try {
Experiment exp = null;
// get options from XML?
String xmlOption = Utils.getOption("xml", args);
if (!xmlOption.equals(""))
args = new XMLOptions(xmlOption).toArray();
String expFile = Utils.getOption('l', args);
String saveFile = Utils.getOption('s', args);
boolean runExp = Utils.getFlag('r', args);
boolean verbose = Utils.getFlag("verbose", args);