Examples

Load properties file from classpath (generic way)

This example demonstrates how to load a properties file from the classpath.

ℹ️ Required module	confectory-core
☑️ Required version	2.6.0+

flowchart LR
  subgraph Configuration
    direction LR
    object["☕ Properties"]
  end
  u(["User"]) -- 1️⃣ build --> Configuration
  object -- 2️⃣ load --> file["📄 my-app.properties"]
  u -- 3️⃣ get...(key) --> Configuration

Suppose you have the following properties file in your classpath (my-app.properties):
web.enable=true
web.host=localhost
web.port=1910

Using the ConfigurationBuilder class, create a new Configuration<?> as follows:

import net.obvj.confectory.*;
...
Configuration<?> config = Configuration.builder()
        .source("my-app.properties"))
        .build();

Use the getters available in the Configuration class to access the loaded properties values by key:

System.out.println(config.getBoolean("web.enable")); // result: true
System.out.println(config.getString("web.host"));    // result: "localhost"
System.out.println(config.getInteger("web.port"));   // result: 1910

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Load properties file from classpath (type-safe way)

This example demonstrates how to load a properties file from the classpath.

ℹ️ Required module	confectory-core

flowchart LR
  subgraph Configuration
    direction TB
    object["☕ Properties"]
  end
  u([User]) -- 1️⃣ build --> Configuration
  object -- 2️⃣ load --> file["📄 my-app.properties"]
  u -- 3️⃣ get...(key) --> Configuration

Suppose you have the following properties file in your classpath (my-app.properties):
web.enable=true
web.host=localhost
web.port=1910

Using the ConfigurationBuilder class, create a new Configuration of java.util.Properties, combined with the ClasspathFileSource and the PropertiesMapper:

import java.util.Properties;
import net.obvj.confectory.*;
...
Configuration<Properties> config = new ConfigurationBuilder<Properties>()
        .source(new ClasspathFileSource("my-app.properties"))
        .mapper(new PropertiesMapper())
        .build();

Use the getters available in the Configuration class to access the loaded properties values by key:

System.out.println(config.getBoolean("web.enable")); // result: true
System.out.println(config.getString("web.host"));    // result: "localhost"
System.out.println(config.getInteger("web.port"));   // result: 1910

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Load properties file as POJO

This example demonstrates loading a properties file into a POJO (user-defined object).

ℹ️ Required module	confectory-core
☑️ Required version	1.2.0+

flowchart LR
  subgraph Configuration
    direction TB
    object["☕ MyProperties"]
  end
  u([User]) -- 1️⃣ build --> Configuration
  object -- 2️⃣ load as POJO --> file["📄 my-app.properties"]
  u -- 3️⃣ get() --> Configuration

Suppose you have the following properties file in your classpath (my-app.properties):
web.host=localhost
web.port=1910
And the following class:
public class MyProperties {
    @Property("web.host") private String host;
    @Property("web.port") private int port;
   // getters and setters omitted

Using the ConfigurationBuilder class, create a new Configuration of MyProperties, combined with the PropertiesToObjectMapper:

Configuration<MyProperties> config = new ConfigurationBuilder<MyProperties>()
        .source(new ClasspathFileSource("my-app.properties"))
        .mapper(new PropertiesToObjectMapper<>(MyProperties.class))
        .build();

Use the getBean() method available in the Configuration class to access the loaded object:

MyProperties myProperties = config.getBean();

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Load JSON document from the file system as JSONObject

This example demonstrates how to load a JSON document from a local file in the file system as a JSONObject (json-smart implementation).

ℹ️ Required module	confectory-core

flowchart LR
  subgraph Configuration
    direction TB
    object["☕ JSONObject"]
  end
  u([User]) -- 1️⃣ build --> Configuration
  object-- 2️⃣ load --> file["📄 agents.json"]
  u-- 3️⃣ get...(jsonpath) --> Configuration

Suppose you have the following JSON document in the file system (agents.json):

{
  "enabled": true,
  "agents": [
    {
      "class": "Agent1",
      "interval": "*/2 * * * *"
    },
    {
      "class": "Agent2",
      "interval": "10s"
    }
  ]
}

