How about this?
- User includes "EasyDefaultConfig.jar" in their classpath.
- "EasyDefaultConfig.jar" uses the ConfigurationProvider mechanism
(which references a manifest entry in the jar file) to replace
FileConfiguration with a slightly modified subclass that reads a default
configuration as a resource from the classpath.
- Services remain coded to the current ServiceStarter API and get their
configuration as currently recommended through the
ConfigurationProvider, e.g.
Configuration config=
ConfigurationProvider.getInstance("NonSecureJeri",
"groups=\"TEST\"");
- "EasyDefaultConfig.jar" can contain a number of basic configurations,
e.g. "NonSecureJeri", "TLSJeri", "KerberosJeri", etc.
- Could even contain a configuration for ServiceStarter to start up the
usual infrastructure services (Reggie, Mahalo, etc).
That way, we allow for the fact that configuration is actually
complicated, but give the casual user a simple way to ignore most of it.
If all are in favour, I can code it fairly quickly, but I'll need
suggestions for some basic configuration files.
Cheers,
Greg.
On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 09:55, Sim IJskes - QCG wrote:
> On 10-01-11 15:48, Tom Hobbs wrote:
> > Is this part of the wider work discussed ages ago about supplying more
> > configuration options? POJOs, Groovy classes etc?
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Sim IJskes - QCG<s...@qcg.nl> wrote:
> >>
> >> When can use ServiceStarter with an in memory (=String) Configuration file.
> >> Any ideas for a ConfigurationBuilder that newcomers can use to get flying
> >> easily?
>
> Not sure. More of an autodeploy option. First we let newcomers to the
> technology code a client and a service. In the main method they
> instanciate the AutoConfigurer (or similar) set a few booleans, maybe a
> hostname or a prefered port, and off they go.
>
> Run service, run client, Peng! River is running! Kapow!
>
> Look ma, no config files.
>
> Gr. Sim
>
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