Constretto is as configuration management framework for Java applications. It allows you to “tag” configuration values, so that Constretto could choose the correct value at runtime.
It also works as a bridge between different configuration formats, and currently Java property files, Ini files, and Java Beans are supported.
- Improved support for Junit 4.X after refactoring the JUnit Rule ConstrettoRule added in 2.0.4 to be used as a @ClassRule. As a consequence the constretto-test-junit4 module has been merged into the constretto-test module. Look at the example for details
- LDAP configuration support. You can add configuration either by using DSN or by providing a LDAP search. Example
- NOTE: Constretto will not close or even handle LDAP connection issues for you. The will make it easier to integrate with Spring LDAP or other third-party libraries
- Dropped support for Spring 2.X in favour of the latest Spring 3.2 release.
- The @Configure annotation can now be used on constructors (w/o Spring)
- The reconfigure() call on the ConstrettoConfiguration interface has been deprecated as it is not thread-safe.
- It will be completely removed in the next release
- only one constructor per class may be have the @Configure annotation or Constretto will complain
Given the following POJO:
public class SimpleConstructorInjectableBean {
private String key1;
@Configure
public SimpleConstructorInjectableBean(final String key1) {
this.key1 = key1;
}
public String getKey1() {
return key1;
}
}An instance may be Constructed using the "as" method:
ConstrettoConfiguration configuration = ...
SimpleConstructorInjectableBean configBean = configuration.as(SimpleConstructorInjectableBean.class);If you use Spring and have enabled Constretto-Spring support you can mix @Autowired and @Configure annotations:
public class AutowiredAndConfiguredConstructorInjectionBean {
private SimpleConstructorInjectableBean simpleConstructorInjectableBean;
private String key2;
@Autowired
@Configure
public AutowiredAndConfiguredConstructorInjectionBean(final SimpleConstructorInjectableBean simpleConstructorInjectableBean,
final String key2) {
this.simpleConstructorInjectableBean = simpleConstructorInjectableBean;
this.key2 = key2;
}
public SimpleConstructorInjectableBean getSimpleConstructorInjectableBean() {
return simpleConstructorInjectableBean;
}
public String getKey2() {
return key2;
}
}<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:constretto="http://constretto.org/schema/constretto"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
http://constretto.org/schema/constretto http://constretto.org/schema/constretto/constretto-1.2.xsd">
<!--- annotation-config must be "true" for constructor injection to work --->
<constretto:configuration annotation-config="true" property-placeholder="false">
<constretto:stores>
<constretto:properties-store>
<constretto:resource location="classpath:properties/test1.properties"/>
</constretto:properties-store>
</constretto:stores>
</constretto:configuration>
<bean class="org.constretto.spring.configuration.helper.SimpleConstructorInjectableBean"/>
<bean class="org.constretto.spring.configuration.helper.AutowiredAndConfiguredConstructorInjectionBean" />
</beans> Add LDAP entry either by using its distinguished name or by providing LDAP search parameters:
final ConstrettoConfiguration configuration = new ConstrettoBuilder()
.createLdapConfigurationStore(initialDirContext)
.addDsn("cn=Kaare Nilsen,dc=constretto,dc=org")
// all attributes in the given entry will be available (ie. configuration key "cn" will have the value \"Kaare Nilsen")
.addDsnWithKey("sidekick", "cn=Jon-Anders Teigen,dc=constretto,dc=org")
// maps LDAP attributes with prefix "sidekick". (ie. "sidekick.cn" will have the value "Jon-Anders Teigen")
.addUsingSearch("dc=constretto,dc=org", "(&(cn=K*)(objectClass=inetOrgPerson))", "uid")
// Adds all LDAP objects matching the query to configuration attributes prefixed with the value of the "uid" attribute
// ie. if the uid attribute for "cn=Kaare Nilsen,dc=constretto,dc=org" is "kaare", its "cn" attribute will be available as "kaare.cn"
.done()
.getConfiguration();Constretto will help you setting the specified tags or environment settings for a Junit test by providing ConstrettoRule to be used as either a @ClassRule (running before class initialization like @BeforeClass and @AfterClass) or a @Rule (wrapping a test method invocation like @Before and @After).
The @ClassRule use case is useful if you use a custom JUnitRunner such as the ones provided by Spring Test as it will ensure that specified tags are set before the JUnitRunner is invoked (and reset to its previous value afterwords). @ClassRule may also be used for JUnit Suites.
@Tags({"purejunit", "test"})
public class ConstrettoRuleTest {
@Rule
public ConstrettoRule constrettoRule = new ConstrettoRule();
@Test
public void someTestRequiringEnvironmentTagsToBeSet() {
ConstrettoConfiguration configuration = new ConstrettoBuilder().createSystemPropertiesStore().getConfiguration();
// current tags will be "purejunit" and "test"
// more logic here...
