You are viewing a plain text version of this content. The canonical link for it is here.
Posted to commits@tamaya.apache.org by pl...@apache.org on 2016/09/16 22:03:17 UTC

[07/50] [abbrv] incubator-tamaya-extensions git commit: TAMAYA-156: Implemented usage tracking.

TAMAYA-156: Implemented usage tracking.


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/commit/5a22c680
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/tree/5a22c680
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/diff/5a22c680

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: 5a22c6805674a52a34639967d362fd73e5839bd5
Parents: f1ea158
Author: anatole <an...@apache.org>
Authored: Sat Apr 30 18:40:29 2016 +0200
Committer: anatole <an...@apache.org>
Committed: Sat Apr 30 18:40:58 2016 +0200

----------------------------------------------------------------------
 .../org/apache/tamaya/model/ConfigModel.java    |  12 +-
 .../apache/tamaya/model/ConfigModelManager.java | 107 ++++++----
 .../org/apache/tamaya/model/ModelTarget.java    |  37 ++++
 .../java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ModelType.java |  49 -----
 .../org/apache/tamaya/model/Validation.java     | 202 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../apache/tamaya/model/ValidationResult.java   | 182 ++---------------
 .../apache/tamaya/model/ValidationState.java    |  59 ------
 .../model/internal/ConfigDocumentationBean.java |  22 +-
 .../ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi.java   |   5 +-
 .../tamaya/model/spi/AbstractConfigModel.java   |  82 ++++++++
 .../apache/tamaya/model/spi/AbstractModel.java  |  89 --------
 .../tamaya/model/spi/AreaConfigModel.java       | 204 -------------------
 .../model/spi/ConfigDocumentationMBean.java     |   8 +-
 .../tamaya/model/spi/ConfigModelGroup.java      | 110 ----------
 .../tamaya/model/spi/ConfigModelReader.java     |  61 +++---
 .../org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/GroupModel.java | 103 ++++++++++
 .../apache/tamaya/model/spi/ParameterModel.java |  32 +--
 .../apache/tamaya/model/spi/SectionModel.java   | 192 +++++++++++++++++
 .../tamaya/model/TestConfigModelProvider.java   |  38 +++-
 .../internal/ConfigDocumentationBeanTest.java   |  10 +-
 20 files changed, 798 insertions(+), 806 deletions(-)
----------------------------------------------------------------------


http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ConfigModel.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ConfigModel.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ConfigModel.java
index d03e691..77c3fb0 100644
--- a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ConfigModel.java
+++ b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ConfigModel.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public interface ConfigModel {
      * Get the type of item that is modelled.
      * @return the modelled type, never null.
      */
-    ModelType getType();
+    ModelTarget getType();
 
     /**
      * Get the item's name, it should minimally describe the validation. Examples are:
@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ public interface ConfigModel {
     boolean isRequired();
 
     /**
-     * Get the provider of this validation.
-     * @return the provider.
-     */
-    String getProvider();
-
-    /**
      * Get an description of the item, using the default locale. The description is basically optional
      * though it is higly recommended to provide a description, so the validation issues is well
      * resolvable.
@@ -71,8 +65,8 @@ public interface ConfigModel {
      * Validates the item and all its children against the given configuration.
      *
      * @param config the configuration to be validated against, not null.
-     * @return the validation results, never null.
+     * @return the validation result, or null, if not applicable.
      */
-    Collection<ValidationResult> validate(Configuration config);
+    Collection<Validation> validate(Configuration config);
 
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ConfigModelManager.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ConfigModelManager.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ConfigModelManager.java
index 03e6361..d0a5a01 100644
--- a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ConfigModelManager.java
+++ b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ConfigModelManager.java
@@ -22,20 +22,14 @@ import org.apache.tamaya.Configuration;
 import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigurationProvider;
 import org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.ConfigDocumentationMBean;
 import org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.ModelProviderSpi;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.UsageTrackerSpi;
 import org.apache.tamaya.spi.ServiceContextManager;
 
 import javax.management.InstanceNotFoundException;
 import javax.management.MBeanServer;
 import javax.management.ObjectName;
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
@@ -47,6 +41,9 @@ public final class ConfigModelManager {
     /** The logger used. */
     private final static Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(ConfigModelManager.class.getName());
 
+    private static UsageTrackerSpi usageTracker = ServiceContextManager
+            .getServiceContext().getService(UsageTrackerSpi.class);
+
     /**
      * Singleton constructor.
      */
@@ -54,36 +51,47 @@ public final class ConfigModelManager {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the validations defined.
-     *
-     * @return the sections defined, never null.
+     * Access the usage statistics for the recorded uses of configuration.
      */
-    public static Collection<ConfigModel> getModels() {
-        List<ConfigModel> result = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (ModelProviderSpi model : ServiceContextManager.getServiceContext().getServices(ModelProviderSpi.class)) {
-            result.addAll(model.getConfigModels());
+    public static String getUsageInfo(){
+        return Objects.requireNonNull(usageTracker, "No UsageTrackerSpi component available.").getUsageInfo();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Access the usage statistics for the recorded uses of configuration.
+     */
+    public static String getConfigInfoText(){
+        StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
+        List<ConfigModel> models = new ArrayList<>(getModels());
+        Collections.sort(models, new Comparator<ConfigModel>() {
+            @Override
+            public int compare(ConfigModel k1, ConfigModel k2) {
+                return k2.getName().compareTo(k2.getName());
+            }
+        });
+        for(ConfigModel model:models){
+            b.append(model.getName()).append('(').append(model.getType())
+                    .append("):\n  ").append(
+            model.getDescription()).append("mandatory=").append(model.isRequired());
+            b.append('\n');
         }
-        return result;
+        return b.toString();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Find the validations by checking the validation's name using the given regular expression.
-     * @param type the target ModelType, not null.
-     * @param namePattern the regular expression to use, not null.
+     * Get the validations defined.
+     *
      * @return the sections defined, never null.
      */
-    public static Collection<ConfigModel> findModels(ModelType type, String namePattern) {
+    public static Collection<ConfigModel> getModels() {
         List<ConfigModel> result = new ArrayList<>();
         for (ModelProviderSpi model : ServiceContextManager.getServiceContext().getServices(ModelProviderSpi.class)) {
-            for(ConfigModel configModel : model.getConfigModels()) {
-                if(configModel.getName().matches(namePattern) && configModel.getType()==type) {
-                    result.add(configModel);
-                }
-            }
+            result.addAll(model.getConfigModels());
         }
         return result;
     }
 
