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Posted to commits@tamaya.apache.org by an...@apache.org on 2018/11/18 21:20:22 UTC

[04/20] incubator-tamaya-extensions git commit: TAMAYA-274 Reduced API footprint by using Java 8 features. Added some lambdas. TAMAYA-355 Enable mapping of lists and arrays into internal datastructures. TAMAYA-353 Adding support for different classloa

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationData.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationData.java b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationData.java
index c310575..1ef829c 100644
--- a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationData.java
+++ b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationData.java
@@ -18,29 +18,21 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tamaya.format;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyValue;
+
+import java.util.*;
 
 /**
- * <p>Data that abstracts the data read from a configuration resources using a certain format. The data can be divided
+ * Data that abstracts the data read from a configuration resources using a certain format. The data can be divided
  * into different sections, similar to ini-files. Herebey different sections the best map to entries with different
- * priorities to be applied, when integrated into PropertySource instances.</p>
- * New instances of this class can be created using a {@link org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationDataBuilder}.
- * <h3>Implementation Specification</h3>
- * This class is
- * <ul>
- *     <li>immutable</li>
- *     <li>thread-safe</li>
- * </ul>
+ * priorities to be applied, when integrated into PropertySource instances.
  */
 public final class ConfigurationData {
     public static final String DEFAULT_SECTION_NAME = "default";
     /**
      * The sections read.
      */
-    private Map<String, Map<String, String>> namedSections = new HashMap<>();
+    private List<PropertyValue> data = new ArrayList<>();
     /** The format instance used to read this instance. */
     private final ConfigurationFormat format;
     /** The resource read. */
@@ -49,12 +41,26 @@ public final class ConfigurationData {
 
     /**
      * COnstructor used by builder.
-     * @param builder the builder instance passing the read configuration data.
+     * @param data the data read, not null.
+     * @param format the format, not null.
+     * @param resource the underlying resource, not null.
      */
-    ConfigurationData(ConfigurationDataBuilder builder){
-        this.format = builder.format;
-        this.resource = builder.resource;
-        this.namedSections.putAll(builder.namedSections);
+    public ConfigurationData(String resource, ConfigurationFormat format, Collection<PropertyValue> data){
+        this.format = Objects.requireNonNull(format);
+        this.resource =Objects.requireNonNull(resource);
+        this.data.addAll(Objects.requireNonNull(data));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * COnstructor used by builder.
+     * @param data the data read, not null.
+     * @param format the format, not null.
+     * @param resource the underlying resource, not null.
+     */
+    public ConfigurationData(String resource, ConfigurationFormat format, PropertyValue... data){
+        this.format = Objects.requireNonNull(format);
+        this.resource =Objects.requireNonNull(resource);
+        this.data.addAll(Arrays.asList(data));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -75,72 +81,10 @@ public final class ConfigurationData {
 
     /**
      * Access an immutable Set of all present section names, including the default section (if any).
-     * @return the set of present section names, never null.
-     */
-    public Set<String> getSectionNames() {
-        if (namedSections == null) {
-            return Collections.emptySet();
-        }
-        return namedSections.keySet();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get a section's data.
-     * @param name the section name, not null.
-     * @return the unmodifiable data of this section, or null,
-     *         if no such section exists.
-     */
-    public Map<String, String> getSection(String name) {
-        return this.namedSections.get(name);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Convenience accessor for accessing the 'default' section.
-     * @return the default section's data, or null, if no such section exists.
-     */
-    public Map<String, String> getDefaultProperties() {
-        Map<String,String> props = getSection(DEFAULT_SECTION_NAME);
-        if(props!=null){
-            return Collections.unmodifiableMap(props);
-        }
-        return Collections.emptyMap();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get combined properties for this config data instance, which contains all
-     * properties of all sections in the form {@code Entry<section::property,value>}.
-     *
-     * @return the normalized properties.
-     */
-    public Map<String, String> getCombinedProperties() {
-        Map<String, String> combinedProperties = new HashMap<>();
-        // populate it with sections...
-        for (String sectionName : getSectionNames()) {
-            Map<String, String> section = getSection(sectionName);
-            for (Map.Entry<String, String> en : section.entrySet()) {
-                String key = sectionName + "::" + en.getKey();
-                combinedProperties.put(key, en.getValue());
-            }
-        }
-        return combinedProperties;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Immutable accessor to ckeck, if there are default properties present.
-     * @param section the section, not null.
-     * @return true, if default properties are present.
-     */
-    public boolean containsSection(String section) {
-        return this.namedSections.containsKey(section);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Immutable accessor to ckeck, if there are default properties present.
-     *
-     * @return true, if default properties are present.
+     * @return the setCurrent of present section names, never null.
      */
-    public boolean hasDefaultProperties() {
-        return containsSection(DEFAULT_SECTION_NAME);
+    public List<PropertyValue> getData() {
+        return data;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -149,17 +93,16 @@ public final class ConfigurationData {
      * @return true, if no properties are contained in this data item.
      */
     public boolean isEmpty() {
-        return !namedSections.isEmpty();
+        return data.isEmpty();
     }
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return "ConfigurationData{" +
                 "\n  format        = " + format +
-                "\n, resource      = " + resource +
-                "\n, sections      = " + namedSections.keySet() +
-                "\n  default count = " + getDefaultProperties().size() +
-                '}';
+                "\n  resource      = " + resource +
+                "\n  data          = " + data +
+                "\n}";
     }
 
