Reads a file in the current working directory or a String as a plain text Java Properties file. The returned object is a normal Map with String keys. The map can also be pre loaded with default values before reading/parsing the data.

Fields:

Example:

        def d = [test: 'Default', something: 'Default', other: 'Default']
        def props = readProperties defaults: d, file: 'dir/my.properties', text: 'other=Override'
        assert props['test'] == 'One'
        assert props['something'] == 'Default'
        assert props.something == 'Default'
        assert props.other == 'Override'