+
     /**
      * Find the validations by matching the validation's name against the given model type.
      * 
@@ -106,14 +114,24 @@ public final class ConfigModelManager {
     /**
      * Find the validations by checking the validation's name using the given regular expression.
      * @param namePattern the regular expression to use, not null.
+     * @param targets the target types only to be returned (optional).
      * @return the sections defined, never null.
      */
-    public static Collection<ConfigModel> findModels(String namePattern) {
+    public static Collection<ConfigModel> findModels(String namePattern, ModelTarget... targets) {
         List<ConfigModel> result = new ArrayList<>();
         for (ModelProviderSpi model : ServiceContextManager.getServiceContext().getServices(ModelProviderSpi.class)) {
             for(ConfigModel configModel : model.getConfigModels()) {
                 if(configModel.getName().matches(namePattern)) {
-                    result.add(configModel);
+                    if(targets.length>0){
+                        for(ModelTarget tgt:targets){
+                            if(configModel.getType().equals(tgt)){
+                                result.add(configModel);
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }else {
+                        result.add(configModel);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -125,7 +143,7 @@ public final class ConfigModelManager {
      *
      * @return the validation results, never null.
      */
-    public static Collection<ValidationResult> validate() {
+    public static Collection<Validation> validate() {
         return validate(false);
     }
 
@@ -134,7 +152,7 @@ public final class ConfigModelManager {
      * @param showUndefined show any unknown parameters.
      * @return the validation results, never null.
      */
-    public static Collection<ValidationResult> validate(boolean showUndefined) {
+    public static Collection<Validation> validate(boolean showUndefined) {
         return validate(ConfigurationProvider.getConfiguration(), showUndefined);
     }
 
@@ -144,7 +162,7 @@ public final class ConfigModelManager {
      * @param config the configuration to be validated against, not null.
      * @return the validation results, never null.
      */
-    public static Collection<ValidationResult> validate(Configuration config) {
+    public static Collection<Validation> validate(Configuration config) {
         return validate(config, false);
     }
 
@@ -155,8 +173,8 @@ public final class ConfigModelManager {
      * @param showUndefined allows filtering for undefined configuration elements.
      * @return the validation results, never null.
      */
-    public static Collection<ValidationResult> validate(Configuration config, boolean showUndefined) {
-        List<ValidationResult> result = new ArrayList<>();
+    public static Collection<Validation> validate(Configuration config, boolean showUndefined) {
+        List<Validation> result = new ArrayList<>();
         for (ConfigModel defConf : getModels()) {
             result.addAll(defConf.validate(config));
         }
@@ -164,7 +182,7 @@ public final class ConfigModelManager {
             Map<String,String> map = new HashMap<>(config.getProperties());
             Set<String> areas = extractTransitiveAreas(map.keySet());
             for (ConfigModel defConf : getModels()) {
-                if(ModelType.Section.equals(defConf.getType())){
+                if(ModelTarget.Section.equals(defConf.getType())){
                     for (Iterator<String> iter = areas.iterator();iter.hasNext();){
                         String area = iter.next();
                         if(area.matches(defConf.getName())){
@@ -172,28 +190,36 @@ public final class ConfigModelManager {
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                if(ModelType.Parameter.equals(defConf.getType())){
+                if(ModelTarget.Parameter.equals(defConf.getType())){
                     map.remove(defConf.getName());
                 }
             }
             outer:for(Map.Entry<String,String> entry:map.entrySet()){
                 for (ConfigModel defConf : getModels()) {
-                    if(ModelType.Section.equals(defConf.getType())){
+                    if(ModelTarget.Section.equals(defConf.getType())){
                         if(defConf.getName().endsWith(".*") && entry.getKey().matches(defConf.getName())){
                             // Ignore parameters that are part of transitive section.
                             continue outer;
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                result.add(ValidationResult.ofUndefined(entry.getKey(), ModelType.Parameter, null));
+                result.add(Validation.ofUndefined(entry.getKey(), ModelTarget.Parameter));
             }
             for(String area:areas){
-                result.add(ValidationResult.ofUndefined(area, ModelType.Section, null));
+                result.add(Validation.ofUndefined(area, ModelTarget.Section));
             }
         }
         return result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the list of package, which are not evaluated for tracking configuration access and usage statistics.
+     * @return the set of ignored package names.
+     */
+    public static Set<String> getIgnoredPackages(){
+        return usageTracker.getIgnoredPackages();
+    }
+
     private static java.util.Set<java.lang.String> extractTransitiveAreas(Set<String> keys) {
         Set<String> transitiveClosure = new HashSet<>();
         for(String key:keys){
@@ -242,4 +268,11 @@ public final class ConfigModelManager {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the recorded usage references of configuration.
+     * @return the recorded usge references, never null.
+     */
+    public static Collection<Usage> getUsages() {
+        return usageTracker.getUsages();
+    }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ModelTarget.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ModelTarget.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ModelTarget.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8b687b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ModelTarget.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tamaya.model;
+
+/**
+ * This enumeration defines the types of supported validations.
+ */
+public enum ModelTarget {
+    /**
+     * A configuration section.
+     */
+    Section,
+    /**
+     * A configuration paramter.
+     */
+    Parameter,
+    /**
+     * ConfigModel that is a container of other validations.
+     */
+    Group,
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ModelType.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ModelType.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ModelType.java
deleted file mode 100644
index aaf22f7..0000000
--- a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ModelType.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.tamaya.model;
-
-/**
- * This enumeration defines the types of supported validations.
- */
-public enum ModelType {
-    /**
-     * A configuration section.
-     */
-    Section,
-    /**
-     * A configuration paramter.
-     */
-    Parameter,
-    /**
-     * ConfigModel to ensure a certain configuration filter is installed.
-     */
-    Filter,
-    /**
-     * ConfigModel to ensure a certain combination policy is active.
-     */
-    CombinationPolicy,
-    /**
-     * ConfigModel that is a container of other validations.
-     */
-    Group,
-    /**
-     * ConfigModel to simply check availability for a class on the current classpath.
-     */
-    LoadableClass
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/Validation.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/Validation.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/Validation.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bcaf9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/Validation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tamaya.model;
+
+import org.apache.tamaya.Configuration;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.AbstractConfigModel;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Models a partial configuration configModel result.
+ */
+public final class Validation {
+    /**
+     * the config section.
+     */
+    private final ConfigModel configModel;
+    /**
+     * The configModel result.
+     */
+    private final ValidationResult result;
+    /**
+     * The configModel message.
+     */
+    private final String message;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
+     *
+     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
+     * @return a new validation result containing valid parts of the given model.
+     */
+    public static Validation ofValid(ConfigModel configModel) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationResult.VALID, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
+     *
+     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
+     * @return a new validation result containing missing parts of the given model.
+     */
+    public static Validation ofMissing(ConfigModel configModel) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationResult.MISSING, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
+     *
+     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
+     * @param message Additional message to be shown (optional).
+     * @return a new validation result containing missing parts of the given model with a message.
+     */
+    public static Validation ofMissing(ConfigModel configModel, String message) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationResult.MISSING, message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
+     *
+     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
+     * @param error error message to add.
+     * @return a new validation result containing erroneous parts of the given model with the given error message.
+     */
+    public static Validation ofError(ConfigModel configModel, String error) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationResult.ERROR, error);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
+     *
+     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
+     * @param warning warning message to add.
+     * @return a new validation result containing warning parts of the given model with the given warning message.
+     */
+    public static Validation ofWarning(ConfigModel configModel, String warning) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationResult.WARNING, warning);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
+     *
+     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
+     * @param alternativeUsage allows setting a message to indicate non-deprecated replacement, maybe null.
+     * @return a new validation result containing deprecated parts of the given model with an optional message.
+     */
+    public static Validation ofDeprecated(ConfigModel configModel, String alternativeUsage) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationResult.DEPRECATED, alternativeUsage != null ? "Use instead: " + alternativeUsage : null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
+     *
+     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
+     * @return a new validation result containing deprecated parts of the given model.
+     */
+    public static Validation ofDeprecated(ConfigModel configModel) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationResult.DEPRECATED, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
+     *
+     * @param key the name/model key
+     * @param type model type 
+     * @return a corresponding configModel item
+     */
+    public static Validation ofUndefined(final String key, final ModelTarget type) {
+        return new Validation(new AbstractConfigModel(key, false, "Undefined key: " + key) {
+
+            @Override
+            public ModelTarget getType() {
+                return type;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public Collection<Validation> validate(Configuration config) {
+                return Collections.emptyList();
+            }
+        }, ValidationResult.UNDEFINED, null);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     *
+     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
+     * @param result     the configModel result, not null.
+     * @param message    the detail message.
+     * @return new validation result.
+     */
+    public static Validation of(ConfigModel configModel, ValidationResult result, String message) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, result, message);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     *
+     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
+     * @param result     the configModel result, not null.
+     * @param message    the detail message.
+     */
+    private Validation(ConfigModel configModel, ValidationResult result, String message) {
+        this.message = message;
+        this.configModel = Objects.requireNonNull(configModel);
+        this.result = Objects.requireNonNull(result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the configModel section.
+     *
+     * @return the section, never null.
+     */
+    public ConfigModel getConfigModel() {
+        return configModel;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the configModel result.
+     *
+     * @return the result, never null.
+     */
+    public ValidationResult getResult() {
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the detail message.
+     *
+     * @return the detail message, or null.
+     */
+    public String getMessage() {
+        return message;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        if (message != null) {
+            return result + ": " + configModel.getName() + " (" + configModel.getType() + ") -> " + message + '\n';
+        }
+        return result + ": " + configModel.getName() + " (" + configModel.getType() + ")";
+    }
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ValidationResult.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ValidationResult.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ValidationResult.java
index bb6dedb..d719f37 100644
--- a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ValidationResult.java
+++ b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ValidationResult.java
@@ -18,186 +18,42 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tamaya.model;
 
