Began work on general configuration stuff.

I'll leave this sit for a while, and come back to it after some thought

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diff --git a/BJC-Utils2/src/main/java/bjc/utils/configuration/Configurator.java b/BJC-Utils2/src/main/java/bjc/utils/configuration/Configurator.java
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+package bjc.utils.configuration;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+
+/**
+ * Bind the values in a prepared class to a config file
+ * 
+ * @author ben
+ *
+ */
+public class Configurator {
+	/**
+	 * Bind the values in a config file to the values in a class,
+	 * substituting default values if none are appropriate
+	 * 
+	 * @param <E>
+	 *            The type of the object to bind
+	 * @param clasz
+	 *            The class of the object to bind
+	 * @param inputSource
+	 *            The source to get input from
+	 * @return A instance of the provided class, with values filled in from
+	 *         a config file
+	 */
+	public static <E> E readConfig(Class<E> clasz,
+			InputStream inputSource) {
+		try {
+			Constructor<E> noArgConstructor = clasz.getConstructor();
+
+			E backingStore = noArgConstructor.newInstance();
+
+			return backingStore;
+		} catch (NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException
+				| InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException
+				| IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+}