//given an initial config and a list of changes, apply each change to the configuration
//originalConfig = [a=0, b=1, c=0] and changeList = [a=1,b=0]
//result = [a=1, b=0, c=0]
static Configuration applyChange(Configuration originalConfig, List<Item> changeList)
{
Configuration result = new Configuration();
result.setEqualTo(originalConfig);
for (int a = 0; a < changeList.Count; a++)
{
result.changeItemValue(changeList[a].getObjectName(), changeList[a].getObjectValue());
}
return result;
}