[CLK-661] Add Java based configuration

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Finn Bock
• Reporter: Bob Schellink
• Created: 17/Apr/10 02:02
• Updated: 20/Nov/10 06:26

Description

click.xml has grown over the years especially since we introduced the service based architecture. Some of the problems with xml based configurations is:

• no compile time checking
• no JavaDoc help in IDE

I propose we add a new DefaultConfigService class that is Java based which XmlConfigService extends from.

Its advantages is the polar opposite of xml disadvantage:

• compile time checking
• JavaDoc help in IDE
• More powerful configuration options, e.g. its possible to configure FileUpload in ways not exposed by xml config. Also possible to create more powerful algorithms e.g. which templates to include/exclude.