code: def _read_apps(self):
          
          apps = {}
          for cfgfile in glob.iglob(os.path.join(self.confdir, '*.conf')):
              name = os.path.basename(cfgfile)[0:-5]
              try:
                  app = AppLogParser(name, cfgfile, self.args, self.logdir,
                                     self.fields, self.name_cache, self.report)
              except (LogRaptorOptionError, LogRaptorConfigError, LogFormatError) as err:
                  logger.error('cannot add app %r: %s', name, err)
              else:
                  apps[name] = app
  
          if not apps:
              raise LogRaptorConfigError('no configured application in %r!' % self.confdir)
          return apps
docs: Read the configuration of applications returning a dictionary
  
          :return: A dictionary with application names as keys and configuration \
          object as values.