public Properties loadProperties() {
PropertiesFactoryBean propertiesFactoryBean = new PropertiesFactoryBean();
propertiesFactoryBean.setLocation(new ClassPathResource("/xxxxx.properties"));
Properties properties = null;
try {
propertiesFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet();
properties = propertiesFactoryBean.getObject();
} catch (IOException e) {
log.warn("Cannot load quartz.properties.");
}
return properties;
}