-import org.apache.tamaya.Configuration;
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.AbstractModel;
-
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Objects;
-
 /**
- * Models a partial configuration configModel result.
+ * Enum type describing the different validation results supported.
  */
-public final class ValidationResult {
-    /**
-     * the config section.
-     */
-    private final ConfigModel configModel;
-    /**
-     * The configModel result.
-     */
-    private final ValidationState result;
-    /**
-     * The configModel message.
-     */
-    private final String message;
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
-     *
-     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
-     * @return a new validation result containing valid parts of the given model.
-     */
-    public static ValidationResult ofValid(ConfigModel configModel) {
-        return new ValidationResult(configModel, ValidationState.VALID, null);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
-     *
-     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
-     * @return a new validation result containing missing parts of the given model.
-     */
-    public static ValidationResult ofMissing(ConfigModel configModel) {
-        return new ValidationResult(configModel, ValidationState.MISSING, null);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
-     *
-     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
-     * @param message Additional message to be shown (optional).
-     * @return a new validation result containing missing parts of the given model with a message.
-     */
-    public static ValidationResult ofMissing(ConfigModel configModel, String message) {
-        return new ValidationResult(configModel, ValidationState.MISSING, message);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
-     *
-     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
-     * @param error error message to add.
-     * @return a new validation result containing erroneous parts of the given model with the given error message.
-     */
-    public static ValidationResult ofError(ConfigModel configModel, String error) {
-        return new ValidationResult(configModel, ValidationState.ERROR, error);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
-     *
-     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
-     * @param warning warning message to add.
-     * @return a new validation result containing warning parts of the given model with the given warning message.
-     */
-    public static ValidationResult ofWarning(ConfigModel configModel, String warning) {
-        return new ValidationResult(configModel, ValidationState.WARNING, warning);
-    }
-
+public enum ValidationResult {
     /**
-     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
-     *
-     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
-     * @param alternativeUsage allows setting a message to indicate non-deprecated replacement, maybe null.
-     * @return a new validation result containing deprecated parts of the given model with an optional message.
+     * The validated item is valid
      */
-    public static ValidationResult ofDeprecated(ConfigModel configModel, String alternativeUsage) {
-        return new ValidationResult(configModel, ValidationState.DEPRECATED, alternativeUsage != null ? "Use instead: " + alternativeUsage : null);
-    }
-
+    VALID,
     /**
-     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
-     *
-     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
-     * @return a new validation result containing deprecated parts of the given model.
+     * The validated item is deprecated.
      */
-    public static ValidationResult ofDeprecated(ConfigModel configModel) {
-        return new ValidationResult(configModel, ValidationState.DEPRECATED, null);
-    }
-
+    DEPRECATED,
     /**
-     * Creates a new ValidationResult.
-     *
-     * @param key the name/model key
-     * @param type model type 
-     * @param provider model provider name
-     * @return a corresponding configModel item
+     * The validated item is correct, but the value is worth a warning.
      */
-    public static ValidationResult ofUndefined(final String key, final ModelType type, final String provider) {
-        return new ValidationResult(new AbstractModel(key, false, "Undefined key: " + key, provider) {
-
-            @Override
-            public ModelType getType() {
-                return type;
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public Collection<ValidationResult> validate(Configuration config) {
-                return Collections.emptySet();
-            }
-        }, ValidationState.UNDEFINED, null);
-    }
-
-
+    WARNING,
     /**
-     * Constructor.
-     *
-     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
-     * @param result     the configModel result, not null.
-     * @param message    the detail message.
-     * @return new validation result.
+     * The given section or parameter is not a defined/validated item. It may be still valid, but typically,
+     * when validation is fully implemented, such a parameter or section should be removed.
      */
-    public static ValidationResult of(ConfigModel configModel, ValidationState result, String message) {
-        return new ValidationResult(configModel, result, message);
-    }
-
-
+    UNDEFINED,
     /**
-     * Constructor.
-     *
-     * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
-     * @param result     the configModel result, not null.
-     * @param message    the detail message.
+     * A required parameter or section is missing.
      */
-    private ValidationResult(ConfigModel configModel, ValidationState result, String message) {
-        this.message = message;
-        this.configModel = Objects.requireNonNull(configModel);
-        this.result = Objects.requireNonNull(result);
-    }
-
+    MISSING,
     /**
-     * Get the configModel section.
-     *
-     * @return the section, never null.
+     * The validated item has an invalid value.
      */
-    public ConfigModel getConfigModel() {
-        return configModel;
-    }
+    ERROR;
 
