public void initialize(String transcoderConfig)
throws ClassNotFoundException, InstantiationException,
IllegalAccessException {
if ((transcoderConfig == null) ||
("".equals(transcoderConfig))) {
transcoder = new ICSWithGIF();
} else {
// The configuration value is currently a single, fully qualified
// java class name that should:
//
// 1. exist on the class path used to execute Mariner