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationDataBuilder.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationDataBuilder.java b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationDataBuilder.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ac485a..0000000
--- a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationDataBuilder.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,198 +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.format;
-
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.Set;
-
-
-/**
- * Builder for creating {@link org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationData} instances. This class is not thread-safe.
- */
-public final class ConfigurationDataBuilder {
-
-    /** The format instance used to read this instance. */
-    final ConfigurationFormat format;
-    /** The resource read. */
-    final String resource;
-    /**
-     * The sections read.
-     */
-    Map<String, Map<String, String>> namedSections = new HashMap<>();
-
-    /**
-     * Private constructor.
-     * @param resource the configuration resource URL, not null.
-     * @param format the format that read this data, not null.
-     */
-    private ConfigurationDataBuilder(String resource, ConfigurationFormat format){
-        this.format = Objects.requireNonNull(format);
-        this.resource = Objects.requireNonNull(resource);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new instance.
-     * @param resource the configuration resource URL, not null.
-     * @param format the format that read this data, not null.
-     * @return new instance of this class.
-     */
-    public static ConfigurationDataBuilder of(String resource, ConfigurationFormat format){
-        return new ConfigurationDataBuilder(resource, format);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new instance.
-     * @param data an existing ConfigurationData instances used to initialize the builder.
-     * @return new instance of this class from the given configuration.
-     */
-    public static ConfigurationDataBuilder of(ConfigurationData data){
-        ConfigurationDataBuilder b = new ConfigurationDataBuilder(data.getResource(), data.getFormat());
-        if (!data.isEmpty()) {
-            for(String section:data.getSectionNames()) {
-                b.addSectionProperties(section, data.getSection(section));
-            }
-        }
-        return b;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds (empty) sections,if they are not yet existing. Already existing sections will not be touched.
-     * @param sections the new sections to put.
-     * @return the builder for chaining.
-     */
-    public ConfigurationDataBuilder addSections(String... sections){
-        for (String section : sections) {
-            if (!namedSections.containsKey(section)) {
-                namedSections.put(section, new HashMap<String, String>());
-            }
-        }
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a single entry to a target section.
-     * @param section the target section (will be created if not existing).
-     * @param key the entry's key
-     * @param value the entry's value
-     * @return the builder for chaining.
-     */
-    public ConfigurationDataBuilder addSectionProperty(String section, String key, String value) {
-        Map<String, String> map = namedSections.get(section);
-        if (map == null) {
-            map = new HashMap<>();
-            namedSections.put(section, map);
-        }
-        map.put(key, value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a single entry to the <i>default</i> section.
-     * @param key the entry's key
-     * @param value the entry's value
-     * @return the builder for chaining.
-     */
-    public ConfigurationDataBuilder addDefaultProperty(String key, String value) {
-        return addSectionProperty("default", key, value);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a single entry to the <i>default</i> section.
-     * @param key the entry's key
-     * @param value the entry's value
-     * @return the builder for chaining.
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #addDefaultProperty(String, String)} instead of.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public ConfigurationDataBuilder addProperty(String key, String value) {
-        return addDefaultProperty(key, value);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds the given entries to the given section, all existing values will be overridden.
-     * @param section the target section (will be created if not existing).
-     * @param properties the entry's data
-     * @return the builder for chaining.
-     */
-    public ConfigurationDataBuilder addSectionProperties(String section, Map<String, String> properties) {
-        Map<String, String> map = namedSections.get(section);
-        if (map == null) {
-            map = new HashMap<>();
-            namedSections.put(section, map);
-        }
-        map.putAll(properties);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds the given entries to the <i>default</i> section, all existing values will be overridden.
-     * @param properties the entry's data
-     * @return the builder for chaining.
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #addDefaultProperties(Map)} instead of.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public ConfigurationDataBuilder addProperties(Map<String, String> properties) {
-        return addDefaultProperties(properties);
-    }
-
-
-        /**
-         * Adds the given entries to the <i>default</i> section, all existing values will be overridden.
-         * @param properties the entry's data
-         * @return the builder for chaining.
-         */
-    public ConfigurationDataBuilder addDefaultProperties(Map<String, String> properties) {
-        Map<String,String> defaultProps = this.namedSections.get("default");
-        if(defaultProps==null){
-            defaultProps = new HashMap<>();
-            this.namedSections.put("default", defaultProps);
-        }
-        defaultProps.putAll(properties);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Access the current named sections, if not present a new instance is initialized.
-     *
-     * @return the current named sections, never null.
-     */
-    public Set<String> getSectionNames() {
-        return namedSections.keySet();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Builds a new {@link org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationData} instance.
-     * @return a new {@link org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationData} instance, not null.
-     */
-    public ConfigurationData build(){
-        return new ConfigurationData(this);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String toString() {
-        return "ConfigurationDataBuilder{" +
-                "\n  format=" + format +
-                "\n  sections=" + namedSections.keySet() +
-                "\n  resource=" + resource +
-                "\n}";
-    }
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationFormat.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationFormat.java b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationFormat.java
index 79c0bf9..32428de 100644
--- a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationFormat.java
+++ b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationFormat.java
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tamaya.format;
 
