Hi Greg,
Am 23.11.2016 um 00:50 schrieb Greg Torrance:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to implement a custom variable interpolator that is
> specific to a Configuration object, but that also supports the standard
> prefixes (sys, const, env).
>
> What I mean by "specific to a Configuration object" is that the custom
> interpolator needs to know the Configuration to which it is associated
> in order to produce a valid result for a variable.
>
> Say I want to associate a variable "rootDir" with the custom prefix
> "myPrefix". To use this variable I would specify ${myPrefix:rootDir} in
> my configuration file. At the code level, though, if I create a
> Configuration config1, I want "rootDir" for that Configuration to
> evaluate to "/abc/def". But for Configuration config2, "rootDir" should
> evaluate to "/ghi/jkl". I assume I will need to have a specific Lookup
> instance per Configuration, right?
>
> I have tried to understand how to do this based on this page
> (https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/userguide/howto_basicfeatures.html#Customizing_interpolation),
> but the information seems to be a bit inaccurate based on v2.1. (For
> example, it refers to calling the static registerGlobalLookup() method
> on ConfigurationInterpolator, but this method does not appear to exist.)
Could you please open a ticket in our bugtracking system [1] when you
notice inconsistencies in the documentation, so that they can be fixed?
Thanks in advance!
[1]
https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/issue-tracking.html
>
> Also, I'm not clear if I should be extending StrLookup, or implementing
> Lookup. (I was initially using StrLookup, but the
> ConfigurationInterpolator registerLookup() method requires a Lookup
> instance.)
StrLookup is from [lang], to avoid a direct dependency, [configuration]
uses its own abstraction. But the Lookup interface is so simple that it
can be easily implemented.
>
> If I do the following, it seems to allow me create a working custom
> interpolator. But when I do this, the standard prefixes (sys, const,
> env) no longer work:
>
> ConfigurationInterpolator ci = new ConfigurationInterpolator();
> ci.registerLookup("myPrefix", new MyLookup()); // implementation of
> Lookup interface
> config1.setInterpolator(ci);
You can try the following:
config1.getInterpolator().registerLookup( ... );
This should add the new lookup to the existing ones.
Oliver
>
> Any thoughts on how to implement this using Commons Configuration best
> practices?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Greg
>
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