protected static function _init()
{
if (null === self::$_configuration) {
if (!is_readable(APPLICATION_CONF)) {
throw new Exception('This applicaiton has not been properly installed. Unable to access configuration file.');
}
self::$_configuration = simplexml_load_file(APPLICATION_CONF);
if (!self::$_configuration) {
throw new Exception('This applicaiton has not been properly installed. The configuration file is malformed.');
}
}
}
