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AddressBook::Config - AddressBook configuration object

=head1 SYNOPSIS

The AddressBook::Config object contains the list of cannonical attribute names,
their respective backend database equivalents, attribute metadata, and backend
database attributes.

  $config = AddressBook::Config->new(config_file=>$filename);

AddressBook::Config looks for a configuration file in /etc/AddressBook.conf if 
no config_file parameter is present.

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Configuration is read from an XML configuration file which follows this DTD:

  <?xml version="1.0"?>
  <!DOCTYPE AddressBook_config [
    <!ELEMENT fields (field)>
    <!ELEMENT field  (db)>