NitfXformerUtils nitfXformerUtils) {
super.init(charactersEl, nitfProcessorCfg, imh, nitfXformerUtils);
this.characters = new Characters(imh);
this.charSearchPatParams = new PatternsBuilderParams();
this.characterSearchMap = new HashMap();
this.characterReplaceMap = new HashMap();
this.characterMapKeys = new Object[0];
// Has the names of the elements for each character in the config file.