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package org.kuali.common.util;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.SortedMap;
import java.util.TreeSet;

import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.jasypt.util.text.TextEncryptor;
import org.kuali.common.util.properties.rice.RiceLoader;
import org.kuali.common.util.property.Constants;
import org.kuali.common.util.property.GlobalPropertiesMode;
import org.kuali.common.util.property.ImmutableProperties;
import org.kuali.common.util.property.PropertiesContext;
import org.kuali.common.util.property.PropertyFormat;
import org.kuali.common.util.property.processor.AddPropertiesProcessor;
import org.kuali.common.util.property.processor.PropertyProcessor;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.util.PropertyPlaceholderHelper;

import com.google.common.base.Optional;
import com.google.common.collect.Maps;

/**
 * Simplify handling of <code>Properties</code> especially as it relates to storing and loading. <code>Properties</code> can be loaded from any url Spring resource loading can
 * understand. When storing and loading, locations ending in <code>.xml</code> are automatically handled using <code>storeToXML()</code> and <code>loadFromXML()</code>,
 * respectively. <code>Properties</code> are always stored in sorted order with the <code>encoding</code> indicated via a comment.
 */
public class PropertyUtils {

        private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PropertyUtils.class);

        public static final String ADDITIONAL_LOCATIONS = "properties.additional.locations";
        public static final String ADDITIONAL_LOCATIONS_ENCODING = ADDITIONAL_LOCATIONS + ".encoding";
        public static final Properties EMPTY = new ImmutableProperties(new Properties());

        private static final String XML_EXTENSION = ".xml";
        private static final PropertyPlaceholderHelper HELPER = new PropertyPlaceholderHelper("${", "}", ":", false);
        public static final String ENV_PREFIX = "env";
        private static final String DEFAULT_ENCODING = Charset.defaultCharset().name();
        private static final String DEFAULT_XML_ENCODING = Encodings.UTF8;

        /**
         * If there is no value for <code>key</code> or the value is NULL or NONE, return Optional.absent(), otherwise return Optional.of(value)
         */
        public static Optional<String> getOptionalString(Properties properties, String key) {
                if (properties.getProperty(key) == null) {
                        return Optional.absent();
                } else {
                        return Optional.of(properties.getProperty(key));
                }
        }

        public static Optional<String> getString(Properties properties, String key, Optional<String> provided) {
                Optional<String> value = getOptionalString(properties, key);
                if (value.isPresent()) {
                        return value;
                } else {
                        return provided;
                }
        }

        /**
         * If the properties passed in are already immutable, just return them, otherwise, return a new ImmutableProperties object
         */
        public static Properties toImmutable(Properties properties) {
                return (properties instanceof ImmutableProperties) ? properties : new ImmutableProperties(properties);
        }

        /**
         * The list returned by this method is unmodifiable and contains only <code>ImmutableProperties</code>
         */
        public static List<Properties> toImmutable(List<Properties> properties) {
                List<Properties> immutables = new ArrayList<Properties>();
                for (Properties p : properties) {
                        immutables.add(toImmutable(p));
                }
                return Collections.unmodifiableList(immutables);
        }

        /**
         * Return true if the value for <code>key</code> evaluates to the string <code>true</code> (ignoring case). The properties passed in along with the system and environment
         * variables are all inspected with the value for system or environment variables "winning" over the value from the properties passed in.
         */
        public static boolean getGlobalBoolean(String key, Properties properties) {
                String defaultValue = properties.getProperty(key);
                String value = getGlobalProperty(key, defaultValue);
                return Boolean.parseBoolean(value);
        }

        public static boolean getBoolean(String key, Properties properties, boolean defaultValue) {
                String value = properties.getProperty(key);
                if (value == null) {
                        return defaultValue;
                } else {
                        return Boolean.parseBoolean(value);
                }
        }

        /**
         * Return true if both contain an identical set of string keys and values, or both are <code>null</code>, false otherwise.
         */
        public static boolean equals(Properties one, Properties two) {

                // Return true if they are the same object
                if (one == two) {
                        return true;
                }

                // Return true if they are both null
                if (one == null && two == null) {
                        return true;
                }

                // If we get here, both are not null (but one or the other might be)

                // Return false if one is null but not the other
                if (one == null || two == null) {
                        return false;
                }

                // If we get here, neither one is null

                // Extract the string property keys
                List<String> keys1 = getSortedKeys(one);
                List<String> keys2 = getSortedKeys(two);

                // If the sizes are different, return false
                if (keys1.size() != keys2.size()) {
                        return false;
                }

                // If we get here, they have the same number of string property keys

                // The sizes are the same, just pick one
                int size = keys1.size();

                // Iterate through the keys comparing both the keys and values for equality
                for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {

                        // Extract the keys
                        String key1 = keys1.get(i);
                        String key2 = keys2.get(i);

                        // Compare the keys for equality (this works because the keys are in sorted order)
                        if (!StringUtils.equals(key1, key2)) {
                                return false;
                        }

                        // Extract the values
                        String val1 = one.getProperty(key1);
                        String val2 = two.getProperty(key2);

                        // Compare the values for equality
                        if (!StringUtils.equals(val1, val2)) {
                                return false;
                        }
                }

                // If we get here we know 3 things:

                // 1 - Both have the exact same number of string based keys/values
                // 2 - Both have an identical set of string based keys
                // 3 - Both have the exact same string value for each string key

                // This means they are equal, return true
                return true;

        }

        public static String getProperty(Properties properties, String key, String defaultValue) {
                String value = properties.getProperty(key);
                if (StringUtils.isBlank(value)) {
                        return defaultValue;
                } else {
                        return value;
                }
        }

        public static boolean isEmpty(Properties properties) {
                return properties == null || properties.size() == 0;
        }

        public static String getRiceXML(Properties properties) {
                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                sb.append("<config>\n");
                List<String> keys = getSortedKeys(properties);
                for (String key : keys) {
                        String value = properties.getProperty(key);
                        // Convert to CDATA if the value contains characters that would blow up an XML parser
                        if (StringUtils.contains(value, "<") || StringUtils.contains(value, "&")) {
                                value = Str.cdata(value);
                        }
                        sb.append("  <param name=" + Str.quote(key) + ">");
                        sb.append(value);
                        sb.append("</param>\n");
                }
                sb.append("</config>\n");
                return sb.toString();
        }

        public static String getRequiredResolvedProperty(Properties properties, String key) {
                return getRequiredResolvedProperty(properties, key, null);
        }

        public static String getRequiredResolvedProperty(Properties properties, String key, String defaultValue) {
                String value = properties.getProperty(key);
                value = StringUtils.isBlank(value) ? defaultValue : value;
                if (StringUtils.isBlank(value)) {
                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("[" + key + "] is not set");
                } else {
                        return HELPER.replacePlaceholders(value, properties);
                }
        }