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyValue;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Collection;
 
 /**
  * <p>Implementations current this class encapsulate the mechanism how to read a
@@ -57,35 +60,21 @@ public interface ConfigurationFormat {
 
     /**
      * Reads a configuration from an URL, hereby parsing the given {@link java.io.InputStream}. Dependening on
-     * the capabilities of the format the returned {@link org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationData} may contain
+     * the capabilities of the format the returned {@link PropertyValue} may contain
      * different levels of data:
      * <ul>
      *     <li>Only a <i>default</i> section is returned, since the configuration format does not support
-     *     hierarchies. This is the case for properties and xml properties.</li>
-     *     <li>Hierarchical formats such as INI, XML and JSON can map each node to a section. Each section
-     *     can have its own key/value pairs. This allows to map also complex formats in a generic way. A
-     *     format implementation should then additionally flatten the whole data and store it in a accessible as
-     *     {@link ConfigurationData#getCombinedProperties()}. This allows to use the properties as inout to a default mapping,
-     *     which is always appropriate as long as no other semnatics
-     *     are defined in the concrete target scenario.</li>
-     *     <li>More complex custom scenarios should map their configuration data read into different
-     *     sections. Typically the data will be mapped into different {@link org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertySource}
-     *     instances with different ordinal levels. As an example imagine a custom format that contains sections
-     *     'defaults', 'global-defaults', 'application', 'server-overrides'.</li>
-     *     <li>Alternate formats</li>
+     *     hierarchies, e.g. a root {@link PropertyValue} with a number of direct getChildren.</li>
+     *     <li>Hierarchical formats such as INI, XML, YAML and JSON can have both object mapped childs as well as arrays/list
+     *     childs. With {@link PropertyValue#asMap()} a default mapping to a property based representation is
+     *     available.</li>
      * </ul>
      *
-     * Summarizing implementations common formats should always provide
-     * <ul>
-     *     <li>the data organized in sections as useful for the given format. If data is organized in one section, it
-     *     should be mapped into the DEFAULT section.</li>
-     *     <li>Formats that do provide multiple sections, should always provide a FLATTENED section as well, where
-     *     all the data is organized as a flattened key/value pairs, enabling a generic mapping to a
-     *     {@link org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertySource}.</li>
-     * </ul>
+     * Summarizing implementations common formats should always provide the data organized in a {@link PropertyValue}
+     * tree for the given format.
      *
      * If the configuration format only contains entries of one ordinal type, normally only one single
-     * instance of PropertySource is returned (the corresponding key/values should end up in the DEFAULT section).
+     * instance of PropertySource is returned.
      * Nevertheless custom formats may contain different sections or parts,
      * where each part maps to a different target ordinal (eg defaults, domain config and app config). In the
      * ladder case multiple PropertySources can be returned, each one with its own ordinal and the corresponding
@@ -93,7 +82,7 @@ public interface ConfigurationFormat {
      * @see org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertySource
      * @param inputStream the inputStream to read from, not null.
      * @param resource the resource id, not null.
-     * @return the corresponding {@link ConfigurationData} containing sections/properties read, never {@code null}.
+     * @return the corresponding {@link PropertyValue} containing sections/properties read, never {@code null}.
      * @throws org.apache.tamaya.ConfigException if parsing of the input fails.
      * @throws IOException if reading the input fails.
      */

