import ConfigParser

class AliasConfigParser(ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser):

    def read(self, filename):
        ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser.read(self, filename)
        self.name = self.get("component", "name")
        self.root = self.get("component", "root")
        self.host = self.get("component", "host")
        self.secret = self.get("component", "secret")
        self.port = self.getint("component", "port")
        self.background = self.getboolean("component", "background")
        if self.has_option("component", "logfile"):
            self.logfile = self.get("component", "logfile")
        if self.has_option("component", "pidfile"):
            self.pidfile = self.get("component", "pidfile")

config = AliasConfigParser()