        /**
         * Process the properties passed in so they are ready for use by a Spring context.<br>
         * 
         * 1 - Override with system/environment properties<br>
         * 2 - Decrypt any ENC(...) values<br>
         * 3 - Resolve all property values throwing an exception if any are unresolvable.<br>
         */
        public static void prepareContextProperties(Properties properties, String encoding) {

                // Override with additional properties (if any)
                properties.putAll(getAdditionalProperties(properties, encoding));

                // Override with system/environment properties
                properties.putAll(getGlobalProperties());

                // Are we decrypting property values?
                decrypt(properties);

                // Are we resolving placeholders
                resolve(properties);
        }

        /**
         * Process the properties passed in so they are ready for use by a Spring context.<br>
         * 
         * 1 - Override with system/environment properties<br>
         * 2 - Decrypt any ENC(...) values<br>
         * 3 - Resolve all property values throwing an exception if any are unresolvable.<br>
         */
        public static void prepareContextProperties(Properties properties) {
                prepareContextProperties(properties, null);
        }

        public static void resolve(Properties properties, PropertyPlaceholderHelper helper) {
                List<String> keys = getSortedKeys(properties);
                for (String key : keys) {
                        String original = properties.getProperty(key);
                        String resolved = helper.replacePlaceholders(original, properties);
                        if (!StringUtils.equals(original, resolved)) {
                                logger.debug("Resolved [{}]", key);
                                properties.setProperty(key, resolved);
                        }
                }
        }

        public static void removeSystemProperty(String key) {
                if (System.getProperty(key) != null) {
                        logger.info("Removing system property [{}]", key);
                        System.getProperties().remove(key);
                }
        }

        public static void removeSystemProperties(List<String> keys) {
                for (String key : keys) {
                        removeSystemProperty(key);
                }
        }

        @Deprecated
        public static void resolve(Properties properties) {
                // Are we resolving placeholders?
                boolean resolve = new Boolean(getRequiredResolvedProperty(properties, "properties.resolve", "true"));
                if (resolve) {
                        org.kuali.common.util.property.processor.ResolvePlaceholdersProcessor rpp = new org.kuali.common.util.property.processor.ResolvePlaceholdersProcessor();
                        rpp.setHelper(HELPER);
                        rpp.process(properties);
                }
        }

        @Deprecated
        public static void decrypt(Properties properties) {
                // Are we decrypting property values?
                boolean decrypt = Boolean.parseBoolean(getRequiredResolvedProperty(properties, "properties.decrypt", "false"));
                if (decrypt) {
                        // If they asked to decrypt, a password is required
                        String password = getRequiredResolvedProperty(properties, "properties.enc.password");

                        // Strength is optional (defaults to BASIC)
                        String defaultStrength = org.kuali.common.util.enc.EncStrength.BASIC.name();
                        String strength = getRequiredResolvedProperty(properties, "properties.enc.strength", defaultStrength);
                        org.kuali.common.util.enc.EncStrength es = org.kuali.common.util.enc.EncStrength.valueOf(strength);
                        TextEncryptor decryptor = org.kuali.common.util.enc.EncUtils.getTextEncryptor(password, es);
                        decrypt(properties, decryptor);
                }
        }

        public static Properties getAdditionalProperties(Properties properties) {
                return getAdditionalProperties(properties, null);
        }

        public static Properties getAdditionalProperties(Properties properties, String encoding) {
                String csv = properties.getProperty(ADDITIONAL_LOCATIONS);
                if (StringUtils.isBlank(csv)) {
                        return new Properties();
                }
                if (StringUtils.isBlank(encoding)) {
                        encoding = properties.getProperty(ADDITIONAL_LOCATIONS_ENCODING, DEFAULT_XML_ENCODING);
                }
                List<String> locations = CollectionUtils.getTrimmedListFromCSV(csv);
                PropertiesContext context = new PropertiesContext(locations, encoding);
                return load(context);
        }

        public static void appendToOrSetProperty(Properties properties, String key, String value) {
                Assert.hasText(value);
                String existingValue = properties.getProperty(key);
                if (existingValue == null) {
                        existingValue = "";
                }
                String newValue = existingValue + value;
                properties.setProperty(key, newValue);
        }

        @Deprecated
        public static Properties load(List<org.kuali.common.util.property.ProjectProperties> pps) {

                // Create some storage for the Properties object we will be returning
                Properties properties = new Properties();

                // Cycle through the list of project properties, loading them as we go
                for (org.kuali.common.util.property.ProjectProperties pp : pps) {

                        logger.debug("oracle.dba.url.1={}", properties.getProperty("oracle.dba.url"));

                        // Extract the properties context object
                        PropertiesContext ctx = pp.getPropertiesContext();

                        // Retain the original properties object from the context
                        Properties original = PropertyUtils.duplicate(PropertyUtils.toEmpty(ctx.getProperties()));

                        // Override any existing property values with properties stored directly on the context
                        Properties combined = PropertyUtils.combine(properties, ctx.getProperties());

                        // Store the combined properties on the context itself
                        ctx.setProperties(combined);

                        // Load properties as dictated by the context
                        Properties loaded = load(ctx);

                        logger.debug("oracle.dba.url.2={}", loaded.getProperty("oracle.dba.url"));

                        // Override any existing property values with those we just loaded
                        properties.putAll(loaded);

                        // Override any existing property values with the properties that were stored directly on the context
                        properties.putAll(original);

                }

                // Return the property values we now have
                return properties;
        }

        public static Properties load(PropertiesContext context) {
                // If there are no locations specified, add the properties supplied directly on the context (if there are any)
                if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(context.getLocations())) {
                        return PropertyUtils.toEmpty(context.getProperties());
                }

                // Make sure we are configured correctly
                Assert.notNull(context.getHelper(), "helper is null");
                Assert.notNull(context.getLocations(), "locations are null");
                Assert.notNull(context.getEncoding(), "encoding is null");
                Assert.notNull(context.getMissingLocationsMode(), "missingLocationsMode is null");

                // Get system/environment properties
                Properties global = PropertyUtils.getGlobalProperties();

                // Convert null to an empty properties object (if necessary)
                context.setProperties(PropertyUtils.toEmpty(context.getProperties()));

                // Create new storage for the properties we are loading
                Properties result = new Properties();

                // Add in any properties stored directly on the context itself (these get overridden by properties loaded elsewhere)
                result.putAll(context.getProperties());

                // Cycle through the locations, loading and storing properties as we go
                for (String location : context.getLocations()) {

                        // Get a combined Properties object capable of resolving any placeholders that exist in the property location strings
                        Properties resolverProperties = PropertyUtils.combine(context.getProperties(), result, global);

                        // Make sure we have a fully resolved location to load Properties from
                        String resolvedLocation = context.getHelper().replacePlaceholders(location, resolverProperties);

                        // If the location exists, load properties from it
                        if (LocationUtils.exists(resolvedLocation)) {

                                // Load this set of Properties
                                Properties properties = PropertyUtils.load(resolvedLocation, context.getEncoding());

                                // Add these properties to the result. This follows the traditional "last one in wins" strategy
                                result.putAll(properties);
                        } else {