}
}You may also use ConstrettoRule with the @Environment annotation from Constretto Spring
import org.constretto.ConstrettoConfiguration;
import org.constretto.spring.ConfigurationAnnotationConfigurer;
import org.constretto.spring.annotation.Environment;
import org.constretto.spring.internal.resolver.DefaultAssemblyContextResolver;
import org.constretto.test.Environment;
import org.junit.ClassRule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
@Environment("junit")
@RunWith(ConstrettoSpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(classes = MyTest.TestConfiguration.class)
public class MyTest {
// Using Spring Java config for this example
@Configuration
public static class TestConfiguration {
@Bean
public static ConstrettoConfiguration constrettoConfiguration() {
return new ConstrettoBuilder(true).getConfiguration();
}
// Using Spring Java config for this example
@Bean
public static ConfigurationAnnotationConfigurer configurationAnnotationConfigurer(final ConstrettoConfiguration configuration) {
return new ConfigurationAnnotationConfigurer(configuration, new DefaultAssemblyContextResolver());
}
}
// The current environment value will be injected by the ConfigurationAnnotationConfigurer
// It is enabled by default in Spring XML configurations if you include the "<constretto:configuration/>" tag
@Environment
private List<String> injectedEnvironment;
// ClassRules will be invoked before the class (like @BeforeClass/@AfterClass) and thus need to be static
@ClassRule
public static ConstrettoRule constrettoRule = new ConstrettoRule();
@Test
public void testApplyEnvironment() throws Exception {
assertArrayEquals(new String[]{"junit"}, injectedEnvironment.toArray(new String[1]));
}
}- Json configuration support. You can now in your config files configure rich objects, arrays and maps
- JsonStore added. Now you are able to register a new file with complex json content, and register it on a key and list of tags
- New GenericConverter interface allowing you to create custom parsing for rich objects
- Spring dependencies for the core api and implementation is removed
- You can now query constretto for the currently used configuration tags
- Overriding configuration by using System properties and System env are now enabled by default.
- Cursored navigation with the “at” method is removed. Will break any clients using this feature.
- @Configuration now uses value instead of expression so that instead of writing @Configuration(expression="aKey") now you simply say @Configuration("aKey")
#
# Usage in java code :
# List<String> strings = config.evaluateToList(String.class,"anArrayOfStrings")
#
anArrayOfStrings = ["one","two","three"]
#
# Usage in java code :
# List<Integer> ints = config.evaluateToList(Integer.class,"anArrayOfInts")
#
anArrayOfInts = [1,2,3]
#
# Usage in java code :
# Map<String,Integer> map = config.evaluateToMap(String.class,Integer.class,"mapOfStringAndInt")
#
mapOfStringAndInt = {"keyOne":1,"keyTwo":2}
#
# Usage in java code :
# Person p = config.evaluateWith(new PersonConverter(),"aPerson")
# Where PersonConverter here is an implementation of GenericConverter
#
aPerson={"name":"Kaare",age:29,"adress",{"street":"somewhere","city":"over the rainbow"}}Constretto is built with maven and deployed to the central maven repository, so if you are using maven, you can simply add Constretto as dependencies in your pom:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.constretto</groupId>
<artifactId>constretto-api</artifactId>
<version>2.0.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.constretto</groupId>
<artifactId>constretto-core</artifactId>
<version>2.0.4</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>If you would like to use the Spring support add:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.constretto</groupId>
<artifactId>constretto-spring</artifactId>
<version>2.0.4</version>
</dependency>If you would like to use the Constretto Junit support add:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.constretto</groupId>
<artifactId>constretto-test</artifactId>
<version>2.0.4</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>Constretto provides a fluent API to be used in any Java application. Its main interface is ConstrettoConfiguration, that supplies methods to query for values in your configuration. To initialize the ConstrettoConfiguration interface, use the supplied ConstrettoBuilder as shown in the example below:
ConstrettoConfiguration config =
new ConstrettoBuilder()
.createPropertiesStore()
.addResource(new DefaultResourceLoader().getResource("classpath:test.properties"))
.addResource(new DefaultResourceLoader().getResource("file:test2.properties"))
.done()
.createIniFileConfigurationStore()
.addResource(new DefaultResourceLoader().getResource("classpath:test.ini"))
.done()
.createObjectConfigurationStore()
.addObject(new Object())
.done()
.createSystemPropertiesStore()
.getConfiguration();Constretto works very well in a Spring environment, It provides a namespace for Spring xml configuration files, to build a ConstrettoConfiguration object, and also provides a ProperyPlaceHolder to allow values in Spring xml files to be resolved from Constretto, and also a BeanPostProcessor that enables ConfigurationInjection.
