[jira] Created: (CONFIGURATION-327) INIConfiguration Global parameters alias sectional parameters

INIConfiguration Global parameters alias sectional parameters
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                 Key: CONFIGURATION-327
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-327
             Project: Commons Configuration
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Documentation, Format
            Reporter: Charles Honton


After reading the following file with INIConfiguration

default = ok
dotted.var1 = default

[section1]
dotted.var1 = foo
var2 = doodle

The set of sections returned by INIConfiguration.getSections() includes "dotted" and "section1".  I did not expect a section "dotted".

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Emmanuel Bourg updated CONFIGURATION-327:
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    Affects Version/s: 1.5

The sections are deduced from the prefixes of the keys, that's why "dotted" is considered as a section. To prevent this we should probably turn INIConfiguration into a hierarchical configuration, the sections being the first level nodes.

> INIConfiguration Global parameters alias sectional parameters
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>
>                 Key: CONFIGURATION-327
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-327
>             Project: Commons Configuration
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Documentation, Format
>    Affects Versions: 1.5
>            Reporter: Charles Honton
>
> After reading the following file with INIConfiguration
> default = ok
> dotted.var1 = default
> [section1]
> dotted.var1 = foo
> var2 = doodle
> The set of sections returned by INIConfiguration.getSections() includes "dotted" and "section1".  I did not expect a section "dotted".

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Charles Honton commented on CONFIGURATION-327:
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Alternatively, since the ini format does not allow brackets in a key name, include brackets in the section part of the key name.  The example above would contain:

default = ok
dotted.var1 = default
[section1].dotted.var1 = foo
[section1].var2 = doodle

This would break prior clients expecting a particular name aliasing.  This would not break clients properly appending the section name to the key name to get the property.

> INIConfiguration Global parameters alias sectional parameters
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CONFIGURATION-327
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-327
>             Project: Commons Configuration
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Documentation, Format
>    Affects Versions: 1.5
>            Reporter: Charles Honton
>
> After reading the following file with INIConfiguration
> default = ok
> dotted.var1 = default
> [section1]
> dotted.var1 = foo
> var2 = doodle
> The set of sections returned by INIConfiguration.getSections() includes "dotted" and "section1".  I did not expect a section "dotted".

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Charles Honton updated CONFIGURATION-327:
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    Attachment: TestINIConfiguration.diff
                INIConfiguration.diff

A potential fix.  However, it does change the names of the keys.

> INIConfiguration Global parameters alias sectional parameters
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CONFIGURATION-327
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-327
>             Project: Commons Configuration
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Documentation, Format
>    Affects Versions: 1.5
>            Reporter: Charles Honton
>         Attachments: INIConfiguration.diff, TestINIConfiguration.diff
>
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> After reading the following file with INIConfiguration
> default = ok
> dotted.var1 = default
> [section1]
> dotted.var1 = foo
> var2 = doodle
> The set of sections returned by INIConfiguration.getSections() includes "dotted" and "section1".  I did not expect a section "dotted".

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