                                // Handle missing locations (might be fine, may need to emit a logging statement, may need to error out)
                                ModeUtils.validate(context.getMissingLocationsMode(), "Non-existent location [" + resolvedLocation + "]");
                        }
                }

                // Return the properties we loaded
                return result;
        }

        /**
         * Decrypt any encrypted property values. Encrypted values are surrounded by ENC(...), like:
         * 
         * <pre>
         * my.value = ENC(DGA$S24FaIO)
         * </pre>
         */
        public static void decrypt(Properties properties, TextEncryptor encryptor) {
                decrypt(properties, encryptor, null, null);
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object (never null) containing only those properties whose values are encrypted. Encrypted values are surrounded by ENC(...), like:
         * 
         * <pre>
         * my.value = ENC(DGA$S24FaIO)
         * </pre>
         */
        public static Properties getEncryptedProperties(Properties properties) {
                List<String> keys = getEncryptedKeys(properties);
                Properties encrypted = new Properties();
                for (String key : keys) {
                        String value = properties.getProperty(key);
                        encrypted.setProperty(key, value);
                }
                return encrypted;
        }

        /**
         * Return a list containing only those keys whose values are encrypted. Encrypted values are surrounded by ENC(...), like:
         * 
         * <pre>
         * my.value = ENC(DGA$S24FaIO)
         * </pre>
         * 
         * @deprecated
         */
        @Deprecated
        public static List<String> getEncryptedKeys(Properties properties) {
                List<String> all = getSortedKeys(properties);
                List<String> encrypted = new ArrayList<String>();
                for (String key : all) {
                        String value = properties.getProperty(key);
                        if (org.kuali.common.util.enc.EncUtils.isEncrypted(value)) {
                                encrypted.add(key);
                        }
                }
                return encrypted;
        }

        /**
         * Decrypt any encrypted property values matching the <code>includes</code>, <code>excludes</code> patterns. Encrypted values are surrounded by ENC(...).
         * 
         * <pre>
         * my.value = ENC(DGA$S24FaIO)
         * </pre>
         * 
         * @deprecated
         */
        @Deprecated
        public static void decrypt(Properties properties, TextEncryptor encryptor, List<String> includes, List<String> excludes) {
                List<String> keys = getSortedKeys(properties, includes, excludes);
                for (String key : keys) {
                        String value = properties.getProperty(key);
                        if (org.kuali.common.util.enc.EncUtils.isEncrypted(value)) {
                                String decryptedValue = decryptPropertyValue(encryptor, value);
                                properties.setProperty(key, decryptedValue);
                        }
                }
        }

        /**
         * Return true if the value starts with <code>ENC(</code> and ends with <code>)</code>, false otherwise.
         * 
         * @deprecated Use EncUtils.isEncrypted(value) instead
         */
        @Deprecated
        public static boolean isEncryptedPropertyValue(String value) {
                return org.kuali.common.util.enc.EncUtils.isEncrypted(value);
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * A trivial way to conceal property values. Can be reversed using <code>reveal()</code>. Do <b>NOT</b> use this method in an attempt to obscure sensitive data. The algorithm
         * is completely trivial and exceedingly simple to reverse engineer. Not to mention, the <code>reveal()</code> method can reproduce the original string without requiring any
         * secret knowledge.
         * </p>
         * 
         * <p>
         * The use case here is to help prevent someone with otherwise mostly good intentions from altering a piece of information in a way they should not. This is <b>NOT</b> intended
         * to defeat any serious attempt at discovering the original text.
         * </p>
         * 
         * <p>
         * Think a hungry sales or marketing rep who stumbles across a config file with the entry <code>vending.machine.refill.day=wed</code> in it and tries to change that to
         * <code>mon</code> in order to beat a case of the munchies. :)
         * </p>
         * 
         * <p>
         * If the entry says <code>vending.machine.refill.day=cnc--jrq</code> instead of <code>vending.machine.refill.day=wed</code> they are far more likely to ask around before they
         * change it <b>OR</b> just give up and head out to lunch instead.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @see reveal
         */
        public static void conceal(Properties properties) {
                List<String> keys = getSortedKeys(properties);
                for (String key : keys) {
                        String value = properties.getProperty(key);
                        String concealed = Str.conceal(value);
                        properties.setProperty(key, concealed);
                }
        }

        /**
         * Reveal property values that were concealed by the <code>conceal</code> method
         * 
         * <pre>
         * foo=cnc--one.onm -> foo=bar.baz
         * </pre>
         */
        public static void reveal(Properties properties) {
                List<String> keys = getSortedKeys(properties);
                for (String key : keys) {
                        String value = properties.getProperty(key);
                        String revealed = Str.reveal(value);
                        properties.setProperty(key, revealed);
                }
        }

        /**
         * Encrypt all of the property values. Encrypted values are surrounded by ENC(...).
         * 
         * <pre>
         * my.value = ENC(DGA$S24FaIO)
         * </pre>
         */
        public static void encrypt(Properties properties, TextEncryptor encryptor) {
                encrypt(properties, encryptor, null, null);
        }

        /**
         * Encrypt properties as dictated by <code>includes</code> and <code>excludes</code>. Encrypted values are surrounded by ENC(...).
         * 
         * <pre>
         * my.value = ENC(DGA$S24FaIO)
         * </pre>
         */
        public static void encrypt(Properties properties, TextEncryptor encryptor, List<String> includes, List<String> excludes) {
                List<String> keys = getSortedKeys(properties, includes, excludes);
                for (String key : keys) {
                        String originalValue = properties.getProperty(key);
                        String encryptedValue = encryptPropertyValue(encryptor, originalValue);
                        properties.setProperty(key, encryptedValue);
                }
        }

        /**
         * Return the decrypted version of the property value. Encrypted values are surrounded by ENC(...).
         * 
         * <pre>
         * my.value = ENC(DGA$S24FaIO)
         * </pre>
         */
        public static String decryptPropertyValue(TextEncryptor encryptor, String value) {
                String unwrapped = unwrapEncryptedValue(value);

                // Return the decrypted value
                return encryptor.decrypt(unwrapped);
        }

        /**
         * Remove the leading <code>ENC(</code> prefix and the trailing <code>)</code> from the encrypted value passed in.
         * 
         * <pre>
         * ENC(DGA$S24FaIO) -> DGA$S24FaIO
         * </pre>
         * 
         * @deprecated Use EncUtils.unwrap(value) instead
         */
        @Deprecated
        public static String unwrapEncryptedValue(String encryptedValue) {
                return org.kuali.common.util.enc.EncUtils.unwrap(encryptedValue);
        }

        /**
         * Return the encrypted version of the property value. A value is considered "encrypted" when it appears surrounded by ENC(...).
         * 
         * <pre>
         * my.value = ENC(DGA$S24FaIO)
         * </pre>
         */
        public static String encryptPropertyValue(TextEncryptor encryptor, String value) {
                String encryptedValue = encryptor.encrypt(value);
                return wrapEncryptedPropertyValue(encryptedValue);
        }

