## LoadProperties

### Description

Load a file's contents as Ant properties. This is equivalent to `<property file|resource="..."/>` except that it supports nested `<filterchain>` elements.

If you want to simulate property's prefix attribute, please use prefixlines filter.

### Parameters

Attribute | Description | Required
srcFile | source file | One of these
resource | the resource name of the property file
encoding | encoding to use when loading the file | No
classpath | the classpath to use when looking up a resource. | No
classpathref | the classpath to use when looking up a resource, given as reference to a `<path>` defined elsewhere.. | No

The LoadProperties task supports nested FilterChains, as well as a nested `<classpath>` element for use with the resource attribute.

### Examples

        <loadproperties srcFile="file.properties"/>

Load contents of file.properties as Ant properties.

        <loadproperties srcFile="file.properties">
          <filterchain>
            <linecontains>
              <contains value="import."/>
            </linecontains>
          </filterchain>
        </loadproperties>

Read the lines that contain the string "import." from the file "file.properties" and load them as Ant properties.

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