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+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# Copyright 2016 RIFT.io Inc
+
+
+''' Initialize the global configuration for the translator '''
+
+import os
+
+from rift.mano.tosca_translator.conf.config import ConfigProvider
+
+CONF_FILENAME = 'translator.conf'
+
+
+def init_global_conf():
+ '''Initialize the configuration provider.
+
+ Allows the configuration to be shared throughout the translator code.
+ The file used is translator.conf, and is within the conf/ directory. It
+ is a standard ini format, and is prcessed using the ConfigParser module.
+
+ '''
+ conf_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+ conf_file = os.path.join(conf_path, CONF_FILENAME)
+ ConfigProvider._load_config(conf_file)
+
+
+init_global_conf()