for (Map.Entry<String, Object> cmdLineProp : getCmdLineProperties().entrySet()) {
_properties.put(cmdLineProp.getKey(), cmdLineProp.getValue());
}
s_logger.info("Defaulting to the constant time backoff algorithm");
_backoff = new ConstantTimeBackoff();
_backoff.configure("ConstantTimeBackoff", new HashMap<String, Object>());
}