Using the ConfigurationBuilder class, create a new Configuration of net.minidev.json.JSONObject, combined with the FileSource and the JSONObjectMapper:

import net.obvj.confectory.*;
import net.minidev.json.JSONObject;
...
Configuration<JSONObject> config = new ConfigurationBuilder<JSONObject>()
        .source(new FileSource("${HOME}/myapp/myconf.json"))
        .mapper(new JSONObjectMapper())
        .build();

Use the getters available in the Configuration class to access document data using JSONPath expressions:

System.out.println(config.getString("$.agents[?(@.class=='Agent1')].interval")); // result: "*/2 * * * *"

(Optional) Use the getBean() method to access the actual JSONObject parsed by this Configuration:

JSONObject json = config.getBean();

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Load JSON document as POJO using Gson

This example demonstrates loading a JSON document into a POJO (user-defined object) using Gson as the mapping provider.

ℹ️ Required module	confectory-datamapper-gson

flowchart LR
  subgraph Configuration
    direction TB
    object["☕ MyBean"]
  end
  u([User]) -- 1️⃣ build --> Configuration
  object-- 2️⃣ load as POJO --> file["📄 agents.json"]
  u-- 3️⃣ get() --> Configuration

Suppose you have the following JSON document in your classpath (agents.json):

{
  "enabled": true,
  "agents": [
    {
      "class": "Agent1",
      "interval": "*/2 * * * *"
    },
    {
      "class": "Agent2",
      "interval": "10s"
    }
  ]
}

And the following classes:

public class MyBean {
    private boolean enabled;
    private List<Agent> agents;
    // getters and setters omitted
}
...
class Agent {
    @SerializedName("class") // com.google.gson.annotations
    private String clazz;
    private String interval;
    // getters and setters omitted
}

Using the ConfigurationBuilder class, create a new Configuration of MyBean, combined with the GsonJsonToObjectMapper:

Configuration<MyBean> config = new ConfigurationBuilder<MyBean>()
        .source("classpath://agents.json") // dynamic source
        .mapper(new GsonJsonToObjectMapper<>(MyBean.class))
        .build();

Use the getBean() method available in the Configuration class to access the loaded object:

MyBean myBean = config.getBean();

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Load XML file from classpath

This example demonstrates how to load an XML document from the classpath and use XPath to query its elements and attributes.

ℹ️ Required module	confectory-core
☑️ Required version	2.4.0+

flowchart LR
  subgraph Configuration
    direction TB
    object["☕ Document"]
  end
  u([User]) -- 1️⃣ build --> Configuration
  object -- 2️⃣ load --> file["📄 agents.xml"]
  u-- 3️⃣ get...(xpath) --> Configuration

Suppose you have the following XML file available in your classpath (agents.xml):

<conf>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
    <agents>
        <agent>
            <class>Agent1</class>
            <interval>*/2 * * * *</interval>
        </agent>
        <agent>
            <class>Agent2</class>
            <interval>10s</interval>
        </agent>
    </agents>
</conf>

Using the ConfigurationBuilder class, create a new Configuration of org.w3c.dom.Document with a DocumentMapper:

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import net.obvj.confectory.*;
...
Configuration<Document> config = new ConfigurationBuilder<Document>()
        .source("classpath://agents.xml")
        .mapper(new DocumentMapper())
        .build();

Use the getters available in the Configuration class to access document data using XPath expressions:

System.out.println(config.getString("/conf/enabled")); // result: true
System.out.println(config.getString("//agents/agent[1]/class")); // result: "Agent1"
System.out.println(config.getString("//agents/agent[class='Agent2']/interval")); // result: "10s"

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Load XML from URL as JSONObject

This example demonstrates how to load an XML document from a URL into a JSONObject (json.org reference implementation).

