TYPED CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT IN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

摘要

A typed configuration management method includes instantiating a typed configuration structure including parameters configured to store values. Each of the parameters includes a data type. The method also includes initializing an application on a computer system that includes the typed configuration structure, loading the values from the typed configuration structure into system memory of the computer system, and applying validation logic to the values to determine whether the values match corresponding data types specified for the parameters. In response to the determination, the method includes storing values that pass the validation logic in the parameters of the typed configuration structure, and loading the typed configuration structure, including the values passing the validation logic, into the system memory. Another method provides compile time loading and validation of a typed configuration structure, as well as compile time checking of program code that will use the typed configuration structure at runtime.