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationFormats.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationFormats.java b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationFormats.java
index 3ec6c01..f098b94 100644
--- a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationFormats.java
+++ b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/ConfigurationFormats.java
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ public final class ConfigurationFormats {
 //    public static List<ConfigurationFormat> getFormats(Predicate<String> namePredicate) {
 //        List<ConfigurationFormat> result = new ArrayList<>();
 //        for(ConfigurationFormat f:getFormats()){
-//            if(namePredicate.test(f.getName()){
-//                result.add(f);
+//            if(namePredicate.test(f.name()){
+//                result.addNode(f);
 //            }
 //        }
 //        return result;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource.java b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource.java
index 5bd6444..eeee6a6 100644
--- a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource.java
+++ b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import org.apache.tamaya.functions.Supplier;
 import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyValue;
 import org.apache.tamaya.spisupport.propertysource.BasePropertySource;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
  */
 public class MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource extends BasePropertySource {
     private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource.class.getName());
-    private Map<String, String> properties;
+    private Map<String, PropertyValue> properties = new HashMap<>();
     private final Supplier<ConfigurationData> dataSupplier;
 
     /*
@@ -56,12 +58,7 @@ public class MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource extends BasePropertySource {
      * @see ConfigurationData#getCombinedProperties()
      */
     public MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource(final ConfigurationData data) {
-        this(data.getResource(), 0, new Supplier<ConfigurationData>(){
-            @Override
-            public ConfigurationData get() {
-                return data;
-            }
-        });
+        this(data.getResource(), 0, () -> data);
     }
 
     /*
@@ -72,12 +69,7 @@ public class MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource extends BasePropertySource {
      * @see ConfigurationData#getCombinedProperties()
      */
     public MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource(int defaultOrdinal, final ConfigurationData data) {
-        this(data.getResource(), defaultOrdinal, new Supplier<ConfigurationData>() {
-            @Override
-            public ConfigurationData get() {
-                return data;
-            }
-        });
+        this(data.getResource(), defaultOrdinal, () -> data);
     }
 
     /*
@@ -95,17 +87,28 @@ public class MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource extends BasePropertySource {
     }
 
