[CONFIGURATION-734] Inconsistent/strange configuration keys for attributes

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Hao Chen
• Created: 07/Jan/19 07:40
• Updated: 07/Jan/19 07:40

Description

Given the following configuration-1.xml:

<configuration>
    <node type="test" types="a,b,c"/>
</configuration>

If you get the configuration using something like:

            Parameters params = new Parameters();
            ReloadingFileBasedConfigurationBuilder<XMLConfiguration> builder = new ReloadingFileBasedConfigurationBuilder<XMLConfiguration>(XMLConfiguration.class);
            builder.configure(params.xml().setFile("configuration-1.xml ").setListDelimiterHandler(new DefaultListDelimiterHandler(',')));
            XMLConfiguration configuration = builder.getConfiguration();

Then you print the keys using configuration.getKeys(), you will get something like: node[@type], node[@types]

However, if you use a combined configuration.xml like:

<configuration>
  <override>
    <xml fileName="configuration-1.xml" reloadingRefreshDelay="10000" config-name="config3" config-optional="false" throwExceptionOnMissing="false"/>
  </override>
</configuration>

And you get the configuration using:

            Parameters params = new Parameters();
            ReloadingCombinedConfigurationBuilder builder = new ReloadingCombinedConfigurationBuilder();
            builder.configure(params.fileBased().setFile(new File("configuration.xml ")).setListDelimiterHandler(new DefaultListDelimiterHandler(',')));
            CombinedConfiguration configuration = builder.getConfiguration();

Then when you print the configuration keys, you will get something like: node/@type, node/@types - this format seems to be the standard one and keys in the above example look very strange.