Reads a property file using the java properties object and returns
# a property object.
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proc hashMap { propertiesFile } {
putsLog "proc - [info level 0 ]"
java::import java.util.Properties
java::import java.util.Hashtable
java::import java.util.Map
java::import java.io.FileInputStream
set FileInputStreamI [ java::new FileInputStream $propertiesFile ]
set PropertiesI [ java::new Properties ]
$PropertiesI load $FileInputStreamI
#puts $hashTableList
return $PropertiesI
}