code: private final void parseTargetSpecificSettings (final Element root) {
  
          final NodeList targets = root.getElementsByTagName(ELEMENT_TARGET);
  
          Node target;
          Node parameter;
          NodeList parameters;
  
          try {
              for (int i = 0; i < targets.getLength(); i++) {
                  target = targets.item(i);
                  parameters = target.getChildNodes();
  
                  // extract target address and the port (if specified)
                  SessionConfiguration sc = new SessionConfiguration();
  
                  sc.setAddress(target.getAttributes().getNamedItem(ATTRIBUTE_ADDRESS).getNodeValue(), Integer.parseInt(target.getAttributes().getNamedItem(ATTRIBUTE_PORT).getNodeValue()));
  
                  // extract the parameters for this target
                  for (int j = 0; j < parameters.getLength(); j++) {
                      parameter = parameters.item(j);
  
                      if (parameter.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                          sc.addSessionSetting(OperationalTextKey.valueOfEx(parameter.getNodeName()), parameter.getTextContent());
                      }
  
                  }
  
                  synchronized (sessionConfigs) {
                      sessionConfigs.put(target.getAttributes().getNamedItem(ATTRIBUTE_ID).getNodeValue(), sc);
                  }
              }
          } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
              if (LOGGER.isErrorEnabled()) {
                  LOGGER.error("The given host is not reachable: " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
              }
          }
      }
docs: Parses all target-specific settings form the main configuration file.
  
  @param root The root element of the configuration.