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1. Properties shall be loaded from the following places by default
   
   1. <SNAP_HOME>/etc/<cluster>snap.properties
   2. <SNAP_USER_DIR>/etc/<cluster>snap.properties
   Each properties file found in etc is loaded. By convention they should be named like the cluster they belong to.
   Properties given in a file of SNAP_USER_DIR will overwrite those in SNAP_HOME.
   In which order are files loaded within a etc folder? Alphabetical? Undefined?
   A file named <USER_NAME>.properties in could be handled special. It could be loaded last and therefore it can serve as a place where a user can specify it's own default properties.
2. Properties file given on command line
   On the command line it shall be possible to specify a properties file. Properties given here overwrite properties loaded from SNAP_USER_DIR or SNAP_HOME.
   The command line option could be
       -c /path/to/special.properties
3. Properties given as VM parameters
   These properties shall have the highest priority and overwrite any other property loaded.

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