//by their name. an exclusion can be "exact" or "contains". an "exact"
//exclusion requires the name on the exclusion list to exactly match
//the name of the param. a "contains" exclusion just requires that the
//name of exclusion is contained in the name of the exclusion.
Configuration config = getConfiguration();
Iterator itt = config.attributeList(
ptolemy.kernel.util.StringAttribute.class).iterator();
Vector exclusions = new Vector();
while (itt.hasNext()) {
NamedObj att = (NamedObj) itt.next();