Hi,

On 11.10.2010 08:51, Guillaume Nodet wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 14:33, Bengt Rodehav <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I'm using Karaf 1.6.0 (Felix 2.0.5 I think) and File install 3.0.2.
>>
>> I use iPOJO (1.6.4) to create service factories that are instantiated by
>> file install by dropping a configuration file in a dedicated directory.
>> When
>> I update the configuration file, file install immediately propagates, the
>> changes to the instantiated service.
>>
> 
> The files in etc/*.cfg are monitored by fileinstall and are used to feed
> ConfigAdmin
> 
> 
>>
>> However, I can also change my configuration properties using configuration
>> manager directly (e g via the Felix web console). When I change
>> configuration properties this way, the properties are stored in
>> configuration manager's bundle cache but they are not propagated back to
>> file install and my configuration file.
>>
> 
> Yeah, it's a bit of a problem.   Maybe a good thing would be to have the
> webconsole plugin update the properties file directly when inside karaf, as
> the command console do.

As I said already, this would not be a good thing since the Web Console
only talks to the Configuration Admin service and does not know (and
must not know) of other configuration sources.

Instead File Install should probably implement a ConfigurationListener
which writes back modified configuration: File Install knows it sets
configuration and it knows where it reads the config from and it knows
the file format. So it is File Install only which can safely write back
(if required). See FELIX-2571.

Regards
Felix

> 
> 
>>
>> This means that my configuration file (used by file install) can differ
>> from
>> the configuration actually used and what is stored in the bundle cache. An
>> important question regarding this is which configuration takes precedence
>> on
>> startup?
>>
>> My tests indicate that what I specify in my configuration file (which is
>> picked up by file install) is the configuration that will be used directly
>> after startup. I need to know whether this behavior is guaranteed
>> (deterministic) or if this is just the way it happens to work in my case.
>>
> 
> Yes, the files in etc/*.cfg should take precedence because fileinstall will
> update all the configurations with what it founds in there, so any change
> done by another mean in ConfigAdmin will certainly be overwritten by
> fileinstall.
> 
> 
>>
>> I think I can live with either scenario - file install taking precedence or
>> the bundle cache taking precedence - as long as the behavior is
>> deterministic.
>>
>> /Bengt
>>
> 
> 
> 

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