properties.setProperty("someprop", "propvalue");
String[] features = new String[] { "feature1" };
Map<String, Number> m = new HashMap<String, Number>();
m.put("somemetric", 45);
cascadingJob = new CascadingJob();
cascadingJob.setFeatures(features);
cascadingJob.setConfiguration(properties);
cascadingJob.setMetrics(m);
}