"""Load deploy parameters from JSON or config.txt style files."""

from __future__ import annotations

import json
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any


def load_params_file(path: str | Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
    config_path = Path(path)
    text = config_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
    stripped = text.lstrip()
    if stripped.startswith("{"):
        return json.loads(text)

    values: dict[str, Any] = {}
    for raw_line in text.splitlines():
        line = raw_line.strip()
        if not line or line.startswith("#"):
            continue
        if "=" not in line:
            continue
        key, value = line.split("=", 1)
        values[key.strip()] = value.strip()
    return values