Changelog

v2.8.5

• includes several bugfixes for inheritance. For a complete list of found bugs please read this
• includes the getProperties method for configuration
• a little helper class CategoryBeanMapper included which can set the attributes of a Java bean with the properties from a category
• properties are now sorted alphabetically when the configuration is saved

v2.8

• inheritance for configurations (this is described here)
• the SimpleErrorHandler is now the default error reporter.
• you can now build a customized version of jConfig where you can define the default parser (for example if you always use the NestedConfigParser). Read this for more details
• fixed a bug in DatabaseHandler where variables were not loaded
• fixed a bug where no FileWatcher was set up for the default configuration
• included a property to define if the FileWatcher should be started. This is explained here
• several improvements and bugfixes to the JDBCHandler
• an informix database create script is now included

v2.7

• Bug 988080: variables can now be used inside variable values like
• Bug 990465: the getPropertyNames method for nested configurations contained a bug which caused this method to return NULL always
• nested config parser now supports trimming of entries. This is described here
• the reload of a properties file did not work
• new method addFileListener added to the ConfigurationManager. Here is a description how to use it
• a few changes to JDBCHandler and LDAPHandler (now jConfig compiles under JDK1.5)
• along with the bugfix above there is a new method in the configuration "containsCategory" which returns true if a category for the given name exists
• it is now possible to include immutable properties in a configuration. Read more here