// parse the configuration file return the root or
// null if error.
protected ConfigElement ParseConfiguration(bool toPrint)
{
ConfigElement root = null;
root = ConfigFileParser.parseFile(configFile);
if (root != null && toPrint)
{
System.Text.StringBuilder tree = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
ConfigFileParser.printConfigurationTree(root, tree, 0);
System.Console.WriteLine(tree);
}
return(root);
}