update gradle to new version 8.5

- new factory method for create the application configuration file name and the application configuration file
- update of gradle-plugin dependency 'com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle' to new version 6.23.3
- update of test dependency miglayout-swing version to 11.3

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@
 Version 4.3-SNAPSHOT
 -------------
 
+ADDED:
+
+- new factory method for create the application configuration file name and the application configuration file
+
+CHANGED:
+
+- update gradle to new version 8.5
+- update of gradle-plugin dependency 'com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle' to new version 6.23.3
+- update of test dependency miglayout-swing version to 11.3
 
 Version 4.2
 -------------

gradle.properties

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ gradlePluginLombokVersion=8.4
 gradlePluginVersionsVersion=0.50.0
 licenseGradlePluginVersion=0.16.1
 grgitGradlePluginVersion=5.2.1
-spotlessGradlePluginVersion=6.22.0
+spotlessGradlePluginVersion=6.23.3
 #########################
 # dependencies versions #
 #########################
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ iconImgExtensionsVersion=3.2
 testObjectVersion=8.2
 fileWorkerVersion=17.1
 sillyIoVersion=3
-miglayoutSwingVersion=11.2
+miglayoutSwingVersion=11.3
 meanbeanVersion=3.0.0-M9
 junitJupiterExtensionsVersion=1.1
 junitJupiterVersion=5.10.1

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #Wed Feb 19 18:39:09 CET 2020
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-rc-3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

src/main/java/io/github/astrapi69/swing/base/AbstractApplicationFrame.java

@@ -74,11 +74,20 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationFrame<T, C extends JComponent> extends
 	 * value:".config"
 	 */
 	public static final String DEFAULT_APPLICATION_CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY_NAME = ".config";
+
+	/**
+	 * Constant for the default configuration file name from the current application. current
+	 * value:"application-configuration.properties"
+	 */
+	public static final String DEFAULT_APPLICATION_CONFIGURATION_FILE_NAME = "application-configuration.properties";
 	/** The Constant serialVersionUID. */
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 	/** The configuration directory for configuration files. */
 	@Getter
 	File configurationDirectory;
+	/** The application configuration file */
+	@Getter
+	File configurationFile;
 	/** The current look and feels. */
 	@Getter
 	@Setter
@@ -121,6 +130,8 @@ protected void onBeforeInitialize()
 		applicationName = newApplicationName();
 		configurationDirectory = newConfigurationDirectory(System.getProperty("user.home"),
 			newApplicationConfigurationDirectoryName());
+		configurationFile = newConfigurationFile(configurationDirectory,
+			newApplicationConfigurationFileName());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -231,10 +242,45 @@ protected File newConfigurationDirectory(final @NonNull String parent,
 		return configurationDir;
 	}
 
+
+	/**
+	 * Factory method for create a new configuration directory {@link File} object if it is not
+	 * exists. This method is invoked in the constructor and can be overridden from the derived
+	 * classes so users can provide their own version of a new configuration {@link File} object
+	 *
+	 * @param configurationDir
+	 *            the configuration directory
+	 * @param configurationFileName
+	 *            the configuration file name
+	 * @return the new configuration file {@link File} object or the existing one
+	 */
+	protected File newConfigurationFile(final @NonNull File configurationDir,
+		final @NonNull String configurationFileName)
+	{
+		if (!configurationDir.isDirectory())
+		{
+			throw new RuntimeException(
+				"Given configuration directory file object is not a directory");
+		}
+		File configurationFile = new File(configurationDir, configurationFileName);
+		if (!configurationFile.exists())
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				configurationFile.createNewFile();
+			}
+			catch (IOException ioException)
+			{
+				throw new RuntimeException("Given configuration file object could not created");
+			}
+		}
+		return configurationFile;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Factory method for create the new application configuration directory name. This method is
 	 * invoked in the constructor and should be overridden from the derived classes for set the
-	 * actual application name
+	 * actual application directory name
 	 *
 	 * @return the new application configuration directory name
 	 */
@@ -243,6 +289,18 @@ protected String newApplicationConfigurationDirectoryName()
 		return DEFAULT_APPLICATION_CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY_NAME;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Factory method for create the new application configuration file name. This method is invoked
+	 * in the constructor and should be overridden from the derived classes for set the actual
+	 * application configuration file name
+	 *
+	 * @return the new application configuration file name
+	 */
+	protected String newApplicationConfigurationFileName()
+	{
+		return DEFAULT_APPLICATION_CONFIGURATION_FILE_NAME;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Factory method for create a new {@link BaseDesktopMenu} object.
 	 *