// validate the localConf.xml file and the input args
try {
BeanCliHelper beanCliHelper = new BeanCliHelper();
beanCliHelper.register(localConf);
beanCliHelper.parse(args);
new LocalConfValidator().validate(localConf);
} catch (LocalConfException e) {
LOG.fatal("Configuration error", e);
return;
} catch (ConfigurationBeanException e) {
LOG.fatal("Configuration error", e);