     /**
-     * Get the configModel result.
+     * Method to quickly evaluate if the current state is an error state.
      *
-     * @return the result, never null.
+     * @return true, if the state is not ERROR or MISSING.
      */
-    public ValidationState getResult() {
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get the detail message.
-     *
-     * @return the detail message, or null.
-     */
-    public String getMessage() {
-        return message;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String toString() {
-        if (message != null) {
-            return result + ": " + configModel.getName() + " (" + configModel.getType() + ") -> " + message + '\n';
-        }
-        return result + ": " + configModel.getName() + " (" + configModel.getType() + ")";
+    boolean isError() {
+        return this.ordinal() == MISSING.ordinal() || this.ordinal() == ERROR.ordinal();
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ValidationState.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ValidationState.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ValidationState.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0170085..0000000
--- a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/ValidationState.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.tamaya.model;
-
-/**
- * Enum type describing the different validation results supported.
- */
-public enum ValidationState {
-    /**
-     * The validated item is valid
-     */
-    VALID,
-    /**
-     * The validated item is deprecated.
-     */
-    DEPRECATED,
-    /**
-     * The validated item is correct, but the value is worth a warning.
-     */
-    WARNING,
-    /**
-     * The given section or parameter is not a defined/validated item. It may be still valid, but typically,
-     * when validation is fully implemented, such a parametr or section should be removed.
-     */
-    UNDEFINED,
-    /**
-     * A required parameter or section is missing.
-     */
-    MISSING,
-    /**
-     * The validated item has an invalid value.
-     */
-    ERROR;
-
-    /**
-     * Method to quickly evaluate if the current state is an error state.
-     *
-     * @return true, if the state is not ERROR or MISSING.
-     */
-    boolean isError() {
-        return this.ordinal() == MISSING.ordinal() || this.ordinal() == ERROR.ordinal();
-    }
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfigDocumentationBean.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfigDocumentationBean.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfigDocumentationBean.java
index b86fcec..2d40ac0 100644
--- a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfigDocumentationBean.java
+++ b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfigDocumentationBean.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import org.apache.tamaya.Configuration;
 import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigurationProvider;
 import org.apache.tamaya.model.ConfigModel;
 import org.apache.tamaya.model.ConfigModelManager;
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.ModelType;
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.ValidationResult;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.ModelTarget;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.Validation;
 import org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.ConfigDocumentationMBean;
 
 import javax.json.Json;
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ public class ConfigDocumentationBean implements ConfigDocumentationMBean{
 
     private final JsonWriterFactory writerFactory;
 
-    private static final Comparator<ValidationResult> COMPARATOR = new Comparator<ValidationResult>() {
+    private static final Comparator<Validation> COMPARATOR = new Comparator<Validation>() {
         @Override
-        public int compare(ValidationResult v1, ValidationResult v2) {
+        public int compare(Validation v1, Validation v2) {
             int compare = VAL_COMPARATOR.compare(v1.getConfigModel(), v2.getConfigModel());
             if(compare==0){
                 compare = v1.getResult().compareTo(v2.getResult());
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ public class ConfigDocumentationBean implements ConfigDocumentationMBean{
 
     @Override
     public String validate(boolean showUndefined) {
-        List<ValidationResult> validations = new ArrayList<>(ConfigModelManager.validate(getConfig(), showUndefined));
+        List<Validation> validations = new ArrayList<>(ConfigModelManager.validate(getConfig(), showUndefined));
         Collections.sort(validations, COMPARATOR);
         JsonArrayBuilder builder = Json.createArrayBuilder();
-        for(ValidationResult val:validations){
+        for(Validation val:validations){
             builder.add(toJsonObject(val));
         }
         return formatJson(builder.build());
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ public class ConfigDocumentationBean implements ConfigDocumentationMBean{
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String getConfigurationModel(ModelType type) {
-        return findValidationModels(type, ".*");
+    public String getConfigurationModel(ModelTarget type) {
+        return findValidationModels(".*", type);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ public class ConfigDocumentationBean implements ConfigDocumentationMBean{
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String findValidationModels(ModelType type, String namePattern) {
-        List<ConfigModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>(ConfigModelManager.findModels(type, namePattern));
+    public String findValidationModels(String namePattern, ModelTarget... type) {
+        List<ConfigModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>(ConfigModelManager.findModels(namePattern, type));
         Collections.sort(configModels, VAL_COMPARATOR);
         JsonArrayBuilder result = Json.createArrayBuilder();
         for(ConfigModel val: configModels){
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public class ConfigDocumentationBean implements ConfigDocumentationMBean{
         return valJson.build();
     }
 
-    private JsonObject toJsonObject(ValidationResult val) {
+    private JsonObject toJsonObject(Validation val) {
         JsonObjectBuilder valJson = Json.createObjectBuilder().add("type", val.getConfigModel().getType().toString())
                 .add("name", val.getConfigModel().getName());
         if(val.getConfigModel().isRequired()){