ℹ️ Required module	confectory-datamapper-json-org

flowchart LR
  subgraph Configuration
    direction LR
    object["☕ JSONObject"]
  end
  u([User]) -- 1️⃣ build --> Configuration
  object -- 2️⃣ load XML as JSON --> file["🌍 URL"]
  u -- 3️⃣ get...(jsonpath) --> Configuration

Suppose you have the following XML document returned by a URL:

<conf>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
    <agents>
        <agent>
            <class>Agent1</class>
            <interval>*/2 * * * *</interval>
        </agent>
        <agent>
            <class>Agent2</class>
            <interval>10s</interval>
        </agent>
    </agents>
</conf>

Using the ConfigurationBuilder class, create a new Configuration of org.json.JSONObject, combined with the URLSource and the JsonOrgXMLToJSONObjectMapper:

import org.json.JSONObject;
import net.obvj.confectory.*;
...
Configuration<JSONObject> config = new ConfigurationBuilder<JSONObject>()
        .source(new URLSource("http://myserver:8080/config"))
        .mapper(new JsonOrgXMLToJSONObjectMapper())
        .build();

Important

Because of differences between XML and JSON formats, the document structure may suffer modifications in this transformation. Find additional details here.

Warning

The generated JSON object may vary depending on the selected Mapper implementation.

If you want to check the parse result, you can print the generated JSONObject:

JSONObject json = config.getBean();
System.out.println(json.toString(2)); // pretty-printed JSON with indentation factor of 2

Note

The JSON generated by this configuration will be as follows:

{"conf": {
  "enabled": true,
  "agents": {"agent": [
    {
      "class": "Agent1",
      "interval": "*/2 * * * *"
    },
    {
      "class": "Agent2",
      "interval": "10s"
    }
  ]}
}}

Use the getters available in the Configuration class to access document data using JSONPath expressions:

System.out.println(config.getString("**.agent[?(@.class=='Agent1')].interval")); // result: "*/2 * * * *"

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Load YAML document as JSONObject using SnakeYAML

This example demonstrates how to load a YAML document into a JSONObject.

ℹ️ Required module	confectory-datamapper-snakeyaml

flowchart LR
  subgraph Configuration
    direction LR
    object["☕ JSONObject"]
  end
  u([User]) -- 1️⃣ build --> Configuration
  object -- 2️⃣ load as JSON --> file["📄 person.yaml"]
  u -- 3️⃣ get...(jsonpath) --> Configuration

Suppose you have the following YAML document (person.yaml):

firstName: John
lastName: Doe
age: 31
contactDetails:
   - type: mobile
     number: 123456789
   - type: landline
     number: 456786868

Using the ConfigurationBuilder class, create a new Configuration of net.minidev.json.JSONObject (json-smart implementation), combined with the YAMLToJSONObjectMapper:

import net.minidev.json.JSONObject;
import net.obvj.confectory.*;
...
Configuration<JSONObject> config = new ConfigurationBuilder<JSONObject>()
        .source("classpath://person.yaml") // dynamic source
        .mapper(new YAMLToJSONObjectMapper())
        .build();

Tip

Since json-smart's JSONObject extends java.util.HashMap, there is no overhead in converting from SnakeYAML map to this JSON implementation.

If you want to check the parse result, you can print the generated JSONObject:

JSONObject json = config.getBean();
System.out.println(json.toJSONString());

Note

The JSON generated by this configuration will be as follows:

{
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Doe",
  "contactDetails": [
    {
      "type": "mobile",
      "number": 123456789
    },
    {
      "type": "landline",
      "number": 456786868
    }
  ],
  "age": 31,
}

Use the getters available in the Configuration class to access document data using JSONPath expressions:

System.out.println(config.getString("$.firstName")); // result: "John"
System.out.println(config.getLong("$.contactDetails[?(@.type=='mobile')].number")); // result: 123456789

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Load TOML document as JsonNode

This example demonstrates how to load a TOML document into Jackson's JsonNode for queries using JSONPath:

ℹ️ Required module	confectory-datamapper-jackson2-toml

flowchart LR
  subgraph Configuration
    direction LR
    object["☕ JsonNode"]
  end
  u([User]) -- 1️⃣ build --> Configuration
  object -- 2️⃣ load as JSON --> file["📄 application.toml"]
  u -- 3️⃣ get...(jsonpath) --> Configuration

Suppose you have the following TOML document (application.toml):

[database]
server = "192.168.1.1"
ports = [ 8001, 8001, 8002 ]
connection_max = 5000

[servers]
  [servers.alpha]
  ip = "10.0.0.1"
  dc = "eqdc10"

  [servers.beta]
  ip = "10.0.0.2"
  dc = "eqdc10"

