@classmethod<EOL><INDENT>def readConfigFile(cls, filename, path=None):<DEDENT>
properties = cls._readConfigFile(filename, path)<EOL>if cls._properties is None:<EOL><INDENT>cls._properties = dict()<EOL><DEDENT>for name in properties:<EOL><INDENT>if '<STR_LIT:value>' in properties[name]:<EOL><INDENT>cls._properties[name] = properties[name]['<STR_LIT:value>']<EOL><DEDENT><DEDENT>
Parse the given XML file and store all properties it describes.

        :param filename: (string) name of XML file to parse (no path)
        :param path: (string) path of the XML file. If None, then use the standard
                      configuration search path.