private Vector getSlaveList() throws Exception{
try{
Vector slaveList = new Vector();
int slaveCounter=0;
SOSString sosString = new SOSString();
Properties settings = getJobProperties();
Enumeration keys = settings.keys();
while (keys.hasMoreElements()){
String key = sosString.parseToString(keys.nextElement());
if (key.startsWith("slave_")){
String number = key.substring(6);
String sSlave = sosString.parseToString(settings,key);
String[] slaveArray = sSlave.split(":");
int port;
try{
if (slaveArray.length!=2) throw new Exception();