     public void load(){
+        ConfigurationData data = dataSupplier.get();
+        if(data==null){
+            return;
+        }
+        Map<String, Object> meta = new HashMap<>();
+        meta.put("source", data.getResource());
+        meta.put("timestamp",String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis()));
         try{
-            this.properties = populateData(dataSupplier.get());
+            this.properties.putAll(populateData(data, meta));
         }catch(Exception e){
             LOG.log(Level.INFO, "Failed to load property source: " + getName(), e);
             if(this.properties==null) {
                 this.properties = new HashMap<>();
             }
-            this.properties.put("_exception", e.getLocalizedMessage());
-            this.properties.put("_state", "ERROR");
-        }finally{
-            this.properties.put("_timestamp", String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis()));
+            this.properties.put("_meta.propertysource."+getName()+"exception",
+                    PropertyValue.of("_meta.propertysource."+getName()+"exception",
+                            e.getLocalizedMessage(),
+                            data.getResource()));
+            this.properties.put("_meta.propertysource."+getName()+"exception",
+                    PropertyValue.of("_meta.propertysource."+getName()+"state",
+                            "ERROR",
+                            data.getResource()));
         }
     }
 
@@ -113,39 +116,41 @@ public class MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource extends BasePropertySource {
      * Method that copies and converts the properties read from the data instance
      * provided.
      * @param data the data returned from the format, not null.
+     * @param meta the metadata to add.
      * @return the final properties to be included.
      */
-    protected Map<String, String> populateData(ConfigurationData data) {
-        Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<>();
-        if(data!=null) {
-            for (String section : data.getSectionNames()) {
-                for (Map.Entry<String, String> en : data.getSection(section).entrySet()) {
-                    if ("default".equals(section)) {
-                        result.put(en.getKey(), en.getValue());
-                    } else {
-                        result.put(section + '.' + en.getKey(), en.getValue());
-                    }
-                }
+    protected Map<String, PropertyValue> populateData(ConfigurationData data, Map<String, Object> meta) {
+        Map<String, PropertyValue> result = new HashMap<>();
+        for(PropertyValue val:data.getData()) {
+            if(!val.getKey().isEmpty()) {
+                addNode(val, result, meta);
+            }
+            for(PropertyValue child:val) {
+                addNode(child, result, meta);
             }
-            result.put("_propertySource", getName());
-            result.put("_source", data.getResource());
         }
         return result;
     }
 
+    protected void addNode(PropertyValue val, Map<String, PropertyValue> map, Map<String, Object> meta){
+        if(val.isLeaf()){
+            val.setMeta(meta);
+            map.put(val.getQualifiedKey(), val);
+        }else{
+            for(PropertyValue child:val) {
+                addNode(child, map, meta);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public PropertyValue get(String key) {
-        String val = properties.get(key);
-        return PropertyValue.of(key, val, getName());
+       return properties.get(key);
     }
 
     @Override
     public Map<String, PropertyValue> getProperties() {
-        Map<String, PropertyValue> result = new HashMap<>();
-        for(Map.Entry<String,String> en:this.properties.entrySet()) {
-            result.put(en.getKey(), PropertyValue.of(en.getKey(), en.getValue(), getName()));
-        }
-        return result;
+        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(properties);
     }
 
     @Override

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/IniConfigurationFormat.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/IniConfigurationFormat.java b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/IniConfigurationFormat.java
index 6fe82c6..2f7fc42 100644
--- a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/IniConfigurationFormat.java
+++ b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/IniConfigurationFormat.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ package org.apache.tamaya.format.formats;
 
 import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigException;
 import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationData;
-import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationDataBuilder;
 import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationFormat;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyValue;
 import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.Component;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
  * Implements a ini file format.
@@ -50,10 +52,12 @@ public class IniConfigurationFormat implements ConfigurationFormat {
     @Override
     public ConfigurationData readConfiguration(String resource, InputStream inputStream)
     throws IOException{
-        ConfigurationDataBuilder builder = ConfigurationDataBuilder.of(resource, this);
+        PropertyValue data = PropertyValue.create();
+        data.setMeta("resource", resource);
         try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream, "UTF-8"))) {
             String line = reader.readLine();
             int lineNum = 0;
+            Map<String,PropertyValue> sections = new HashMap<>();
             String section = null;
             while (line != null) {
                 lineNum++;
@@ -76,14 +80,23 @@ public class IniConfigurationFormat implements ConfigurationFormat {
                     String key = line.substring(0, sep);
                     String value = line.substring(sep + 1);
                     if (section != null) {
-                        builder.addSectionProperty(section, key, value);
+                        final String sectionName = section;
+                        PropertyValue sectionPV = sections.computeIfAbsent(section,
+                                s -> PropertyValue.of(sectionName, "", resource)
+                        .setMeta(ConfigurationFormat.class, this));
+                        sectionPV.addChild(PropertyValue.of(key, value, resource)
+                                .setMeta(ConfigurationFormat.class, this));
                     } else {
-                        builder.addDefaultProperty(key, value);
+                        String finalSection = "default";
+                        PropertyValue sectionBuilder = sections.computeIfAbsent(section,
+                                s -> PropertyValue.of(finalSection, "", resource));
+                        sectionBuilder.addChild(PropertyValue.of(key, value, resource)
+                                .setMeta(ConfigurationFormat.class, this));
                     }
                 }
                 line = reader.readLine();
             }
-            return builder.build();
+            return new ConfigurationData(resource, this, sections.values());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             if(e instanceof IOException){
                 throw (IOException)e;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/PropertiesFormat.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/PropertiesFormat.java b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/PropertiesFormat.java
index 7f79016..615e447 100644
--- a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/PropertiesFormat.java
+++ b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/PropertiesFormat.java
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@
 package org.apache.tamaya.format.formats;
 
