Index: src/org/apache/xml/security/Init.java
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--- src/org/apache/xml/security/Init.java	(revision 652556)
+++ src/org/apache/xml/security/Init.java	(working copy)
@@ -67,11 +67,15 @@
       return Init._alreadyInitialized;
    }
 
+   public static void init() {
+       init(null);
+   }
+
    /**
     * Method init
     *
     */
-   public synchronized static void init() {
+   public synchronized static void init(final String configFile) {
 
       if (_alreadyInitialized) {
         return;
@@ -110,10 +114,14 @@
             InputStream is = (InputStream) AccessController.doPrivileged(
 		new PrivilegedAction() {
 		    public Object run() {
-            		String cfile = System.getProperty
-			    ("org.apache.xml.security.resource.config");
-               		return getClass().getResourceAsStream
-			    (cfile != null ? cfile : "resource/config.xml");
+                    String cfile = configFile;
+                    if (cfile == null){
+                        cfile = System.getProperty("org.apache.xml.security.resource.config");
+                    }
+                    if (cfile == null){
+                        cfile = "resource/config.xml";
+                    }
+                    return getClass().getResourceAsStream(cfile);
 		    }
 		});