*/
public static String getClusterConfigFromProperties(String properties)
{
try
{
XmlConfigurator conf = XmlConfigurator.getInstance(ConfiguratorFactory.getConfigStream(properties));
String tmp = conf.getProtocolStackString();
// parse this string for ${} substitutions
// Highly crappy approach!!
tmp = tmp.replace("${jgroups.udp.mcast_addr:228.10.10.10}", "228.10.10.10");
tmp = tmp.replace("${jgroups.udp.mcast_port:45588}", "45588");
tmp = tmp.replace("${jgroups.udp.ip_ttl:2}", "2");