        /**
         * Return the value enclosed with ENC()
         * 
         * <pre>
         * DGA$S24FaIO -> ENC(DGA$S24FaIO)
         * </pre>
         * 
         * @deprecated Use EncUtils.wrap(value) instead
         */
        @Deprecated
        public static String wrapEncryptedPropertyValue(String encryptedValue) {
                return org.kuali.common.util.enc.EncUtils.wrap(encryptedValue);
        }

        public static void overrideWithGlobalValues(Properties properties, GlobalPropertiesMode mode) {
                List<String> keys = PropertyUtils.getSortedKeys(properties);
                Properties global = PropertyUtils.getProperties(mode);
                for (String key : keys) {
                        String globalValue = global.getProperty(key);
                        if (!StringUtils.isBlank(globalValue)) {
                                properties.setProperty(key, globalValue);
                        }
                }
        }

        public static final Properties[] toArray(List<Properties> properties) {
                return properties.toArray(new Properties[properties.size()]);
        }

        public static final Properties combine(Properties properties, List<Properties> list) {
                List<Properties> newList = new ArrayList<Properties>(CollectionUtils.toEmptyList(list));
                newList.add(0, toEmpty(properties));
                return combine(newList);
        }

        public static final Properties combine(List<Properties> properties) {
                Properties combined = new Properties();
                for (Properties p : properties) {
                        combined.putAll(toEmpty(p));
                }
                return combined;
        }

        public static final Properties combine(Properties... properties) {
                return combine(Arrays.asList(properties));
        }

        public static final void process(Properties properties, PropertyProcessor processor) {
                process(properties, Collections.singletonList(processor));
        }

        public static final void process(Properties properties, List<PropertyProcessor> processors) {
                executeProcessors(properties, processors);
        }

        public static final void executeProcessors(Properties properties, List<PropertyProcessor> processors) {
                for (PropertyProcessor processor : CollectionUtils.toEmptyList(processors)) {
                        processor.process(properties);
                }
        }

        public static final Properties toEmpty(Properties properties) {
                return properties == null ? new Properties() : properties;
        }

        public static final boolean isSingleUnresolvedPlaceholder(String string) {
                return isSingleUnresolvedPlaceholder(string, Constants.DEFAULT_PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX, Constants.DEFAULT_PLACEHOLDER_SUFFIX);
        }

        public static final boolean isSingleUnresolvedPlaceholder(String string, String prefix, String suffix) {
                int prefixMatches = StringUtils.countMatches(string, prefix);
                int suffixMatches = StringUtils.countMatches(string, suffix);
                boolean startsWith = StringUtils.startsWith(string, prefix);
                boolean endsWith = StringUtils.endsWith(string, suffix);
                return prefixMatches == 1 && suffixMatches == 1 && startsWith && endsWith;
        }

        public static final boolean containsUnresolvedPlaceholder(String string) {
                return containsUnresolvedPlaceholder(string, Constants.DEFAULT_PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX, Constants.DEFAULT_PLACEHOLDER_SUFFIX);
        }

        public static final boolean containsUnresolvedPlaceholder(String string, String prefix, String suffix) {
                int beginIndex = StringUtils.indexOf(string, prefix);
                if (beginIndex == -1) {
                        return false;
                }
                return StringUtils.indexOf(string, suffix) != -1;
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object containing only those properties where the resolved value is different from the original value. Using global properties to
         * perform property resolution as indicated by <code>Constants.DEFAULT_GLOBAL_PROPERTIES_MODE</code>
         */
        public static final Properties getResolvedProperties(Properties properties) {
                return getResolvedProperties(properties, Constants.DEFAULT_PROPERTY_PLACEHOLDER_HELPER, Constants.DEFAULT_GLOBAL_PROPERTIES_MODE);
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object containing only those properties where the resolved value is different from the original value. Using global properties to
         * perform property resolution as indicated by <code>globalPropertiesMode</code>
         */
        public static final Properties getResolvedProperties(Properties properties, GlobalPropertiesMode globalPropertiesMode) {
                return getResolvedProperties(properties, Constants.DEFAULT_PROPERTY_PLACEHOLDER_HELPER, globalPropertiesMode);
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object containing only those properties where the resolved value is different from the original value. Using global properties to
         * perform property resolution as indicated by <code>Constants.DEFAULT_GLOBAL_PROPERTIES_MODE</code>
         */
        public static final Properties getResolvedProperties(Properties properties, PropertyPlaceholderHelper helper) {
                return getResolvedProperties(properties, helper, Constants.DEFAULT_GLOBAL_PROPERTIES_MODE);
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object containing only those properties where the resolved value is different from the original value. Using global properties to
         * perform property resolution as indicated by <code>globalPropertiesMode</code>
         */
        public static final Properties getResolvedProperties(Properties properties, PropertyPlaceholderHelper helper, GlobalPropertiesMode globalPropertiesMode) {
                Properties global = getProperties(properties, globalPropertiesMode);
                List<String> keys = getSortedKeys(properties);
                Properties newProperties = new Properties();
                for (String key : keys) {
                        String originalValue = properties.getProperty(key);
                        String resolvedValue = helper.replacePlaceholders(originalValue, global);
                        if (!resolvedValue.equals(originalValue)) {
                                logger.debug("Resolved property '" + key + "' [{}] -> [{}]", Str.flatten(originalValue), Str.flatten(resolvedValue));
                                newProperties.setProperty(key, resolvedValue);
                        }
                }
                return newProperties;
        }

        /**
         * Return the property values from <code>keys</code>
         */
        public static final List<String> getValues(Properties properties, List<String> keys) {
                List<String> values = new ArrayList<String>();
                for (String key : keys) {
                        values.add(properties.getProperty(key));
                }
                return values;
        }

        /**
         * Return a sorted <code>List</code> of keys from <code>properties</code> that end with <code>suffix</code>.
         */
        public static final List<String> getEndsWithKeys(Properties properties, String suffix) {
                List<String> keys = getSortedKeys(properties);
                List<String> matches = new ArrayList<String>();
                for (String key : keys) {
                        if (StringUtils.endsWith(key, suffix)) {
                                matches.add(key);
                        }
                }
                return matches;
        }

        /**
         * Alter the <code>properties</code> passed in to contain only the desired property values. <code>includes</code> and <code>excludes</code> are comma separated values.
         */
        public static final void trim(Properties properties, String includesCSV, String excludesCSV) {
                List<String> includes = CollectionUtils.getTrimmedListFromCSV(includesCSV);
                List<String> excludes = CollectionUtils.getTrimmedListFromCSV(excludesCSV);
                trim(properties, includes, excludes);
        }

        /**
         * Alter the <code>properties</code> passed in to contain only the desired property values.
         */
        public static final void trim(Properties properties, List<String> includes, List<String> excludes) {
                List<String> keys = getSortedKeys(properties);
                for (String key : keys) {
                        if (!include(key, includes, excludes)) {
                                logger.debug("Removing [{}]", key);
                                properties.remove(key);
                        }
                }
        }