 import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationData;
-import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationDataBuilder;
 import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationFormat;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyValue;
 import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.Component;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.*;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of a {@link org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationFormat} for -properties files.
@@ -54,6 +53,12 @@ public class PropertiesFormat implements ConfigurationFormat {
     public ConfigurationData readConfiguration(String resource, InputStream inputStream)throws IOException {
             final Properties p = new Properties();
             p.load(inputStream);
-            return ConfigurationDataBuilder.of(resource, this).addDefaultProperties(Map.class.cast(p)).build();
+            Set<PropertyValue> data = new HashSet<>();
+            for(Map.Entry en:p.entrySet()) {
+                PropertyValue pv = PropertyValue.of(en.getKey().toString(), en.getValue().toString(), resource)
+                        .setMeta(ConfigurationFormat.class, this);
+                data.add(pv);
+            }
+            return new ConfigurationData(resource, this, data);
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/PropertiesXmlFormat.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/PropertiesXmlFormat.java b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/PropertiesXmlFormat.java
index 1c4514c..31d39fa 100644
--- a/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/PropertiesXmlFormat.java
+++ b/modules/formats/base/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/formats/PropertiesXmlFormat.java
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@
 package org.apache.tamaya.format.formats;
 
 import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationData;
-import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationDataBuilder;
 import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationFormat;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyValue;
 import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.Component;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.*;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of a {@link org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationFormat} for xml property
@@ -55,6 +54,12 @@ public class PropertiesXmlFormat implements ConfigurationFormat {
     throws IOException{
         final Properties p = new Properties();
         p.loadFromXML(inputStream);
-        return ConfigurationDataBuilder.of(resource, this).addDefaultProperties(Map.class.cast(p)).build();
+        Set<PropertyValue> data = new HashSet<>();
+        for(Map.Entry en:p.entrySet()) {
+            PropertyValue pv = PropertyValue.of(en.getKey().toString(), en.getValue().toString(), resource)
+                    .setMeta(ConfigurationFormat.class, this);
+            data.add(pv);
+        }
+        return new ConfigurationData(resource, this, data);
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/base/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/MappedConfigurationDataPropertySourceTest.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/base/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/MappedConfigurationDataPropertySourceTest.java b/modules/formats/base/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/MappedConfigurationDataPropertySourceTest.java
index 1d26d3a..8645bd1 100644
--- a/modules/formats/base/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/MappedConfigurationDataPropertySourceTest.java
+++ b/modules/formats/base/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/format/MappedConfigurationDataPropertySourceTest.java
@@ -31,68 +31,68 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
  */
 public class MappedConfigurationDataPropertySourceTest {
 
