code: def readConfigFile(cls, filename, path=None):
      
      properties = cls._readConfigFile(filename, path)
  
      # Create properties dict if necessary
      if cls._properties is None:
        cls._properties = dict()
  
      for name in properties:
        if 'value' in properties[name]:
          cls._properties[name] = properties[name]['value']
docs: Parse the given XML file and store all properties it describes.
  
      :param filename: (string) name of XML file to parse (no path)
      :param path: (string) path of the XML file. If None, then use the standard
                    configuration search path.