        /**
         * Return true if <code>value</code> should be included, false otherwise.<br>
         * If <code>excludes</code> is not empty and matches <code>value</code> return false.<br>
         * If <code>value</code> has not been explicitly excluded, check the <code>includes</code> list.<br>
         * If <code>includes</code> is empty return true.<br>
         * If <code>includes</code> is not empty, return true if, and only if, <code>value</code> matches a pattern from the <code>includes</code> list.<br>
         * A single wildcard <code>*</code> is supported for <code>includes</code> and <code>excludes</code>.<br>
         */
        public static final boolean include(String value, List<String> includes, List<String> excludes) {
                if (isSingleWildcardMatch(value, excludes)) {
                        // No point incurring the overhead of matching an include pattern
                        return false;
                } else {
                        // If includes is empty always return true
                        return CollectionUtils.isEmpty(includes) || isSingleWildcardMatch(value, includes);
                }
        }

        public static final boolean isSingleWildcardMatch(String s, List<String> patterns) {
                for (String pattern : CollectionUtils.toEmptyList(patterns)) {
                        if (isSingleWildcardMatch(s, pattern)) {
                                return true;
                        }
                }
                return false;
        }

        /**
         * Match {@code value} against {@code pattern} where {@code pattern} can optionally contain a single wildcard {@code *}. If both are {@code null} return {@code true}. If one of
         * {@code value} or {@code pattern} is {@code null} but the other isn't, return {@code false}. Any {@code pattern} containing more than a single wildcard throws
         * {@code IllegalArgumentException}.
         * 
         * <pre>
         * PropertyUtils.isSingleWildcardMatch(null, null)          = true
         * PropertyUtils.isSingleWildcardMatch(null, *)             = false
         * PropertyUtils.isSingleWildcardMatch(*, null)             = false
         * PropertyUtils.isSingleWildcardMatch(*, "*")              = true
         * PropertyUtils.isSingleWildcardMatch("abcdef", "bcd")     = false
         * PropertyUtils.isSingleWildcardMatch("abcdef", "*def")    = true
         * PropertyUtils.isSingleWildcardMatch("abcdef", "abc*")    = true
         * PropertyUtils.isSingleWildcardMatch("abcdef", "ab*ef")   = true
         * PropertyUtils.isSingleWildcardMatch("abcdef", "abc*def") = true
         * PropertyUtils.isSingleWildcardMatch(*, "**")             = IllegalArgumentException
         * </pre>
         */
        public static final boolean isSingleWildcardMatch(String value, String pattern) {
                if (value == null && pattern == null) {
                        // both are null
                        return true;
                } else if (value == null || pattern == null) {
                        // One is null, but not the other
                        return false;
                } else if (pattern.equals(Constants.WILDCARD)) {
                        // Neither one is null and pattern is the unqualified wildcard.
                        // Value is irrelevant, always return true
                        return true;
                } else if (StringUtils.countMatches(pattern, Constants.WILDCARD) > 1) {
                        // More than one wildcard in the pattern is not supported
                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Pattern [" + pattern + "] is not supported.  Only one wildcard is allowed in the pattern");
                } else if (!StringUtils.contains(pattern, Constants.WILDCARD)) {
                        // Neither one is null and there is no wildcard in the pattern. They must match exactly
                        return StringUtils.equals(value, pattern);
                } else {
                        // The pattern contains 1 (and only 1) wildcard
                        // Make sure value starts with the characters to the left of the wildcard
                        // and ends with the characters to the right of the wildcard
                        int pos = StringUtils.indexOf(pattern, Constants.WILDCARD);
                        int suffixPos = pos + Constants.WILDCARD.length();
                        boolean nullPrefix = pos == 0;
                        boolean nullSuffix = suffixPos >= pattern.length();
                        String prefix = nullPrefix ? null : StringUtils.substring(pattern, 0, pos);
                        String suffix = nullSuffix ? null : StringUtils.substring(pattern, suffixPos);
                        boolean prefixMatch = nullPrefix || StringUtils.startsWith(value, prefix);
                        boolean suffixMatch = nullSuffix || StringUtils.endsWith(value, suffix);
                        return prefixMatch && suffixMatch;
                }
        }

        /**
         * Return property keys that should be included as a sorted list.
         */
        public static final Properties getProperties(Properties properties, String include, String exclude) {
                List<String> keys = getSortedKeys(properties, include, exclude);
                Properties newProperties = new Properties();
                for (String key : keys) {
                        String value = properties.getProperty(key);
                        newProperties.setProperty(key, value);
                }
                return newProperties;
        }

        /**
         * Return property keys that should be included as a sorted list.
         */
        public static final List<String> getSortedKeys(Properties properties, String include, String exclude) {
                return getSortedKeys(properties, CollectionUtils.toEmptyList(include), CollectionUtils.toEmptyList(exclude));
        }

        /**
         * Return property keys that should be included as a sorted list.
         */
        public static final List<String> getSortedKeys(Properties properties, List<String> includes, List<String> excludes) {
                List<String> keys = getSortedKeys(properties);
                List<String> includedKeys = new ArrayList<String>();
                for (String key : keys) {
                        if (include(key, includes, excludes)) {
                                includedKeys.add(key);
                        }
                }
                return includedKeys;
        }

        /**
         * Return a sorted <code>List</code> of keys from <code>properties</code> that start with <code>prefix</code>
         */
        public static final List<String> getStartsWithKeys(Properties properties, String prefix) {
                List<String> keys = getSortedKeys(properties);
                List<String> matches = new ArrayList<String>();
                for (String key : keys) {
                        if (StringUtils.startsWith(key, prefix)) {
                                matches.add(key);
                        }
                }
                return matches;
        }

        /**
         * Return the property keys as a sorted list.
         */
        public static final List<String> getSortedKeys(Properties properties) {
                List<String> keys = new ArrayList<String>(properties.stringPropertyNames());
                Collections.sort(keys);
                return keys;
        }

        public static final String toString(Properties properties) {
                List<String> keys = getSortedKeys(properties);
                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                for (String key : keys) {
                        String value = Str.flatten(properties.getProperty(key));
                        sb.append(key + "=" + value + "\n");
                }
                return sb.toString();
        }

        public static final void info(Properties properties) {
                properties = toEmpty(properties);
                logger.info("--- Displaying {} properties ---\n\n{}", properties.size(), toString(properties));
        }

        public static final void debug(Properties properties) {
                properties = toEmpty(properties);
                logger.debug("--- Displaying {} properties ---\n\n{}", properties.size(), toString(properties));
        }

        /**
         * Store the properties to the indicated file using the platform default encoding.
         */
        public static final void store(Properties properties, File file) {
                store(properties, file, null);
        }

        /**
         * Store the properties to the indicated file using the platform default encoding.
         */
        public static final void storeSilently(Properties properties, File file) {
                store(properties, file, null, null, true);
        }

