private void loadAutoTuningConf() {
    logger.info("Loading configuration file " + AUTO_TUNING_CONF);

    _autoTuningConf = new Configuration();
    _autoTuningConf.addResource(this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(AUTO_TUNING_CONF));
  }
Load in the AutoTuningConf.xml file as a configuration object for other objects to access
app/com/linkedin/drelephant/ElephantContext.java