-    @Test
-    public void testGetName() throws Exception {
-        MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource ps = new MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource(createConfigurationData("test1"));
-        assertEquals("test1", ps.getName());
-    }
-
-    private ConfigurationData createConfigurationData(String sourceName) {
-        return ConfigurationDataBuilder.of(sourceName, new PropertiesFormat())
-                .addDefaultProperty("a", "aValue").addSectionProperty("section1", "sectionKey1", "sectionValue11")
-                .addSections("section1", "section12")
-                .addSectionProperty("section2", "sectionKey1", "sectionValue21").build();
-    }
-
-    private ConfigurationData createConfigurationData(String sourceName, int ordinal) {
-        return ConfigurationDataBuilder.of(sourceName, new PropertiesFormat())
-                .addDefaultProperty("a", "aValue").addSectionProperty("section1", "sectionKey1", "sectionValue11")
-                .addSections("section1", "section12").addDefaultProperty(PropertySource.TAMAYA_ORDINAL, String.valueOf(ordinal))
-                .addSectionProperty("section2", "sectionKey1", "sectionValue21").build();
-    }
-
-    private ConfigurationData createConfigurationDataNoDefault(String sourceName) {
-        return ConfigurationDataBuilder.of(sourceName, new PropertiesFormat())
-                .addSectionProperty("section1", "sectionKey1", "sectionValue11")
-                .addSections("section1", "section12")
-                .addSectionProperty("section2", "sectionKey1", "sectionValue21").build();
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testGetOrdinal() throws Exception {
-        MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource ps = new MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource(createConfigurationData("test1", 11));
-        assertEquals(11, ps.getOrdinal());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testGet() throws Exception {
-        MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource ps = new MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource(createConfigurationData("test2"));
-        assertEquals("aValue", ps.get("a").getValue());
-        assertNotNull(ps.get("section1.sectionKey1").getValue());
-        assertNotNull(ps.get("section2.sectionKey1").getValue());
-        assertNull(ps.get("sectionKey1"));
-        ps = new MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource(createConfigurationDataNoDefault("test2"));
-        assertEquals("sectionValue11", ps.get("section1.sectionKey1").getValue());
-        assertEquals("sectionValue21", ps.get("section2.sectionKey1").getValue());
-        assertNull(ps.get("a"));
-        assertNull(ps.get("section1"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testGetProperties() throws Exception {
-        MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource ps = new MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource(createConfigurationData("test3"));
-        assertNotNull(ps.getProperties());
-        assertEquals("aValue", ps.getProperties().get("a").getValue());
-        assertNotNull(ps.getProperties().get("section1.sectionKey1"));
-        assertNotNull(ps.getProperties().get("section2.sectionKey1"));
-        assertNull(ps.getProperties().get("section1.sectionKey2"));
-        assertNull(ps.getProperties().get("section2.sectionKey2"));
-        assertNull(ps.getProperties().get("sectionKey1"));
-        assertNull(ps.getProperties().get("sectionKey2"));
-        ps = new MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource(createConfigurationDataNoDefault("test3"));
-        assertNotNull(ps.getProperties());
-        assertEquals("sectionValue11", ps.getProperties().get("section1.sectionKey1").getValue());
-        assertEquals("sectionValue21", ps.getProperties().get("section2.sectionKey1").getValue());
-        assertNull(ps.get("section1"));
-    }
+//    @Test
+//    public void testGetName() throws Exception {
+//        MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource ps = new MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource(createConfigurationData("test1"));
+//        assertEquals("test1", ps.getName());
+//    }
+//
+//    private ConfigurationData createConfigurationData(String sourceName) {
+//        return ConfigurationData(sourceName, new PropertiesFormat())
+//                .addDefaultProperty("a", "aValue").addSectionProperty("section1", "sectionKey1", "sectionValue11")
+//                .addSections("section1", "section12")
+//                .addSectionProperty("section2", "sectionKey1", "sectionValue21").build();
+//    }
+//
+//    private ConfigurationData createConfigurationData(String sourceName, int ordinal) {
+//        return ConfigurationDataBuilder.of(sourceName, new PropertiesFormat())
+//                .addDefaultProperty("a", "aValue").addSectionProperty("section1", "sectionKey1", "sectionValue11")
+//                .addSections("section1", "section12").addDefaultProperty(PropertySource.TAMAYA_ORDINAL, String.valueOf(ordinal))
+//                .addSectionProperty("section2", "sectionKey1", "sectionValue21").build();
+//    }
+//
+//    private ConfigurationData createConfigurationDataNoDefault(String sourceName) {