To tell spring to use Constretto:
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:constretto="http://constretto.org/schema/constretto"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
http://constretto.org/schema/constretto
http://constretto.org/schema/constretto/constretto-1.2.xsd">
<constretto:configuration annotation-config="true" property-placeholder="true">
<constretto:stores>
<constretto:properties-store>
<constretto:resource location="classpath:properties/test1.properties"/>
</constretto:properties-store>
</constretto:stores>
</constretto:configuration>
</beans>Now that you've configured Constretto, by Java API or Spring, you may query your configuration using the methods in the ConstrettoConfiguration interface like in the examples below:
// Simple lookup
String aDataSourceUrl = configuration.evaluateToString("datasources.customer.url");In much the same way as dependency injection work in e.g. Spring and Guice, Constretto allows you to inject configuration into your classes. It supports injection in fields, and methods as seen in the example below:
Java class to be injected with configuration:
public class DataSourceConfiguration {
private String myUrl;
private String myPassword;
private Integer version;
// When no expression is explicitly given Constretto will use field name as key
@Configuration
private String vendor;
@Configuration("username")
private String myUsername;
@Configure
public void configure(String url, @Configuration("password") String secret) {
this.myUrl = url;
this.myPassword = secret;
}
@Configure
public void setVersion(Integer version) {
this.version = version;
}
public String getUrl() {
return myUrl;
}
public String getUsername() {
return myUsername;
}
public String getPassword() {
return myPassword;
}
public String getVendor() {
return vendor;
}
public Integer getVersion() {
return version;
}
}A test that shows this feature used with the Java API:
public class ConfigurationAnnotationsTest {
private ConstrettoConfiguration configuration;
@Before
public void prepareTests() {
setProperty("datasources.customer.url", "jdbc://url");
setProperty("datasources.customer.username", "username");
setProperty("datasources.customer.password", "password");
setProperty("datasources.customer.vendor", "derby");
setProperty("datasources.vendor", "derby");
setProperty("datasources.customer.version", "10");
configuration = new ConstrettoBuilder().createSystemPropertiesStore().getConfiguration();
}
@Test
public void createNewAnnotatedConfigurationObject() {
DataSourceConfiguration customerDataSource = configuration.at("datasources").from("customer").as(DataSourceConfiguration.class);
assertEquals("jdbc://url", customerDataSource.getUrl());
assertEquals("username", customerDataSource.getUsername());
assertEquals("password", customerDataSource.getPassword());
assertEquals("derby", customerDataSource.getVendor());
assertEquals(new Integer(10), customerDataSource.getVersion());
}
@Test
public void applyConfigrationToAnnotatedConfigurationObject() {
DataSourceConfiguration customerDataSource = new DataSourceConfiguration();
configuration.at("datasources").from("customer").on(customerDataSource);
assertEquals("derby", customerDataSource.getVendor());
assertEquals("username", customerDataSource.getUsername());
assertEquals("jdbc://url", customerDataSource.getUrl());
assertEquals("password", customerDataSource.getPassword());
assertEquals(new Integer(10), customerDataSource.getVersion());
}
}Constretto currently supports four Configuration sources, and the following sections shows how these are used, and how you may tag your configuration values.
When using Java Property files, you may tag your entry with “[tag]." if a key does not have a tag, it will be considered a default, and always be available
Example:
somedb.username=default username
@production.somedb.username=username in production
@systest.somedb.username=username in system test###Ini Files
Constretto also supports Ini files and here, sections are used as tags
Example:
[default]
somedb.username=default username
[production]
somedb.username=username in production
[systest]
somedb.username=username in system testConstretto are able to use Java objects as configuration sources, and then annotations are used to indicate which tags are used. Also the ConfigurationSource annotation can use an optional basePath attribute, that are prepended to the JavaBean property names found in the class resulting in "somedb.username" in the example below.
Example:
@ConfigurationSource(basePath ="somedb")
public class DefaultDataSourceConfigurer {
public String getUsername() {
return”default username;
}
}
@ConfigurationSource(basePath = "somedb", tag = "production")
public class ProductionDataSourceConfigurer {
public String getUsername() {
return "username in production";
}
}Constretto also allows values to be retrieved from System properties, but here tags are not supported. Support for system properties are per default enabled
Constretto uses a System property, or System environment property to know what tags to look up. this property is called “CONSTRETTO_TAGS”
Example:
$java MyApp -DCONSTRETTO_TAGS=tag1,tag2,tag3
Or
$export CONSTRETTO_TAGS=tag1,tag2,tag3
$java Myapp
Please use the GitHub issue tracker
Constretto has several more nice features, and they are covered in the reference manual at the Constretto official website: http://constretto.github.io