Annotation Based Configuration Manager (ABCM)

ABCM is an annotation based configuration manager I made for fun. It is pretty easy to understand and to manage.

Installation

Latest version (replace @TAG@ with this):

Using gradle:

repositories {
    maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.JustRed23:ABCM:@TAG@'
}

Using maven:

<repositories>
	<repository>
	    <id>jitpack.io</id>
	    <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
	</repository>
</repositories>

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.JustRed23</groupId>
    <artifactId>ABCM</artifactId>
    <version>@TAG@</version>
</dependency>

Usage

Create a class in your desired package where values should be stored:

package your.packagename.here;

import dev.JustRed23.abcm.ConfigField;
import dev.JustRed23.abcm.Configurable;

@Configurable
public final class TestConfig {

    @ConfigField(defaultValue = "hello, world")
    public static String GREETING;

    @ConfigField(defaultValue = "2022", optional = true)
    public static int YEAR;

    @ConfigField(defaultValue = "true", optional = true)
    public static boolean SPECIAL;
}

When a class is created and annotated with @Configurable, the class will be picked up in the scanning process and all the respective values will be set, you can simply call TestConfig.GREETING and it will return a value. But we first have to initialize the configuration manager.

Let's create our main class:

package some.other.pkg;

import dev.JustRed23.abcm.Config;
import dev.JustRed23.abcm.exception.ConfigInitException;

import your.packagename.here.TestConfig;

public class HelloWorld {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws ConfigInitException {
        //We could enable debug messages if you want to see what is happening in the background.
        //Make sure that you have a SLF4J extension installed (ex. Logback classic)
        Config.setDebug(true);

        //Now we add a package that will be scanned by the manager.
        //NOTE: a package will be scanned recursively, you do not need to add every subpackage
        Config.addScannable("your.packagename.here"); //This package was used in the TestConfig example
        Config.addScannable(TestConfig.class.getPackage()); //We can also scan by mentioning the Package instance
        Config.addScannable(TestConfig.class); //We can also just get the package by mentioning the class

        //And then we init.
        Config.init();

        //Let's see what we get when we call a value
        System.out.println(TestConfig.GREETING); //hello, world - unless specified by another value in testconfig.cfg

        //Let's say that I want to add another package to scan, but I already initialized the manager.
        Config.addScannable("interesting.package.name");

        //If the manager was initialized already, and you wanted to add another package, we can call a rescan.
        //This will rescan all packages added by addScannable(String);
        Config.rescan(true);
        
        //Let's see what we can do if we change the value of a field
        TestConfig.GREETING = "Hello, mom!";
        Config.save(); //This will save all the modified values to the respective files, making them persistent.

        //And finally, when we are done we obviously tidy up the place!

        Config.destroy();
        //This will remove all references of parsers, configured items and will then set every setting back to their default value.
        //This will NOT set class fields to null, the @ConfigField annotated fields will still exist.
    }
}

Now that our configuration manager is initialized, we should notice that a new folder was created in the current working directory called config (we can change this behaviour by setting Config.setConfigDir(File)). There should now be one file in that directory, called testconfig.cfg and it should look like this:

The configuration manager always makes config files with the name of the annotated class in all lowercase letters. When a config file exists already the manager will read all values from it and apply them to the @Configurable class.

Adding a custom parser

To add a custom parser, you would need to create a class implementing IParser and then register it to the manager:

package your.packagename.here;

import dev.JustRed23.abcm.parsing.IParser;

public final class RainbowParser implements IParser<Rainbow> {

    public Rainbow parse(String value) {
        return Rainbows.getRainbow(value);
    }

    public List<Class<?>> canParse() {
        return Arrays.asList(Rainbow.class);
    }
}

We register the parser to the configuration manager by calling Config.addParser(Class<? extends IParser>). Remember to call rescan(true) if you already initialized the manager!
You can now add a field with the type Rainbow to your @Configurable class and it will be parsed by the RainbowParser.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

MIT

Soapy7261 / ABCM