Using the ConfigurationBuilder class, create a new Configuration of JsonNode, combined with the JacksonTOMLToJsonNodeMapper:

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import net.obvj.confectory.*;
...
Configuration<JsonNode> config = new ConfigurationBuilder<JsonNode>()
        .source("classpath://application.toml") // dynamic source
        .mapper(new JacksonTOMLToJsonNodeMapper())
        .build();

If you want to check the parse result, you can print the generated JSONObject:

JsonNode json = config.getBean();
System.out.println(json.toPrettyString());

Note

The JSON generated by this configuration will be as follows:

{
  "database" : {
    "server" : "192.168.1.1",
    "ports" : [ 8001, 8001, 8002 ],
    "connection_max" : 5000
  },
  "servers" : {
    "alpha" : {
      "ip" : "10.0.0.1",
      "dc" : "eqdc10"
    },
    "beta" : {
      "ip" : "10.0.0.2",
      "dc" : "eqdc10"
    }
  }
}

Use the getters available in the Configuration class to access document data using JSONPath expressions:

System.out.println(config.getString("$.servers.alpha.ip"));   // result: "10.0.0.1"
System.out.println(config.getInteger("$.database.ports[0]")); // result: 8001

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Merge two YAML files

This example demonstrates how to merge two YAML configuration sources.

ℹ️ Required module	confectory-datamapper-snakeyaml
☑️ Required version	2.2.0+

flowchart LR
  subgraph merged
    direction LR
    JSONObject["☕ JSONObject"]
  end
  subgraph config1
    direction LR
    JSONObject1["☕ JSONObject 1"]
  end
  subgraph config2
    direction LR
    JSONObject2["☕ JSONObject 2"]
  end
  JSONObject1-- load as JSON --> file["📄 config1.yaml"]
  JSONObject2 -- load as JSON --> file2["📄 config2.yaml"]
  u([User]) --> merged
  JSONObject -- generated by --> config1
  JSONObject -- generated by --> config2

Suppose you have the following files:
config1.yaml (to have higher precedence)
agents:
- class: Agent1
  interval: 1 minute
- class: Agent2
  interval: 2 minutes
config2.yaml (to have lower precedence)
agents:
- class: Agent2
  interval: 2 hours
- class: Agent3
  interval: 3 minutes

Using the ConfigurationBuilder class, create a new Configuration for config1.yaml:

Configuration<JSONObject> config1 = Configuration.<JSONObject>builder()
        .source("classpath://config1.yaml")
        .mapper(new YAMLToJSONObjectMapper())
        .precedence(9)
        .build();

Now build another Configuration for the second file with a lower precedence number:

Configuration<JSONObject> config2 = Configuration.<JSONObject>builder()
        .source("classpath://config2.yaml")
        .mapper(new YAMLToJSONObjectMapper())
        .precedence(1)
        .build();

Merge both Configuration objects, defining a distinct key class to identify each object in the agents list:

Configuration<JSONObject> merged = config1.merge(config2,
                JsonMergeOption.onPath("$.agents").findObjectsIdentifiedBy("class")
                       .thenPickTheHighestPrecedenceOne());

Tip

The merge method accepts an arbitrary number of options.

Note

The JSON generated by the merge operation will be as follows:

{
  "agents": [
    {
      "class": "Agent1",
      "interval": "1 minute"
    },
    {
      "class": "Agent2",
      "interval": "2 minutes"
    },
    {
      "class": "Agent3",
      "interval": "3 minutes"
    }
  ]
}

Use the getters to access document data using JSONPath expressions:

config.getString("$.agents[?(@.class=='Agent1')].interval"); // "1 minute"  (config1.yaml, precedence 9)
config.getString("$.agents[?(@.class=='Agent2')].interval"); // "2 minutes" (config1.yaml, precedence 9)
config.getString("$.agents[?(@.class=='Agent3')].interval"); // "3 minutes" (config2.yaml, precedence 1)

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Load properties file from classpath (generic way)

Load properties file from classpath (type-safe way)

Load properties file as POJO

Load JSON document from the file system as JSONObject

Load JSON document as POJO using Gson

Load XML file from classpath

Load XML from URL as JSONObject

Load YAML document as JSONObject using SnakeYAML

Load TOML document as JsonNode

Merge two YAML files

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