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi.java
index 5bcf677..6585181 100644
--- a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi.java
+++ b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigurationProvider;
 import org.apache.tamaya.model.ConfigModel;
 import org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.ConfigModelReader;
 import org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.ModelProviderSpi;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spisupport.BasePropertySource;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spisupport.MapPropertySource;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -132,7 +134,8 @@ public class ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi implements ModelProviderSpi {
                 try (InputStream is = config.openStream()) {
                     Properties props = new Properties();
                     props.load(is);
-                    configModels.addAll(ConfigModelReader.loadValidations(props, config.toString()));
+                    configModels.addAll(ConfigModelReader.loadValidations(
+                            MapPropertySource.getMap(props), config.toString()));
                 } catch (Exception e) {
                     Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
                             "Error loading config metadata from " + config, e);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/AbstractConfigModel.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/AbstractConfigModel.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/AbstractConfigModel.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c1afb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/AbstractConfigModel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tamaya.model.spi;
+
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.ConfigModel;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Default configuration Model for a configuration area.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractConfigModel implements ConfigModel, Comparable<ConfigModel> {
+
+    private final String name;
+    private final String description;
+    private boolean required = false;
+
+
+    protected AbstractConfigModel(String name, boolean required, String description) {
+        this.name = Objects.requireNonNull(name);
+        this.description = description;
+        this.required = required;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isRequired() {
+        return required;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(ConfigModel configModel) {
+        int compare = getType().compareTo(configModel.getType());
+        if (compare != 0) {
+            return compare;
+        }
+        return getName().compareTo(configModel.getName());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        AbstractConfigModel that = (AbstractConfigModel) o;
+        return getType().equals(that.getType()) && name.equals(that.name);
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return getType().hashCode() + name.hashCode();
+    }
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/AbstractModel.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/AbstractModel.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/AbstractModel.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ae49731..0000000
--- a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/AbstractModel.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.tamaya.model.spi;
-
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.ConfigModel;
-
-import java.util.Objects;
-
-/**
- * Default configuration Model for a configuration area.
- */
-public abstract class AbstractModel implements ConfigModel, Comparable<ConfigModel> {
-
-    private final String name;
-    private final String provider;
-    private final String description;
-    private boolean required = false;
-
-
-    protected AbstractModel(String name, boolean required, String description, String provider) {
-        this.name = Objects.requireNonNull(name);
-        this.description = description;
-        this.required = required;
-        this.provider = provider;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getName() {
-        return name;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getProvider() {
-        return provider;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getDescription() {
-        return description;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isRequired() {
-        return required;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int compareTo(ConfigModel configModel) {
-        int compare = getType().compareTo(configModel.getType());
-        if (compare != 0) {
-            return compare;
-        }
-        return getName().compareTo(configModel.getName());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean equals(Object o) {
-        if (this == o) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        AbstractModel that = (AbstractModel) o;
-        return getType().equals(that.getType()) && name.equals(that.name);
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int hashCode() {
-        return getType().hashCode() + name.hashCode();
-    }
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/AreaConfigModel.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/AreaConfigModel.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/AreaConfigModel.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7daf8b3..0000000
--- a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/AreaConfigModel.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,204 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.tamaya.model.spi;
-
-import org.apache.tamaya.Configuration;
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.ConfigModel;
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.ModelType;
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.ValidationResult;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Objects;
-
-/**
- * Default configuration Model for a configuration section.
- */
-public class AreaConfigModel extends ConfigModelGroup {
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new builder.
-     * @param name the section name.
-     * @return a new builder instance.
-     */
-    public static Builder builder(String name){
-        return new Builder(name);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a section validation for the given section.
-     * @param name the fully qualified section name
-     * @param required flag, if the section is required to be present.
-     * @return the ConfigModel instance
-     */
-    public static ConfigModel of(String name, boolean required){
-        return new Builder(name).setRequired(required).build();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a section validation for the given section.
-     * @param name the fully qualified section name
-     * @param required flag, if the section is required to be present.
-     * @param configModels additional configModels
-     * @return a new builder, never null.
-     */
-    public static ConfigModel of(String name, boolean required, ConfigModel... configModels){
-        return new Builder(name).setRequired(required).addValidations(configModels).build();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Internal constructor.
-     * @param builder the builder, not null.
-     */
-    protected AreaConfigModel(Builder builder) {
-        super(builder.name, builder.provider, builder.childConfigModels);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public ModelType getType(){
-        return ModelType.Section;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Collection<ValidationResult> validate(Configuration config) {
-        Map<String,String> map = config.getProperties();
-        String lookupKey = getName() + '.';
-        boolean present = false;
-        for(String key:map.keySet()){
-            if(key.startsWith(lookupKey)){
-                present = true;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        List<ValidationResult> result = new ArrayList<>(1);
-        if(isRequired() && !present) {
-            result.add(ValidationResult.ofMissing(this));
-        }
-        result.addAll(super.validate(config));
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String toString() {
-        StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
-        b.append(getType()).append(": ").append(getName());
-        if(isRequired()) {
-            b.append(", required: " ).append(isRequired());
-        }
-        for(ConfigModel val:getValidations()){
-             b.append(", ").append(val.toString());
-        }
-        return b.toString();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Builder for setting up a AreaConfigModel instance.
-     */
-    public static class Builder{
-        /** The section name. */
-        private String name;
-        /** The optional provider. */
-        private String provider;
-        /** The optional description. */
-        private String description;
-        /** The required flag. */
-        private boolean required;
-        /** The (optional) custom validations.*/
-        private final List<ConfigModel> childConfigModels = new ArrayList<>();
-
-        /**
-         * Creates a new Builder.
-         * @param sectionName the section name, not null.
-         */
-        public Builder(String sectionName){
-            this.name = Objects.requireNonNull(sectionName);
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Add configModels.
-         * @param configModels the configModels, not null.
-         * @return the Builder for chaining.
-         */
-        public Builder addValidations(ConfigModel... configModels){
-            this.childConfigModels.addAll(Arrays.asList(configModels));
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Add configModels.
-         * @param configModels the configModels, not null.
-         * @return the Builder for chaining.
-         */
-        public Builder addValidations(Collection<ConfigModel> configModels){
-            this.childConfigModels.addAll(configModels);
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Sets the required flag.
-         * @param required zhe flag.
-         * @return the Builder for chaining.
-         */
-        public Builder setRequired(boolean required){
-            this.required = required;
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Set the )optional) description.
-         * @param description the description.
-         * @return the Builder for chaining.
-         */
-        public Builder setDescription(String description){
-            this.description = description;
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Set the )optional) provider.
-         * @param provider the provider.
-         * @return the Builder for chaining.
-         */
-        public Builder setProvider(String provider){
-            this.provider = provider;
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Set the section name
-         * @param name the section name, not null.
-         * @return the Builder for chaining.
-         */
-        public Builder setName(String name){
-            this.name = Objects.requireNonNull(name);
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Build a new ConfigModel instance.
-         * @return the new ConfigModel instance, not null.
-         */
-        public ConfigModel build(){
-            return new AreaConfigModel(this);
-        }
-    }
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ConfigDocumentationMBean.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ConfigDocumentationMBean.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ConfigDocumentationMBean.java
index c24b9f7..f5636dc 100644
--- a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ConfigDocumentationMBean.java
+++ b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ConfigDocumentationMBean.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tamaya.model.spi;
 
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.ModelType;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.ModelTarget;
 
