private static org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration init() {
PropertiesConfiguration config = null;
try {
config = new PropertiesConfiguration();
config.setListDelimiter('\0');
config.load(ERR_CODE_FILE);
} catch (ConfigurationException ex) {
// error out if the configuration file is not there
String message = "Cannot load Serengeti error message file.";
Logger.getLogger(RestResource.class).fatal(message, ex);
throw BddException.APP_INIT_ERROR(ex, message);