        /**
         * Store the properties to the indicated file using the indicated encoding.
         */
        public static final void store(Properties properties, File file, String encoding) {
                store(properties, file, encoding, null);
        }

        /**
         * Store the properties to the indicated file using the indicated encoding with the indicated comment appearing at the top of the file.
         */
        public static final void store(Properties properties, File file, String encoding, String comment) {
                store(properties, file, encoding, comment, false);
        }

        /**
         * Store the properties to the indicated file using the indicated encoding with the indicated comment appearing at the top of the file.
         */
        public static final void store(Properties properties, File file, String encoding, String comment, boolean silent) {
                OutputStream out = null;
                Writer writer = null;
                try {
                        out = FileUtils.openOutputStream(file);
                        String path = file.getCanonicalPath();
                        boolean xml = isXml(path);
                        Properties sorted = getSortedProperties(properties);
                        comment = getComment(encoding, comment, xml);
                        if (xml) {
                                if (!silent) {
                                        logger.info("Storing XML properties - [{}] encoding={}", path, StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(encoding, DEFAULT_ENCODING));
                                }
                                if (encoding == null) {
                                        sorted.storeToXML(out, comment);
                                } else {
                                        sorted.storeToXML(out, comment, encoding);
                                }
                        } else {
                                writer = LocationUtils.getWriter(out, encoding);
                                if (!silent) {
                                        logger.info("Storing properties - [{}] encoding={}", path, StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(encoding, DEFAULT_ENCODING));
                                }
                                sorted.store(writer, comment);
                        }
                } catch (IOException e) {
                        throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected IO error", e);
                } finally {
                        IOUtils.closeQuietly(writer);
                        IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
                }
        }

        /**
         * Examine both system properties and environment variables to get a value for <code>key</code>. Return <code>null</code> if nothing is found.
         * 
         * <pre>
         *   foo.bar -> System property check for "foo.bar"
         *   foo.bar -> Environment check for "FOO_BAR"
         * </pre>
         */
        public static final String getGlobalProperty(String key) {
                return getGlobalProperty(key, null);
        }

        /**
         * Examine both system properties and environment variables to get a value for <code>key</code>. Return <code>defaultValue</code> if nothing is found
         * 
         * <pre>
         *   foo.bar -> System property check for "foo.bar"
         *   foo.bar -> Environment check for "FOO_BAR"
         * </pre>
         */
        public static final String getGlobalProperty(String key, String defaultValue) {
                Assert.noNullsWithMsg("key is required", key);

                // Check to see if there is a system property for this key
                String systemValue = System.getProperty(key);

                // If so, we are done
                if (systemValue != null) {
                        return systemValue;
                }

                // Reformat the key as an environment variable key
                String environmentVariable = convertToEnvironmentVariable(key);

                // Check to see if we have a match for an environment variable
                String environmentValue = System.getenv(environmentVariable);

                if (environmentValue != null) {
                        // If so, return the value of the environment variable
                        return environmentValue;
                } else {
                        // If not, return the default value
                        return defaultValue;
                }
        }

        /**
         * Return a new properties object containing the properties from <code>getEnvAsProperties()</code> and <code>System.getProperties()</code>. Properties from
         * <code>System.getProperties()</code> override properties from <code>getEnvAsProperties</code> if there are duplicates.
         */
        public static final Properties getGlobalProperties() {
                return getProperties(Constants.DEFAULT_GLOBAL_PROPERTIES_MODE);
        }

        /**
         * Return a new properties object containing the properties passed in, plus any properties returned by <code>getEnvAsProperties()</code> and <code>System.getProperties()</code>
         * . Properties from <code>getEnvAsProperties()</code> override <code>properties</code> and properties from <code>System.getProperties()</code> override everything.
         */
        public static final Properties getGlobalProperties(Properties properties) {
                return getProperties(properties, Constants.DEFAULT_GLOBAL_PROPERTIES_MODE);
        }

        /**
         * Return a new properties object containing the properties passed in, plus any global properties as requested. If <code>mode</code> is <code>NONE</code> the new properties are
         * a duplicate of the properties passed in. If <code>mode</code> is <code>ENVIRONMENT</code> the new properties contain the original properties plus any properties returned by
         * <code>getEnvProperties()</code>. If <code>mode</code> is <code>SYSTEM</code> the new properties contain the original properties plus <code>System.getProperties()</code>. If
         * <code>mode</code> is <code>BOTH</code> the new properties contain the original properties plus <code>getEnvProperties()</code> and <code>System.getProperties()</code>.
         */
        public static final Properties getProperties(Properties properties, GlobalPropertiesMode mode) {
                Properties newProperties = duplicate(properties);
                List<PropertyProcessor> modifiers = getPropertyProcessors(mode);
                for (PropertyProcessor modifier : modifiers) {
                        modifier.process(newProperties);
                }
                return newProperties;
        }

        /**
         * Return a new properties object containing global properties as requested. If <code>mode</code> is <code>NONE</code> the new properties are empty. If <code>mode</code> is
         * <code>ENVIRONMENT</code> the new properties contain the properties returned by <code>getEnvProperties()</code>. If <code>mode</code> is <code>SYSTEM</code> the new
         * properties contain <code>System.getProperties()</code>. If <code>mode</code> is <code>BOTH</code> the new properties contain <code>getEnvProperties</code> plus
         * <code>System.getProperties()</code> with system properties overriding environment variables if the same case sensitive property key is supplied in both places.
         */
        public static final Properties getProperties(GlobalPropertiesMode mode) {
                return getProperties(new Properties(), mode);
        }

        /**
         * Search global properties to find a value for <code>key</code> according to the mode passed in.
         */
        public static final String getProperty(String key, GlobalPropertiesMode mode) {
                return getProperty(key, new Properties(), mode);
        }

        /**
         * Search <code>properties</code> plus global properties to find a value for <code>key</code> according to the mode passed in. If the property is present in both, the value
         * from the global properties is returned.
         */
        public static final String getProperty(String key, Properties properties, GlobalPropertiesMode mode) {
                return getProperties(properties, mode).getProperty(key);
        }

        /**
         * Return modifiers that add environment variables, system properties, or both, according to the mode passed in.
         */
        public static final List<PropertyProcessor> getPropertyProcessors(GlobalPropertiesMode mode) {
                List<PropertyProcessor> processors = new ArrayList<PropertyProcessor>();
                switch (mode) {
                case NONE:
                        return processors;
                case ENVIRONMENT:
                        processors.add(new AddPropertiesProcessor(getEnvAsProperties()));
                        return processors;
                case SYSTEM:
                        processors.add(new AddPropertiesProcessor(System.getProperties()));
                        return processors;
                case BOTH:
                        processors.add(new AddPropertiesProcessor(getEnvAsProperties()));
                        processors.add(new AddPropertiesProcessor(System.getProperties()));
                        return processors;
                default:
                        throw new IllegalStateException(mode + " is unknown");
                }
        }

