const char *filename);
+/**
+ * Load default configuration. This function will parse the
+ * defaults from the given defaults_d directory.
+ *
+ * @param cfg configuration to update
+ * @param defaults_d directory with the defaults
+ * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR on error
+ */
+int
+GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_load_from (struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg,
+ const char *defaults_d);
+
+
/**
* Parse a configuration file, add all of the options in the
* file to the configuration environment.
const char *filename);
+/**
+ * Serializes the given configuration.
+ *
+ * @param cfg configuration to serialize
+ * @param size will be set to the size of the serialized memory block
+ * @return the memory block where the serialized configuration is
+ * present. This memory should be freed by the caller
+ */
+char *
+GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_serialize (const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg,
+ size_t *size);
+
+
+/**
+ * De-serializes configuration
+ *
+ * @param cfg configuration to update
+ * @param mem the memory block of serialized configuration
+ * @param size the size of the memory block
+ * @param allow_inline set to GNUNET_YES if we recursively load configuration
+ * from inlined configurations; GNUNET_NO if not and raise warnings
+ * when we come across them
+ * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_ERROR on error
+ */
+int
+GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_deserialize (struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg,
+ const char *mem,
+ const size_t size,
+ int allow_inline);
+
+
/**
* Write configuration file.
*