 /**
  * JMX Management bean for accessing current configuration information
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public interface ConfigDocumentationMBean {
 
     String getConfigurationModel();
 
-    String getConfigurationModel(ModelType type);
+    String getConfigurationModel(ModelTarget type);
 
     /**
      * Find the validations by checking the validation's name using the given regular expression.
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ public interface ConfigDocumentationMBean {
 
     /**
      * Find the validations by checking the validation's name using the given regular expression.
-     * @param type the target ModelType, not null.
+     * @param type the target ModelTypes (optional), not null.
      * @param namePattern the regular expression to use, not null.
      * @return the sections defined, never null.
      */
-    String findValidationModels(ModelType type, String namePattern);
+    String findValidationModels(String namePattern, ModelTarget... type);
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ConfigModelGroup.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ConfigModelGroup.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ConfigModelGroup.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e0dc3a..0000000
--- a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ConfigModelGroup.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.tamaya.model.spi;
-
-import org.apache.tamaya.Configuration;
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.ConfigModel;
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.ModelType;
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.ValidationResult;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Objects;
-
-/**
- * Default configuration Model for a configuration area.
- */
-public class ConfigModelGroup implements ConfigModel {
-
-    private final String name;
-    private boolean required;
-    private final String provider;
-    private List<ConfigModel> childConfigModels = new ArrayList<>();
-
-    public ConfigModelGroup(String name, String provider, ConfigModel... configModels){
-        this(name, provider, Arrays.asList(configModels));
-    }
-
-    public ConfigModelGroup(String name, String provider, Collection<ConfigModel> configModels){
-        this.name = Objects.requireNonNull(name);
-        this.provider = provider;
-        this.childConfigModels.addAll(configModels);
-        this.childConfigModels = Collections.unmodifiableList(childConfigModels);
-        for(ConfigModel val: configModels) {
-            if(val.isRequired()){
-                this.required = true;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getName() {
-        return name;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getProvider() {
-        return provider;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isRequired() {
-        return required;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public ModelType getType() {
-        return ModelType.Group;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getDescription() {
-        if(childConfigModels.isEmpty()){
-            return null;
-        }
-        StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
-        for(ConfigModel val: childConfigModels){
-            b.append("  >> ").append(val);
-        }
-        return b.toString();
-    }
-
-    public Collection<ConfigModel> getValidations(){
-        return childConfigModels;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Collection<ValidationResult> validate(Configuration config) {
-        List<ValidationResult> result = new ArrayList<>(1);
-        for(ConfigModel child: childConfigModels){
-            result.addAll(child.validate(config));
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String toString(){
-        return String.valueOf(getType()) + ", size: " + childConfigModels.size() + ": " + getDescription();
-    }
-
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ConfigModelReader.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ConfigModelReader.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ConfigModelReader.java
index 717926a..db85722 100644
--- a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ConfigModelReader.java
+++ b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ConfigModelReader.java
@@ -45,51 +45,44 @@ public final class ConfigModelReader {
      * Utility class only.
      */
     private ConfigModelReader(){}
+///*
+//    *//**
+//     * Loads validations as configured in the given properties.
+//     * @param props the properties to be read
+//     * @param selector
+//     * @return a collection of config validations.
+//     *//*
+//    public static Collection<ConfigModel> loadValidations(Map<String,String> props, String selector) {
+//        Map<String,String> map = new HashMap<>();
+//        for(Map.Entry<String, String> en: props.entrySet()){
+//            if(!selector.matches(en.getKey())){
+//                map.put(en.getKey().toString(), props.get(en.getKey().toString()));
+//            }
+//        }
+//        return loadValidations(map);
+//    }*/
 
     /**
      * Loads validations as configured in the given properties.
      * @param props the properties to be read
-     * @param defaultProviderName the default provider name used if no explicit provider name is configured.
-     * @return a collection of config validations.
-     */
-    public static Collection<ConfigModel> loadValidations(Properties props,
-                                                          String defaultProviderName) {
-        Map<String,String> map = new HashMap<>();
-        for(Map.Entry<Object,Object> en: props.entrySet()){
-            map.put(en.getKey().toString(), props.getProperty(en.getKey().toString()));
-        }
-        return loadValidations(map, defaultProviderName);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Loads validations as configured in the given properties.
-     * @param props the properties to be read
-     * @param defaultProviderName the default provider name used if no explicit provider name is configured.
      * @return a collection of config validations.
      */
-    public static Collection<ConfigModel> loadValidations(Map<String,String> props,
-                                                          String defaultProviderName) {
+    public static Collection<ConfigModel> loadValidations(Map<String,String> props) {
         String selector = props.get(META_INFO_SELECTOR_PARAM);
         if(selector==null){
             selector = DEFAULT_META_INFO_SELECTOR;
         }
-        return loadValidations(props, selector, defaultProviderName);
+        return loadValidations(props, selector);
     }
 
     /**
      * Loads validations as configured in the given properties.
      * @param props the properties to be read
      * @param selector the selector (default is {model}), that identifies the model entries.
-     * @param defaultProviderName the default provider name used if no explicit provider name is configured.
      * @return a collection of config validations.
      */
-    public static Collection<ConfigModel> loadValidations(Map<String,String> props, String selector,
-                                                          String defaultProviderName) {
+    public static Collection<ConfigModel> loadValidations(Map<String,String> props, String selector) {
         List<ConfigModel> result = new ArrayList<>();
-        String provider = props.get(selector + ".__provider");
-        if (provider == null) {
-            provider = defaultProviderName;
-        }
         Set<String> itemKeys = new HashSet<>();
         for (Object key : props.keySet()) {
             if (key.toString().endsWith(".class")) {
@@ -113,14 +106,14 @@ public final class ConfigModelReader {
             String requiredVal = props.get(baseKey + ".required");
             if ("Parameter".equalsIgnoreCase(clazz)) {
                 result.add(createParameterValidation(baseKey.substring(selector.length() + 1), description, type,
-                            requiredVal, regEx, validations, provider));
+                            requiredVal, regEx, validations));
             } else if ("Section".equalsIgnoreCase(clazz)) {
                 if(transitive){
                     result.add(createSectionValidation(baseKey.substring(selector.length() + 1)+".*", description, requiredVal,
-                            validations, provider));
+                            validations));
                 } else {
                     result.add(createSectionValidation(baseKey.substring(selector.length() + 1), description, requiredVal,
-                            validations, provider));
+                            validations));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -138,10 +131,10 @@ public final class ConfigModelReader {
      * @return the new validation for this parameter.
      */
     private static ConfigModel createParameterValidation(String paramName, String description, String type, String reqVal,
-                                                         String regEx, String validations, String provider) {
+                                                         String regEx, String validations) {
         boolean required = "true".equalsIgnoreCase(reqVal);
         ParameterModel.Builder builder = ParameterModel.builder(paramName).setRequired(required)
-                .setDescription(description).setExpression(regEx).setType(type).setProvider(provider);
+                .setDescription(description).setExpression(regEx).setType(type);
 //        if (validations != null) {
 //            try {
 //                // TODO defined validator API
@@ -162,10 +155,10 @@ public final class ConfigModelReader {
      * @return the new validation for this section.
      */
     private static ConfigModel createSectionValidation(String sectionName, String description, String reqVal,
-                                                       String validations, String provider) {
+                                                       String validations) {
         boolean required = "true".equalsIgnoreCase(reqVal);
-        AreaConfigModel.Builder builder = AreaConfigModel.builder(sectionName).setRequired(required)
-                .setDescription(description).setProvider(provider);
+        SectionModel.Builder builder = SectionModel.builder(sectionName).setRequired(required)
+                .setDescription(description);
 //        if (validations != null) {
 //            try {
 //                // TODO defined validator API

