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Alexander Klimetschek commented on SLING-2477:
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When do you think would someone do this and expect a useful outcome?
service.ranking
service.ranking{int}
service.ranking{short}
This would be on the same level as typos, which we also cannot prevent. {*} is
a very obvious typing hint that you can learn from simply by looking at other
configs that use it. With the cryptic "I" syntax, it's not obvious and can lead
to more errors IMHO (such as not using the right type, as in the
service.ranking case).
> Configuration via sling:OsgiConfig nodes does not support all types
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> Key: SLING-2477
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2477
> Project: Sling
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Installer
> Affects Versions: JCR Installer 3.1.2
> Reporter: Alexander Klimetschek
> Assignee: Ian Boston
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> Most notably, the common "service.ranking" needs to be an Integer, while the
> jcr property mapping only allows for "Long" types at the moment. The problem
> is that JCR has a smaller set of property types than the OSGi config admin
> (JCR: String, Boolean, Long, Double, Decimal; OSGi: String, Boolean, Long,
> Integer, Float, Double, and probably more differences...).
> Similarly to properties files (which do it in the value like
> 'service.ranking=I"-10000"' with I=Integer), there must be a way to
> explicitly specify the type regardless of the JCR type. For example, encoding
> it in the property name like "service.ranking{int}".
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