        /**
         * Convert the <code>Map</code> to a <code>Properties</code> object.
         */
        public static final Properties convert(Map<String, String> map) {
                return convertToProperties(map);
        }

        /**
         * Convert the <code>Map</code> to a <code>Properties</code> object.
         */
        public static final Properties convertToProperties(Map<String, String> map) {
                Properties props = new Properties();
                for (String key : map.keySet()) {
                        props.setProperty(key, map.get(key));
                }
                return props;
        }

        /**
         * Convert the <code>Properties</code> to a <code>Map</code> object.
         */
        public static Map<String, String> convert(Properties properties) {
                return newHashMap(properties);
        }

        /**
         * Convert the {@code Properties} to a {@code Map<String,String>} object.
         */
        public static Map<String, String> newHashMap(Properties properties) {
                Map<String, String> map = Maps.newHashMap();
                for (String key : properties.stringPropertyNames()) {
                        map.put(key, properties.getProperty(key));
                }
                return map;
        }

        /**
         * Convert the {@code Properties} to a {@code Map<String,String>} object.
         */
        public static SortedMap<String, String> newTreeMap(Properties properties) {
                SortedMap<String, String> map = Maps.newTreeMap();
                for (String key : properties.stringPropertyNames()) {
                        map.put(key, properties.getProperty(key));
                }
                return map;
        }

        /**
         * Return a new properties object that duplicates the properties passed in.
         */
        public static final Properties duplicate(Properties properties) {
                Properties newProperties = new Properties();
                newProperties.putAll(properties);
                return newProperties;
        }

        /**
         * Return a new properties object containing environment variables as properties prefixed with <code>env</code>
         */
        public static Properties getEnvAsProperties() {
                return getEnvAsProperties(ENV_PREFIX);
        }

        /**
         * Return a new properties object containing environment variables as properties prefixed with <code>prefix</code>
         */
        public static Properties getEnvAsProperties(String prefix) {
                Properties properties = convert(System.getenv());
                return getPrefixedProperties(properties, prefix);
        }

        /**
         * Return true if, and only if, location ends with <code>.xml</code> (case insensitive).
         */
        public static final boolean isXml(String location) {
                return StringUtils.endsWithIgnoreCase(location, XML_EXTENSION);
        }

        /**
         * Return true if, and only if, location ends with <code>rice-properties.xml</code> (case insensitive).
         */
        public static final boolean isRiceProperties(String location) {
                return StringUtils.endsWithIgnoreCase(location, Constants.RICE_PROPERTIES_SUFFIX);
        }

        public static final Properties loadRiceProps(File file) {
                return RiceLoader.load(file);
        }

        public static final Properties loadRiceProps(String location) {
                return RiceLoader.load(location);
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object loaded from <code>file</code> where the properties are stored in Rice XML style syntax
         * 
         * @deprecated use loadRiceProps() instead
         */
        @Deprecated
        public static final Properties loadRiceProperties(File file) {
                return loadRiceProperties(LocationUtils.getCanonicalPath(file));
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object loaded from <code>location</code> where the properties are stored in Rice XML style syntax
         * 
         * @deprecated use loadRiceProps() instead
         */
        @Deprecated
        public static final Properties loadRiceProperties(String location) {
                logger.info("Loading Rice properties [{}] encoding={}", location, DEFAULT_XML_ENCODING);
                String contents = LocationUtils.toString(location, DEFAULT_XML_ENCODING);
                String config = StringUtils.substringBetween(contents, "<config>", "</config>");
                String[] tokens = StringUtils.substringsBetween(config, "<param", "<param");

                Properties properties = new Properties();
                for (String token : tokens) {
                        String key = StringUtils.substringBetween(token, "name=\"", "\">");
                        validateRiceProperties(token, key);
                        String value = StringUtils.substringBetween(token + "</param>", "\">", "</param>");
                        properties.setProperty(key, value);
                }
                return properties;
        }

        /**
         * Make sure they are just loading simple properties and are not using any of the unsupported "features". Can't have a key named config.location, and can't use the system,
         * override, or random attributes.
         */
        protected static final void validateRiceProperties(String token, String key) {
                if (StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase("config.location", key)) {
                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("config.location is not supported");
                }
                if (StringUtils.contains(token, "override=\"")) {
                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("override attribute is not supported");
                }
                if (StringUtils.contains(token, "system=\"")) {
                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("system attribute is not supported");
                }
                if (StringUtils.contains(token, "random=\"")) {
                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("random attribute is not supported");
                }
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object loaded from <code>file</code>.
         */
        public static final Properties load(File file) {
                return load(file, null);
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object loaded from <code>file</code>.
         */
        public static final Properties loadSilently(File file) {
                return loadSilently(LocationUtils.getCanonicalPath(file));
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object loaded from <code>file</code>.
         */
        public static final Properties loadSilently(String location) {
                return load(location, null, PropertyFormat.NORMAL, true);
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object loaded from <code>file</code> using the given encoding.
         */
        public static final Properties load(File file, String encoding) {
                String location = LocationUtils.getCanonicalPath(file);
                return load(location, encoding);
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object loaded from <code>location</code>.
         */
        public static final Properties load(String location) {
                return load(location, null);
        }

        /**
         * If location exists, return a new <code>Properties</code> object loaded from <code>location</code>, otherwise return a new <code>Properties</code> object
         */
        public static final Properties loadOrCreateSilently(String location) {
                if (LocationUtils.exists(location)) {
                        return load(location, null, PropertyFormat.NORMAL, true);
                } else {
                        return new Properties();
                }
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object loaded from <code>locations</code> using <code>encoding</code>.
         */
        public static final Properties load(List<String> locations, String encoding) {
                Properties properties = new Properties();
                for (String location : locations) {
                        properties.putAll(load(location, encoding));
                }
                return properties;
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object loaded from <code>location</code> using <code>encoding</code>.
         */
        public static final Properties load(String location, String encoding) {
                return load(location, encoding, PropertyFormat.NORMAL);
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object loaded from <code>location</code> using <code>encoding</code>.
         */
        public static final Properties load(String location, String encoding, PropertyFormat format) {
                return load(location, encoding, format, false);
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object loaded from <code>location</code> using <code>encoding</code>.
         */
        public static final Properties load(String location, String encoding, PropertyFormat format, boolean silent) {
                InputStream in = null;
                Reader reader = null;
                try {
                        Properties properties = new Properties();
                        boolean xml = isXml(location);
                        boolean riceProperties = isRiceProperties(location);
                        location = getCanonicalLocation(location);
                        if (PropertyFormat.RICE.equals(format) || riceProperties) {
                                properties = loadRiceProperties(location);
                        } else if (xml) {
                                in = LocationUtils.getInputStream(location);
                                if (!silent) {
                                        logger.info("Loading XML properties - [{}]", location);
                                }
                                properties.loadFromXML(in);
                        } else {
                                if (!silent) {
                                        logger.info("Loading properties - [{}] encoding={}", location, StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(encoding, DEFAULT_ENCODING));
                                }
                                reader = LocationUtils.getBufferedReader(location, encoding);
                                properties.load(reader);
                        }
                        return properties;
                } catch (IOException e) {
                        throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected IO error", e);
                } finally {
                        IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
                        IOUtils.closeQuietly(reader);
                }
        }

        protected static String getCanonicalLocation(String location) {
                if (LocationUtils.isExistingFile(location)) {
                        return LocationUtils.getCanonicalPath(new File(location));
                } else {
                        return location;
                }
        }