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/GroupModel.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/GroupModel.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/GroupModel.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8ead01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/GroupModel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tamaya.model.spi;
+
+import org.apache.tamaya.Configuration;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.ConfigModel;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.ModelTarget;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.Validation;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Default configuration Model for a configuration area.
+ */
+public class GroupModel implements ConfigModel {
+
+    private final String name;
+    private boolean required;
+    private List<ConfigModel> childModels = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    public GroupModel(String name, ConfigModel... configModels){
+        this(name, Arrays.asList(configModels));
+    }
+
+    public GroupModel(String name, Collection<ConfigModel> configModels){
+        this.name = Objects.requireNonNull(name);
+        this.childModels.addAll(configModels);
+        this.childModels = Collections.unmodifiableList(childModels);
+        for(ConfigModel val: configModels) {
+            if(val.isRequired()){
+                this.required = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isRequired() {
+        return required;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ModelTarget getType() {
+        return ModelTarget.Group;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDescription() {
+        if(childModels.isEmpty()){
+            return null;
+        }
+        StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
+        for(ConfigModel val: childModels){
+            b.append("  >> ").append(val);
+        }
+        return b.toString();
+    }
+
+    public Collection<ConfigModel> getValidations(){
+        return childModels;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<Validation> validate(Configuration config) {
+        List<Validation> result = new ArrayList<>(1);
+        for(ConfigModel child: childModels){
+            result.addAll(child.validate(config));
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString(){
+        return String.valueOf(getType()) + ", size: " + childModels.size() + ": " + getDescription();
+    }
+
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ParameterModel.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ParameterModel.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ParameterModel.java
index 43d7174..dfe5c56 100644
--- a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ParameterModel.java
+++ b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/ParameterModel.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ package org.apache.tamaya.model.spi;
 
 import org.apache.tamaya.Configuration;
 import org.apache.tamaya.model.ConfigModel;
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.ModelType;
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.ValidationResult;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.ModelTarget;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.Validation;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 /**
  * Default configuration Model for a configuration parameter.
  */
-public class ParameterModel extends AbstractModel {
+public class ParameterModel extends AbstractConfigModel {
     /** Optional regular expression for validating the value. */
     private final String regEx;
     /** The target type into which the value must be convertible. */
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ public class ParameterModel extends AbstractModel {
      * @param builder the builder, not null.
      */
     protected ParameterModel(Builder builder) {
-        super(builder.name, builder.required, builder.description, builder.provider);
+        super(builder.name, builder.required, builder.description);
         this.regEx = builder.regEx;
         this.type = builder.type;
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ModelType getType() {
-        return ModelType.Parameter;
+    public ModelTarget getType() {
+        return ModelTarget.Parameter;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -64,15 +64,15 @@ public class ParameterModel extends AbstractModel {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Collection<ValidationResult> validate(Configuration config) {
-        List<ValidationResult> result = new ArrayList<>(1);
+    public Collection<Validation> validate(Configuration config) {
+        List<Validation> result = new ArrayList<>(1);
         String configValue = config.get(getName());
         if (configValue == null && isRequired()) {
-            result.add(ValidationResult.ofMissing(this));
+            result.add(Validation.ofMissing(this));
         }
         if (configValue != null && regEx != null) {
             if (!configValue.matches(regEx)) {
-                result.add(ValidationResult.ofError(this, "Config value not matching expression: " + regEx + ", was " +
+                result.add(Validation.ofError(this, "Config value not matching expression: " + regEx + ", was " +
                         configValue));
             }
         }
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ public class ParameterModel extends AbstractModel {
         private Class<?> type;
         /** The fully qualified parameter name. */
         private String name;
-        /** The optional provider. */
-        private String provider;
         /** The optional validation expression. */
         private String regEx;
         /** The optional description. */
@@ -216,16 +214,6 @@ public class ParameterModel extends AbstractModel {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Set the provider.
-         * @param provider the provider.
-         * @return the Builder for chaining
-         */
-        public Builder setProvider(String provider) {
-            this.provider = provider;
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
          * Creates a new ConfigModel with the given parameters.
          * @return a new ConfigModel , never null.
          */

