# HG changeset patch
# User Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
# Date 1354666675 28800
# Node ID 4c7f93ce302a062f3d262a4a28ede0aa7b42c08e
# Parent  f103c93690fb10c35f76ff6ed36343a8cb4412c9
separate loading configuration files to its own method for consumers

diff -r f103c93690fb -r 4c7f93ce302a configuration/configuration.py
--- a/configuration/configuration.py	Tue Dec 04 15:37:34 2012 -0800
+++ b/configuration/configuration.py	Tue Dec 04 16:17:55 2012 -0800
@@ -444,6 +444,10 @@
             configuration_files = [configuration_files]
         return configuration_files
 
+    def load_configuration_file(self, filename):
+        """load a configuration file"""
+        return self.deserialize(filename)
+
     def read_configuration_files(self, options, args):
         """deserialize configuration"""
 
@@ -455,7 +459,7 @@
         config = []
         for f in configuration_files:
             try:
-                loaded_config = self.deserialize(f)
+                loaded_config = self.load_configuration_file(f)
                 if loaded_config:
                     config.append(loaded_config)
             except BaseException, e:
@@ -464,6 +468,7 @@
 
     def parse_args(self, *args, **kw):
 
+        # parse command line options
         self.parsed = dict()
         options, args = optparse.OptionParser.parse_args(self, *args, **kw)