@XStreamAlias("acceptor")
public class AcceptorConfig {

@XStreamImplicit(itemFieldName = "acceptorClass")
    private List<Class<? : Acceptor>> acceptorClassList = null; // TODO make into a list

public List<Class<? : Acceptor>> getAcceptorClassList() {
        return acceptorClassList;
    }

public void setAcceptorClassList(List<Class<? : Acceptor>> acceptorClassList) {
        this.acceptorClassList = acceptorClassList;
    }

// ************************************************************************
    // Builder methods
    // ************************************************************************

    public Acceptor buildAcceptor(HeuristicConfigPolicy configPolicy) {
        EnvironmentMode environmentMode = configPolicy.getEnvironmentMode();
        List<Acceptor> acceptorList = new List<Acceptor>();
        if (acceptorClassList != null) {
            for (Class<? : Acceptor> acceptorClass : acceptorClassList) {
                Acceptor acceptor = ConfigUtils.newInstance(this, "acceptorClass", acceptorClass);
                acceptorList.add(acceptor);
            }
        }