code: def dict(cls):
      
  
      if cls._properties is None:
        cls._readStdConfigFiles()
  
      # Make a copy so we can update any current values obtained from environment
      #  variables
      result = dict(cls._properties)
      keys = os.environ.keys()
      replaceKeys = filter(lambda x: x.startswith(cls.envPropPrefix),
                           keys)
      for envKey in replaceKeys:
        key = envKey[len(cls.envPropPrefix):]
        key = key.replace('_', '.')
        result[key] = os.environ[envKey]
  
      return result
docs: Return a dict containing all of the configuration properties
  
      :returns: (dict) containing all configuration properties.