2009/9/16 Oliver Heger <[email protected]>: > Ralph Goers schrieb: >> >> On Sep 16, 2009, at 4:37 AM, Martin Ritchie wrote: >> >>> >>> Oliver, >>> Thanks for the pointer to use DefaultConfigurationBuilder. >>> >>> Whilst this now does not need to have the test.config property defined >>> or the file existing it does behave differently to the older >>> ConfigurationFactory. >>> >>> With the configuration as shown in the pastie >>> (http://pastie.org/617143) the ConfigurationFactory builds a single >>> configuration tree where later elements are overwritten by newer >>> values. >>> So given the configuration values shown here: http://pastie.org/618625 >>> The value of tests.store.class in config.xml (MemoryMessageStore) is >>> overwritten with (SlowMessageStore) from the test.config. The >>> additional values in the test.config are also propgated in to the >>> final configuraiton. >>> >>> When I changed to use the DefaultConfigurationBuilder the entire >>> virtualhosts section was overwritten as a result the other virtualhost >>> sections in config.xml were lost. >>> >>> Is there a way I can get the behaviour as seen with the >>> ConfigurationFactory but have the file parsing/loading of the >>> DefaultConfigurationBuilder? >>> >> What you are experiencing is probably a result of the NodeCombiner being >> used. In trunk you will find a "MergeCombiner" that may behave the way you >> want it to. If you build trunk you should look at the updated documentation >> as it provides some documentation on how the 3 combiners work and what >> results they will produce in various situations. >> >> Ralph >> > > The problem may also be related to the handling of list nodes. [1] contains > a discussion about NodeCombiners used when constructing a combined > configuration (which is done under the hood by DefaultConfigurationBuilder). > It also mentions possible problems when dealing with list structures. > > In the description of the configuration definition file for > DefaultConfigurationBuilder [2] it is explained how list nodes can be > specified. > > Oliver > > > [1] > http://commons.apache.org/configuration/userguide/howto_combinedconfiguration.html#Node%20combiners > > [2] > http://commons.apache.org/configuration/userguide/howto_configurationbuilder.html#Enhancements_of_the_configuration_definition_file > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
Thanks for your suggestions Ralph and Oliver. I'll take a look at what we are doing. Cheers Martin -- Martin Ritchie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
