@classmethod
def add_to_config(cls, section, name, value):
    """
        Add a parameter to the shared ConfigParser object.
        
        :param section: parameter's section
        :param name:    parameter's name
        :param value:   parameter's value
        """
    if value:
        if not cls._config.has_section(section):
            cls._config.add_section(section)
        cls._config.set(section, name, str(value))
