code: public boolean createConfigurationXML()
  	{
  
  		errors = new ConfigVerification();
  		xmlConfig = new StringBuilder();
  
  		xmlConfig.append("<config>\r\n");
  		components.toXML(xmlConfig, errors);
  		xmlConfig.append("</config>\r\n");
  
  		if (errors.getRowCount() != 0) {
  
  			// TODO: invoke the dialog at another place
  			new ConfigDialog(this).setVisible(true);
  
  			return false;
  		}
  
  		return true;
  	}
docs: Creates the xml content representation of the currently used settings.
  
  @return TRUE if the ConfigVerfication contains no items, FALSE otherwise