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/SectionModel.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/SectionModel.java b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/SectionModel.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f55a2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/spi/SectionModel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tamaya.model.spi;
+
+import org.apache.tamaya.Configuration;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.ConfigModel;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.ModelTarget;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.Validation;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Default configuration Model for a configuration section.
+ */
+public class SectionModel extends GroupModel {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new builder.
+     * @param name the section name.
+     * @return a new builder instance.
+     */
+    public static Builder builder(String name){
+        return new Builder(name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a section validation for the given section.
+     * @param name the fully qualified section name
+     * @param required flag, if the section is required to be present.
+     * @return the ConfigModel instance
+     */
+    public static ConfigModel of(String name, boolean required){
+        return new Builder(name).setRequired(required).build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a section validation for the given section.
+     * @param name the fully qualified section name
+     * @param required flag, if the section is required to be present.
+     * @param configModels additional configModels
+     * @return a new builder, never null.
+     */
+    public static ConfigModel of(String name, boolean required, ConfigModel... configModels){
+        return new Builder(name).setRequired(required).addValidations(configModels).build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Internal constructor.
+     * @param builder the builder, not null.
+     */
+    protected SectionModel(Builder builder) {
+        super(builder.name, builder.childConfigModels);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ModelTarget getType(){
+        return ModelTarget.Section;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<Validation> validate(Configuration config) {
+        Map<String,String> map = config.getProperties();
+        String lookupKey = getName() + '.';
+        boolean present = false;
+        for(String key:map.keySet()){
+            if(key.startsWith(lookupKey)){
+                present = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        List<Validation> result = new ArrayList<>(1);
+        if(isRequired() && !present) {
+            result.add(Validation.ofMissing(this));
+        }
+        result.addAll(super.validate(config));
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
+        b.append(getType()).append(": ").append(getName());
+        if(isRequired()) {
+            b.append(", required: " ).append(isRequired());
+        }
+        for(ConfigModel val:getValidations()){
+             b.append(", ").append(val.toString());
+        }
+        return b.toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Builder for setting up a AreaConfigModel instance.
+     */
+    public static class Builder{
+        /** The section name. */
+        private String name;
+        /** The optional description. */
+        private String description;
+        /** The required flag. */
+        private boolean required;
+        /** The (optional) custom validations.*/
+        private final List<ConfigModel> childConfigModels = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        /**
+         * Creates a new Builder.
+         * @param sectionName the section name, not null.
+         */
+        public Builder(String sectionName){
+            this.name = Objects.requireNonNull(sectionName);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Add configModels.
+         * @param configModels the configModels, not null.
+         * @return the Builder for chaining.
+         */
+        public Builder addValidations(ConfigModel... configModels){
+            this.childConfigModels.addAll(Arrays.asList(configModels));
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Add configModels.
+         * @param configModels the configModels, not null.
+         * @return the Builder for chaining.
+         */
+        public Builder addValidations(Collection<ConfigModel> configModels){
+            this.childConfigModels.addAll(configModels);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the required flag.
+         * @param required zhe flag.
+         * @return the Builder for chaining.
+         */
+        public Builder setRequired(boolean required){
+            this.required = required;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Set the )optional) description.
+         * @param description the description.
+         * @return the Builder for chaining.
+         */
+        public Builder setDescription(String description){
+            this.description = description;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Set the section name
+         * @param name the section name, not null.
+         * @return the Builder for chaining.
+         */
+        public Builder setName(String name){
+            this.name = Objects.requireNonNull(name);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Build a new ConfigModel instance.
+         * @return the new ConfigModel instance, not null.
+         */
+        public ConfigModel build(){
+            return new SectionModel(this);
+        }
+    }
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/TestConfigModelProvider.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/TestConfigModelProvider.java b/model/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/TestConfigModelProvider.java
index f1f09a1..2c7e753 100644
--- a/model/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/TestConfigModelProvider.java
+++ b/model/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/TestConfigModelProvider.java
@@ -18,16 +18,22 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tamaya.model;
 
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.AreaConfigModel;
+import org.apache.tamaya.Configuration;
+import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigurationProvider;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.SectionModel;
 import org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.ParameterModel;
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.ConfigModelGroup;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.GroupModel;
 import org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.ModelProviderSpi;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import test.model.TestConfigAccessor;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
 /**
  * Created by Anatole on 09.08.2015.
  */
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ public class TestConfigModelProvider implements ModelProviderSpi {
     private List<ConfigModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>(1);
 
     public TestConfigModelProvider(){
-        configModels.add(new TestConfigConfigModel());
+        configModels.add(new TestConfigModel());
         configModels = Collections.unmodifiableList(configModels);
     }
 
@@ -44,14 +50,14 @@ public class TestConfigModelProvider implements ModelProviderSpi {
         return configModels;
     }
 
-    private static final class TestConfigConfigModel extends ConfigModelGroup {
+    private static final class TestConfigModel extends GroupModel {
 
-        public TestConfigConfigModel(){
-            super("TestConfig", "test", new AreaConfigModel.Builder("a.test.existing").setRequired(true).build(),
+        public TestConfigModel(){
+            super("TestConfig", new SectionModel.Builder("a.test.existing").setRequired(true).build(),
                     ParameterModel.of("a.test.existing.aParam", true),
                     ParameterModel.of("a.test.existing.optionalParam"),
                     ParameterModel.of("a.test.existing.aABCParam", false, "[ABC].*"),
-                    new AreaConfigModel.Builder("a.test.notexisting").setRequired(true).build(),
+                    new SectionModel.Builder("a.test.notexisting").setRequired(true).build(),
                     ParameterModel.of("a.test.notexisting.aParam", true),
                     ParameterModel.of("a.test.notexisting.optionalParam"),
                     ParameterModel.of("a.test.existing.aABCParam2", false, "[ABC].*"));
@@ -62,4 +68,22 @@ public class TestConfigModelProvider implements ModelProviderSpi {
         }
 
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUsage(){
+        TestConfigAccessor.readConfiguration();
+        Configuration config = ConfigurationProvider.getConfiguration();
+        String info = ConfigModelManager.getUsageInfo();
+        assertNotNull(info);
+        System.out.println(info);
+        config = TestConfigAccessor.readConfiguration();
+        config.getProperties();
+        TestConfigAccessor.readProperty(config, "java.locale");
+        TestConfigAccessor.readProperty(config, "java.version");
+        TestConfigAccessor.readProperty(config, "java.version");
+        config.get("java.version");
+        info = ConfigModelManager.getUsageInfo();
+        System.out.println(info);
+        assertNotNull(info);
+    }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/5a22c680/model/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfigDocumentationBeanTest.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/model/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfigDocumentationBeanTest.java b/model/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfigDocumentationBeanTest.java
index 0f344d6..d60e902 100644
--- a/model/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfigDocumentationBeanTest.java
+++ b/model/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/model/internal/ConfigDocumentationBeanTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tamaya.model.internal;
 
-import org.apache.tamaya.model.ModelType;
+import org.apache.tamaya.model.ModelTarget;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class ConfigDocumentationBeanTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testGetConfigurationModel_WithSection() throws Exception {
-        String results = mbean.getConfigurationModel(ModelType.Parameter);
+        String results = mbean.getConfigurationModel(ModelTarget.Parameter);
         assertNotNull(results);
         assertFalse(results.trim().isEmpty());
         assertTrue(results.contains("\"type\":\"Parameter\""));
@@ -92,15 +92,11 @@ public class ConfigDocumentationBeanTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testFindValidationModels() throws Exception {
-        String results = mbean.findValidationModels(ModelType.Section, "a");
+        String results = mbean.findValidationModels("a", ModelTarget.Section);
         assertNotNull(results);
         assertFalse(results.trim().isEmpty());
         assertFalse(results.contains("\"type\":\"Parameter\""));
         assertTrue(results.contains("\"type\":\"Section\""));
-        results = mbean.findValidationModels(ModelType.CombinationPolicy, "a");
-        assertFalse(results.trim().isEmpty());
-        assertFalse(results.contains("\"type\":\"Parameter\""));
-        assertFalse(results.contains("\"type\":\"Section\""));
         System.out.println(results);
     }