throws IOException
{
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath));
String nextLine = null;
MultiMap configParams = new MultiMap();
while ((nextLine = reader.readLine()) != null)
{
nextLine = nextLine.trim();
if (nextLine.length() == 0 ||
nextLine.charAt(0) == '#' ||
nextLine.charAt(0) == '<')
continue;
int space = nextLine.indexOf(' ');
String name = nextLine.substring(0, space);
String value = nextLine.substring(space + 1);
configParams.put(name, value);
}
return configParams;
}