Github user grkvlt commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-brooklyn/pull/320#discussion_r20434339
--- Diff: api/src/main/java/brooklyn/basic/BrooklynObject.java ---
@@ -80,4 +86,51 @@
boolean removeTag(@Nonnull Object tag);
}
+ @Beta
+ public interface ConfigurationSupport {
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the given configuration value for this entity, in the
following order of preference:
+ * <ol>
+ * <li> value (including null) explicitly set on the entity
+ * <li> value (including null) explicitly set on an ancestor
(inherited)
+ * <li> a default value (including null) on the best equivalent
static key of the same name declared on the entity
+ * (where best equivalence is defined as preferring a
config key which extends another,
+ * as computed in EntityDynamicType.getConfigKeys)
+ * <li> a default value (including null) on the key itself
+ * <li> null
+ * </ol>
+ */
+ <T> T get(ConfigKey<T> key);
+
+ /**
+ * @see {@link #getConfig(ConfigKey)}
+ */
+ <T> T get(HasConfigKey<T> key);
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the config to the given value.
+ */
+ <T> T set(ConfigKey<T> key, T val);
--- End diff --
Should we support setting an `Object` value instead and doing type coercion
if possible?
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