public static Profile findProfile(String profileArg, File resourceDir) throws IOException {
    """
	Find a profile. Profiles are looked up at various locations:
	
	<ul>
	<li>A given directory with the name profiles.yml (and variations, {@link #findProfile(String, File)}</li>
	</ul>
	@param profileArg the profile's name
	@param resourceDir a directory to check for profiles.
	@return the profile found or the default profile if none of this name is given
	@throws IOException
    """
        try {
            String profile = profileArg == null ? DEFAULT_PROFILE : profileArg;
            Profile profileFound = lookup(profile, resourceDir);
            if (profileFound != null) {
                if(profileFound.getParentProfile() != null) {
                    profileFound = inheritFromParentProfile(profileFound, resourceDir);
                    log.info(profileFound + " inheriting resources from " + profileFound.getParentProfile());
                }
                return profileFound;
            } else {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("No profile '" + profile + "' defined");
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new IOException("Error while looking up profile " + profileArg + ": " + e.getMessage(),e);
        }
    }
public static Profile findProfile(String profileArg, File resourceDir) throws IOException {
        try {
            String profile = profileArg == null ? DEFAULT_PROFILE : profileArg;
            Profile profileFound = lookup(profile, resourceDir);
            if (profileFound != null) {
                if(profileFound.getParentProfile() != null) {
                    profileFound = inheritFromParentProfile(profileFound, resourceDir);
                    log.info(profileFound + " inheriting resources from " + profileFound.getParentProfile());
                }
                return profileFound;
            } else {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("No profile '" + profile + "' defined");
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new IOException("Error while looking up profile " + profileArg + ": " + e.getMessage(),e);
        }
    }
public static Profile findProfile ( String profileArg , File resourceDir ) throws IOException { try { String profile = profileArg == null ? DEFAULT_PROFILE : profileArg ; Profile profileFound = lookup ( profile , resourceDir ) ; if ( profileFound != null ) { if ( profileFound . getParentProfile ( ) != null ) { profileFound = inheritFromParentProfile ( profileFound , resourceDir ) ; log . info ( profileFound + " inheriting resources from " + profileFound . getParentProfile ( ) ) ; } return profileFound ; } else { throw new IllegalArgumentException ( "No profile '" + profile + "' defined" ) ; } } catch ( IOException e ) { throw new IOException ( "Error while looking up profile " + profileArg + ": " + e . getMessage ( ) , e ) ; } }
Find a profile. Profiles are looked up at various locations:

<ul>
<li>A given directory with the name profiles.yml (and variations, {@link #findProfile(String, File)}</li>
</ul>
@param profileArg the profile's name
@param resourceDir a directory to check for profiles.
@return the profile found or the default profile if none of this name is given
@throws IOException
Find a profile . Profiles are looked up at various locations :