[FELIX-2513] Support richer format for configurations

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: fileinstall-3.1.0
• Component/s: File Install
• Assignee: Carsten Ziegeler
• Reporter: Carsten Ziegeler
• Created: 03/Aug/10 09:06
• Updated: 17/Mar/15 07:03
• Resolved: 06/Aug/10 14:35

Description

The current format read by file install for configurations uses the java.util.Properties - this format does not support multi values and objects other than strings.
As configurations usually use other types than string, it would be nice to support the richer format like for example the config admin implementation uses.

To be compatible, I suggest we leave the old behaviour for ".cfg" files and use a new extension ".config" for the other format.