public void load(String filename) {
    Map data = FileUtil.readResilientConfigFile(filename, false);

    // horrendous recursive loading going on here due to logger + config depedencies. If already
    // loaded
    // then use the existing data as it might have already been written to...

    if (propertiesMap == null) {

      ConcurrentHashMapWrapper<String, Object> c_map =
          new ConcurrentHashMapWrapper<String, Object>(data.size() + 256, 0.75f, 8);

      c_map.putAll(data);

      propertiesMap = c_map;
    }

    /*
     * Can't do this yet.  Sometimes, there's a default set to x, but the code
     * calls get..Parameter(..., y).  y != x.  When the user sets the the parameter
     * to x, we remove it from the list.  Later, the get..Parameter(.., y) returns
     * y because there is no entry.
     *
     * The solution is to not allow get..Parameter(.., y) when there's a default
     * value.  Another reason to not allow it is that having two defaults confuses
     * coders.
     *
      	// Remove entries that are default.  Saves memory, reduces
      	// file size when saved again
        ConfigurationDefaults def = ConfigurationDefaults.getInstance();
      	Iterator it = new TreeSet(propertiesMap.keySet()).iterator();

    		while (it.hasNext()) {
    			String key = (String)it.next();
    			Object defValue = def.getDefaultValueAsObject(key);
    			if (defValue == null)
    				continue;

    			if (defValue instanceof Long) {
    				int iDefValue = ((Long)defValue).intValue();
    				int iValue = getIntParameter(key, iDefValue);
    				if (iValue == iDefValue)
    					propertiesMap.remove(key);
    			}
    			if (defValue instanceof String) {
    				String sDefValue = defValue.toString();
    				String sValue = getStringParameter(key, sDefValue);
    				if (sValue.compareTo(sDefValue) == 0)
    					propertiesMap.remove(key);
    			}
    		}
    */
  }
  public void save(String filename) {
    if (propertiesMap == null) {

      // nothing to save, initialisation not complete

      return;
    }

    /**
     * Note - propertiesMap isn't synchronised! We'll clone the map now, because we need to modify
     * it. The BEncoding code will create a new map object (TreeMap) because it needs to be sorted,
     * so we might as well do it here too.
     */
    TreeMap<String, Object> properties_clone = propertiesMap.toTreeMap();

    // Remove any transient parameters.
    if (!this.transient_properties.isEmpty()) {
      properties_clone.keySet().removeAll(this.transient_properties);
    }

    FileUtil.writeResilientConfigFile(filename, properties_clone);

    List<COConfigurationListener> listeners_copy;

    synchronized (listenerz) {
      listeners_copy = new ArrayList<COConfigurationListener>(listenerz);
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < listeners_copy.size(); i++) {

      COConfigurationListener l = (COConfigurationListener) listeners_copy.get(i);

      if (l != null) {

        try {
          l.configurationSaved();

        } catch (Throwable e) {

          Debug.printStackTrace(e);
        }
      } else {

        Debug.out("COConfigurationListener is null");
      }
    }

    if (exported_parameters_dirty) {

      exportParameters();
    }
  }
  public String getDirectoryParameter(String parameter) throws IOException {
    String dir = getStringParameter(parameter);

    if (dir.length() > 0) {
      File temp = new File(dir);
      if (!temp.exists()) {
        FileUtil.mkdirs(temp);
      }
      if (!temp.isDirectory()) {
        throw new IOException("Configuration error. This is not a directory: " + dir);
      }
    }

    return dir;
  }