public  void configure(Configuration config) throws ConfigurationException 
{
          
        this.inputConf = config.getChild("input-module");
        this.defaultInput = this.inputConf.getAttribute("name", this.defaultInput);
        this.objectName = this.inputConf.getAttribute("object",this.objectName);
        this.parameter = this.inputConf.getAttribute("parameter",this.parameter);
        // preferred
        this.objectName = config.getChild("object").getValue(this.objectName);
        this.parameter = config.getChild("parameter").getValue(this.parameter);
}

 public Object getAttribute(String name,
    Configuration modeConf,
    Map objectModel) throws ConfigurationException 
{
        if (!this.initialized) {
            this.lazy_initialize();
        }
        if (this.defaultInput == null) {
            if (getLogger().isWarnEnabled()) 
                getLogger().warn("No input module given. FAILING");
            return null;
        }
        // obtain correct configuration objects
        // default vs dynamic
        String inputName=null;
        String objectName = this.objectName;
        String parameter = this.parameter;
        if (modeConf != null) {
            inputName  = modeConf.getChild("input-module").getAttribute("name",null);
            objectName = modeConf.getAttribute("object",objectName);
            parameter  = modeConf.getAttribute("parameter",parameter);
            // preferred
            objectName = modeConf.getChild("object").getValue(objectName);
            parameter  = modeConf.getChild("parameter").getValue(parameter);
        }
        parameter = (parameter != null? parameter : name);
        Object value = getValue(objectName, objectModel, 
                                this.input, this.defaultInput, this.inputConf, 
                                null, inputName, modeConf);
        value = (value!=null? ((Map) value).get(parameter) : null);
        return value;
}

 public Iterator getAttributeNames(Configuration modeConf,
    Map objectModel) throws ConfigurationException 
{
         if (!this.initialized) {
             this.lazy_initialize();
        }
        if (this.defaultInput == null) {
            if (getLogger().isWarnEnabled()) 
                getLogger().warn("No input module given. FAILING");
            return null;
        }
        // obtain correct configuration objects
        // default vs dynamic
        Configuration inputConfig = null;
        String inputName=null;
        String objectName = this.objectName;
        if (modeConf!=null) {
            inputName   = modeConf.getChild("input-module").getAttribute("name",null);
            objectName = modeConf.getAttribute("object",this.objectName);
            // preferred
            objectName = modeConf.getChild("object").getValue(objectName);
            if (inputName != null) {
                inputConfig = modeConf.getChild("input-module");
            }
        }
        Iterator keys = ((Map) getValue(objectName, objectModel, 
                                        this.input, this.defaultInput, this.inputConf,
                                        null, inputName, inputConfig)).keySet().iterator();
        return keys;
}

 public Object[] getAttributeValues(String name,
    Configuration modeConf,
    Map objectModel) throws ConfigurationException 
{
        Object[] values = new Object[1];
        values[0] = this.getAttribute(name, modeConf, objectModel);
        return (values[0]!=null?values:null);
}