setup a simple default way for dealing with configurable options and added conifg group opbjects as a better way to access the same information formatted within a string

daemon/core/emane/commeffect.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ commeffect.py: EMANE CommEffect model for CORE
 """
 
 from core import logger
+from core.conf import ConfigGroup
 from core.emane import emanemanifest
 from core.emane import emanemodel
 
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@ class EmaneCommEffectModel(emanemodel.EmaneModel):
 
     @classmethod
     def config_groups(cls):
-        return "CommEffect SHIM Parameters:1-%d" % len(cls.configurations())
+        return [
+            ConfigGroup("CommEffect SHIM Parameters", 1, len(cls.configurations()))
+        ]
 
     def build_xml_files(self, emane_manager, interface):
         """

daemon/core/emane/emanemanager.py

@@ -990,7 +990,6 @@ class EmaneGlobalModel(EmaneModel):
     _DEFAULT_DEV = "ctrl0"
 
     name = "emane"
-    configuration_maps = {}
 
     emulator_xml = "/usr/share/emane/manifest/nemmanager.xml"
     emulator_defaults = {

daemon/core/emane/emanemodel.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Defines Emane Models used within CORE.
 """
 
 from core import logger
+from core.conf import ConfigGroup
 from core.emane import emanemanifest
 from core.misc import utils
 from core.mobility import WirelessModel
@@ -68,7 +69,10 @@ class EmaneModel(WirelessModel):
     def config_groups(cls):
         mac_len = len(cls.mac_config)
         config_len = len(cls.configurations())
-        return "MAC Parameters:1-%d|PHY Parameters:%d-%d" % (mac_len, mac_len + 1, config_len)
+        return [
+            ConfigGroup("MAC Parameters", 1, mac_len),
+            ConfigGroup("PHY Parameters", mac_len + 1, config_len)
+        ]
 
     def build_xml_files(self, emane_manager, interface):
         """