        /**
         * Return a new <code>Properties</code> object containing properties prefixed with <code>prefix</code>. If <code>prefix</code> is blank, the new properties object duplicates
         * the properties passed in.
         */
        public static final Properties getPrefixedProperties(Properties properties, String prefix) {
                if (StringUtils.isBlank(prefix)) {
                        return duplicate(properties);
                }
                Properties newProperties = new Properties();
                for (String key : properties.stringPropertyNames()) {
                        String value = properties.getProperty(key);
                        String newKey = StringUtils.startsWith(key, prefix + ".") ? key : prefix + "." + key;
                        newProperties.setProperty(newKey, value);
                }
                return newProperties;
        }

        /**
         * Replace periods with an underscore and convert to uppercase
         * 
         * <pre>
         *   foo.bar -> FOO_BAR
         * </pre>
         */
        public static final String convertToEnvironmentVariable(String key) {
                return StringUtils.upperCase(StringUtils.replace(key, ".", "_"));
        }

        /**
         * Replace periods with an underscore, convert to uppercase, and prefix with <code>env</code>
         * 
         * <pre>
         *   foo.bar -> env.FOO_BAR
         * </pre>
         */
        public static final String getEnvironmentVariableKey(String key) {
                return ENV_PREFIX + "." + convertToEnvironmentVariable(key);
        }

        /**
         * Return a new properties object where the keys have been converted to upper case and periods have been replaced with an underscore.
         */
        public static final Properties reformatKeysAsEnvVars(Properties properties) {
                Properties newProperties = new Properties();
                for (String key : properties.stringPropertyNames()) {
                        String value = properties.getProperty(key);
                        String newKey = convertToEnvironmentVariable(key);
                        newProperties.setProperty(newKey, value);
                }
                return newProperties;
        }

        /**
         * Before setting the newValue, check to see if there is a conflict with an existing value. If there is no existing value, add the property. If there is a conflict, check
         * <code>propertyOverwriteMode</code> to make sure we have permission to override the value.
         */
        public static final void addOrOverrideProperty(Properties properties, String key, String newValue, Mode propertyOverwriteMode) {
                addOrOverrideProperty(properties, key, newValue, propertyOverwriteMode, 0);
        }

        public static final void addOrOverrideProperty(Properties properties, String key, String newValue, Mode overrideMode, int indent) {
                String oldValue = properties.getProperty(key);
                if (StringUtils.equals(newValue, oldValue)) {
                        // Nothing to do! New value is the same as old value.
                        return;
                }
                boolean overwrite = !StringUtils.isBlank(oldValue);

                String logNewValue = newValue;
                String logOldValue = oldValue;

                // TODO Yuck! Do something smarter here
                if (obscure(key)) {
                        logNewValue = "*********";
                        logOldValue = "*********";
                }

                if (overwrite) {
                        // This property already has a value, and it is different from the new value
                        // Check to make sure we are allowed to override the old value before doing so
                        Object[] args = new Object[] { StringUtils.repeat(" ", indent), key, Str.flatten(logNewValue), Str.flatten(logOldValue) };
                        ModeUtils.validate(overrideMode, "{}override [{}] -> [{}]", args, "Override of existing property [" + key + "] is not allowed.");
                } else {
                        // There is no existing value for this key
                        logger.debug("Adding [{}={}]", key, Str.flatten(logNewValue));
                }
                properties.setProperty(key, newValue);
        }

        protected static boolean obscure(String key) {
                if (StringUtils.containsIgnoreCase(key, "password")) {
                        return true;
                }
                if (StringUtils.containsIgnoreCase(key, "secret")) {
                        return true;
                }
                if (StringUtils.containsIgnoreCase(key, "private")) {
                        return true;
                }
                return false;
        }

        private static final String getDefaultComment(String encoding, boolean xml) {
                if (encoding == null) {
                        if (xml) {
                                // Java defaults XML properties files to UTF-8 if no encoding is provided
                                return "encoding.default=" + DEFAULT_XML_ENCODING;
                        } else {
                                // For normal properties files the platform default encoding is used
                                return "encoding.default=" + DEFAULT_ENCODING;
                        }
                } else {
                        return "encoding.specified=" + encoding;
                }
        }

        private static final String getComment(String encoding, String comment, boolean xml) {
                if (StringUtils.isBlank(comment)) {
                        return getDefaultComment(encoding, xml);
                } else {
                        return comment + "\n#" + getDefaultComment(encoding, xml);
                }
        }

        /**
         * This is private because <code>SortedProperties</code> does not fully honor the contract for <code>Properties</code>
         */
        private static final SortedProperties getSortedProperties(Properties properties) {
                SortedProperties sp = new PropertyUtils().new SortedProperties();
                sp.putAll(properties);
                return sp;
        }

        /**
         * This is private since it does not honor the full contract for <code>Properties</code>. <code>PropertyUtils</code> uses it internally to store properties in sorted order.
         */
        private class SortedProperties extends Properties {

                private static final long serialVersionUID = 1330825236411537386L;

                /**
                 * <code>Properties.storeToXML()</code> uses <code>keySet()</code>
                 */
                @Override
                public Set<Object> keySet() {
                        return Collections.unmodifiableSet(new TreeSet<Object>(super.keySet()));
                }

                /**
                 * <code>Properties.store()</code> uses <code>keys()</code>
                 */
                @Override
                public synchronized Enumeration<Object> keys() {
                        return Collections.enumeration(new TreeSet<Object>(super.keySet()));
                }
        }

        /**
         * Set properties in the given Properties to CSV versions of the lists in the ComparisonResults
         * 
         * @param properties
         *            the Properties to populate
         * @param listComparison
         *            the ComparisonResults to use for data
         * @param propertyNames
         *            the list of property keys to set. Exactly 3 names are required, and the assumed order is: index 0: key for the ADDED list index 1: key for the SAME list index 2:
         *            key for the DELETED list
         */
        public static final void addListComparisonProperties(Properties properties, ComparisonResults listComparison, List<String> propertyNames) {
                // make sure that there are three names in the list of property names
                Assert.isTrue(propertyNames.size() == 3);

                properties.setProperty(propertyNames.get(0), CollectionUtils.getCSV(listComparison.getAdded()));
                properties.setProperty(propertyNames.get(1), CollectionUtils.getCSV(listComparison.getSame()));
                properties.setProperty(propertyNames.get(2), CollectionUtils.getCSV(listComparison.getDeleted()));
        }

}