--- a/src/configuration.py	Sat Jul 26 14:54:54 2014 -0500
+++ b/src/configuration.py	Sat Jul 26 15:05:09 2014 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #*******************************************************************************
 #**  This file is part of HgWeb Manager.                                     ***
 #**                                                                          ***
@@ -29,14 +29,35 @@
 	""" Manages the configurations for HgWebManager """
 	# The configuration file parser.
 	__parser = None
-	# The path and file name of the hg command.
-	HgCommand = None
-	# The base directory path for the HgWeb repositories.
-	RepositoryPath = None
-	# The base directory path to the HgWeb web-server.
-	HgWebPath = None
+	# The absolute directory path and file name of the hg command.
+	__hgCommand = None
+	# The absolute directory path to the managed HgWeb repositories.
+	__repositoryPath = None
+	# The absolute directory path to the HgWeb web-server.
+	__hgWebPath = None
 	# The user-name of the Mercurial web-manager.
-	HgUser = None
+	__hgUser = None
+
+	@property
+	def HgCommand(self):
+		""" Gets the command for executing mercurial. """
+		return self.__hgCommand
+
+	@property
+	def RepositoryPath(self):
+		""" Gets the directory path to the managed repositories. """
+		return self.__repositoryPath
+
+	@property
+	def HgWebPath(self):
+		""" Gets the directory path to the repository web-server. """
+		return self.__hgWebPath
+
+	@property
+	def HgUser(self):
+		""" Gets the user-name of the web-manager. """
+		return self.__hgUser
+
 
 	def __init__(self, path = ['/etc/hwm.ini', '~/.hwm/hwm.ini', './hwm.ini']):
 		""" Loads the settings values stored in the configuration file.
@@ -48,18 +69,18 @@
 
 		if self.__parser.has_section('Mercurial'):
 			if self.__parser.has_option('Mercurial', 'Base'):
-				self.RepositoryPath = self.__parser.get('Mercurial', 'Base')
+				self.__repositoryPath = self.__parser.get('Mercurial', 'Base')
 
 			if self.__parser.has_option('Mercurial', 'Command'):
-				self.HgCommand = self.__parser.get('Mercurial', 'Command')
+				self.__hgCommand = self.__parser.get('Mercurial', 'Command')
 
 			if self.__parser.has_option('Mercurial', 'User'):
-				self.HgUser = self.__parser.get('Mercurial', 'User')
+				self.__hgUser = self.__parser.get('Mercurial', 'User')
 
 			if self.__parser.has_option('Mercurial', 'Web'):
-				self.HgWebPath = self.__parser.get('Mercurial', 'Web')
+				self.__hgWebPath = self.__parser.get('Mercurial', 'Web')
 		else:
-			self.HgUser = "hg"
-			self.RepositoryPath = "/var/hg/repos"
-			self.HgCommand = "/usr/bin/hg"
-			self.HgWebPath = "/var/www/hgweb"
+			self.__hgUser = "hg"
+			self.__repositoryPath = "/var/hg/repos"
+			self.__hgCommand = "/usr/bin/hg"
+			self.__hgWebPath = "/var/www/hgweb"