protected static function _get_element_config($config)
	{
		if (Kohana::find_file('config'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.self::CONFIG_DIR, $config) === FALSE) {
			throw new Kohana_Exception('Element configuration file ":path" not found!', [
				':path' => APPPATH.'config'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.self::CONFIG_DIR.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$config.EXT
			]);
		}

		return Kohana::$config->load(self::CONFIG_DIR.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$config)
			->as_array();
	}