private HashMap<String, String> loadHashMap() {
    HashMap result = new HashMap();
    try
    {
      BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(this.out));
      String line;
      while ((line = br.readLine()) != null)
      {
        if ((!line.isEmpty()) && (!line.startsWith("#")) && (line.contains(": "))) {
          String[] args = line.split(": ");
          if (args.length < 2)
          {
            result.put(args[0], null);
          }
          else
            result.put(args[0], args[1]); 
        }
      }
    } catch (IOException localIOException) {
    }
    return result;
  }