public TestBase init(TestAll conf) throws Exception {
  baseDir=getTestDir("");
  FileUtils.createDirectories(baseDir);
  System.setProperty("java.io.tmpdir",TEMP_DIR);
  this.config=conf;
  return this;
}

public TestBase init ( TestAll conf ) throws Exception { baseDir = getTestDir ( "" ) ; FileUtils . createDirectories ( baseDir ) ; System . setProperty ( "java.io.tmpdir" , TEMP_DIR ) ; this . config = conf ; return this ; }
initialize the test configuration .
