kinow commented on code in PR #181:
URL: 
https://github.com/apache/commons-configuration/pull/181#discussion_r873569935


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src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration2/interpol/ConfigurationInterpolator.java:
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@@ -281,13 +301,34 @@ public ConfigurationInterpolator getParentInterpolator() {
      * @return the {@code StringSubstitutor} used by this object
      */
     private StringSubstitutor initSubstitutor() {
-        return new StringSubstitutor(key -> Objects.toString(resolve(key), 
null));
+        return new StringSubstitutor(key -> {
+            final Object value = resolve(key);
+            return value != null
+                ? stringConverter.apply(value)
+                : null;
+        });
     }
 
     /**
-     * Performs interpolation of the passed in value. If the value is of type 
String, this method checks whether it contains
-     * variables. If so, all variables are replaced by their current values 
(if possible). For non string arguments, the
-     * value is returned without changes.
+     * Performs interpolation of the passed in value. If the value is of type 
{@code String}, this method checks
+     * whether it contains variables. If so, all variables are replaced by 
their current values (if possible). For
+     * non string arguments, the value is returned without changes. In the 
special case where the value is a string
+     * consisting of a single variable reference, the interpolated variable 
value is <em>not</em> converted to a
+     * string before returning, so that callers can access the raw value. 
However, if the variable is part of a larger
+     * interpolated string, then the variable value is converted to a string 
using the configured
+     * {@link #getStringConverter() string converter}. (See the discussion on 
string conversion in the class
+     * documentation for more details.)
+     *
+     * <p><strong>Examples</strong></p>
+     * <p>
+     * For the following examples, assume that the default string conversion 
function is in place and that the
+     * variable {@code i} maps to the integer value {@code 42}.
+     * <pre>
+     *      interpolator.interpolate(1) -&gt; 1// non-string argument returned 
unchanged

Review Comment:
   >-&gt;
   
   You can also use the pirate symbol (that's how I remember it): `&rarr` 
(`→`), and `&larr;` for left-arrow :+1:  But this way is fine too (only noticed 
because for one second I thought it was a mistake.)



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src/test/java/org/apache/commons/configuration2/TestAbstractConfigurationBasicFeatures.java:
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@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ private void checkGetStringArrayScalar(final Object value) {
         final BaseConfiguration config = new BaseConfiguration();
         config.addProperty(KEY_PREFIX, value);
         final String[] array = config.getStringArray(KEY_PREFIX);
-        assertEquals("Weong number of elements", 1, array.length);
+        assertEquals("Wrong number of elements", 1, array.length);

Review Comment:
   :+1: 



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src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration2/interpol/ConfigurationInterpolator.java:
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@@ -452,4 +511,51 @@ public void setEnableSubstitutionInVariables(final boolean 
f) {
     public void setParentInterpolator(final ConfigurationInterpolator 
parentInterpolator) {
         this.parentInterpolator = parentInterpolator;
     }
+
+    /** Class encapsulating the default logic to convert resolved variable 
values into strings.
+     * This class is thread-safe.
+     */
+    private static final class DefaultStringConverter implements 
Function<Object, String> {
+
+        /** Shared instance. */
+        static final DefaultStringConverter INSTANCE = new 
DefaultStringConverter();
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public String apply(final Object obj) {
+            return Objects.toString(extractSimpleValue(obj), null);
+        }
+
+        /** Attempt to extract a simple value from {@code obj} for use in 
string conversion.
+         * If the input represents a collection of some sort (e.g., an 
iterable or array),
+         * the first item from the collection is returned.
+         * @param obj input object
+         * @return extracted simple object
+         */
+        private Object extractSimpleValue(final Object obj) {
+            if (!(obj instanceof String)) {
+                if (obj instanceof Iterable) {
+                   return nextOrNull(((Iterable<?>) obj).iterator());
+                } else if (obj instanceof Iterator) {
+                    return nextOrNull((Iterator<?>) obj);
+                } else if (obj.getClass().isArray()) {
+                    return Array.getLength(obj) > 0
+                            ? Array.get(obj, 0)
+                            : null;

Review Comment:
   I think we have Lang in our list of dependencies. So we could use 
`ArrayUtils.get` here if you'd like. Same result, not a must-have I believe. I 
think it's something like
   
   ```
   ArrayUtils.get(obj, 0, null)
   ```



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