A bug was reported against [collections] ExtendedProperties http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27737
I found that the input stream created in the constructor was not closed. I just checked PropertiesConfiguration, and the load() methods seem to have the same problem. Stephen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]