diff --git a/src/test/cord-api/Framework/utils/readProperties.py b/src/test/cord-api/Framework/utils/readProperties.py
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+import sys
+
+class readProperties(object):
+    def __init__(self, strPropertiesFile):
+        self.strPropertiesFile = strPropertiesFile
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse_line(input):
+        key, value = input.split('=')
+        key = key.strip()
+        value = value.strip()
+        return key, value
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def getProperties(self):
+        data = {}
+
+        with open(self.strPropertiesFile) as fp:
+            for line in fp:
+                line = line.strip()
+                if not line or line.startswith('#') or line.startswith('import'):
+                   continue
+
+                key, value = readProperties.parse_line(line)
+                data[key] = value
+
+        return data
+
+    def getValueProperties(self, key):
+        datas = readProperties.getProperties(self)
+        value = datas[key]
+
+        return value