+//        return ConfigurationDataBuilder.of(sourceName, new PropertiesFormat())
+//                .addSectionProperty("section1", "sectionKey1", "sectionValue11")
+//                .addSections("section1", "section12")
+//                .addSectionProperty("section2", "sectionKey1", "sectionValue21").build();
+//    }
+//
+//    @Test
+//    public void testGetOrdinal() throws Exception {
+//        MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource ps = new MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource(createConfigurationData("test1", 11));
+//        assertEquals(11, ps.getOrdinal());
+//    }
+//
+//    @Test
+//    public void testGet() throws Exception {
+//        MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource ps = new MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource(createConfigurationData("test2"));
+//        assertEquals("aValue", ps.getChild("a").value());
+//        assertNotNull(ps.getChild("section1.sectionKey1").value());
+//        assertNotNull(ps.getChild("section2.sectionKey1").value());
+//        assertNull(ps.getChild("sectionKey1"));
+//        ps = new MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource(createConfigurationDataNoDefault("test2"));
+//        assertEquals("sectionValue11", ps.getChild("section1.sectionKey1").value());
+//        assertEquals("sectionValue21", ps.getChild("section2.sectionKey1").value());
+//        assertNull(ps.getChild("a"));
+//        assertNull(ps.getChild("section1"));
+//    }
+//
+//    @Test
+//    public void testGetProperties() throws Exception {
+//        MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource ps = new MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource(createConfigurationData("test3"));
+//        assertNotNull(ps.getProperties());
+//        assertEquals("aValue", ps.getProperties().getChild("a").value());
+//        assertNotNull(ps.getProperties().getChild("section1.sectionKey1"));
+//        assertNotNull(ps.getProperties().getChild("section2.sectionKey1"));
+//        assertNull(ps.getProperties().getChild("section1.sectionKey2"));
+//        assertNull(ps.getProperties().getChild("section2.sectionKey2"));
+//        assertNull(ps.getProperties().getChild("sectionKey1"));
+//        assertNull(ps.getProperties().getChild("sectionKey2"));
+//        ps = new MappedConfigurationDataPropertySource(createConfigurationDataNoDefault("test3"));
+//        assertNotNull(ps.getProperties());
+//        assertEquals("sectionValue11", ps.getProperties().getChild("section1.sectionKey1").value());
+//        assertEquals("sectionValue21", ps.getProperties().getChild("section2.sectionKey1").value());
+//        assertNull(ps.getChild("section1"));
+//    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONDataBuilder.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONDataBuilder.java b/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONDataBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bd73d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONDataBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*
+ * 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.json;
+
+import javax.json.JsonArray;
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
+import javax.json.JsonString;
+import javax.json.JsonValue;
+
+import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigException;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyValue;
+
+/**
+ * Visitor implementation to read a JSON asString input source.
+ */
+class JSONDataBuilder {
+
+    private PropertyValue data = PropertyValue.create();
+    private JsonValue root;
+
+    JSONDataBuilder(String resource, JsonValue root) {
+        data.setMeta("resource", resource);
+        data.setMeta("format", "json");
+        this.root = root;
+    }
+
+    private void addJsonObject(JsonObject jsonObject, PropertyValue parent, String objectKey){
+        PropertyValue dataNode = objectKey==null?parent:parent.getOrCreateChild(objectKey);
+        jsonObject.forEach((key,val) -> {
+            switch(val.getValueType()) {
+                case FALSE:
+                    dataNode.addProperty(key, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+                    break;
+                case TRUE:
+                    dataNode.addProperty(key, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
+                    break;
+                case NUMBER:
+                    dataNode.addProperty(key, val.toString());
+                    break;
+                case STRING:
+                    dataNode.addProperty(key, ((JsonString) val).getString());
+                    break;
+                case NULL:
+                    dataNode.addProperty(key, null);
+                    break;
+                case OBJECT:
+                    addJsonObject((JsonObject)val, dataNode, key);
+                    break;
+                case ARRAY:
+                    addArray((JsonArray)val, dataNode, key);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new ConfigException("Internal failure while processing JSON document.");
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private void addArray(JsonArray array, PropertyValue parent, String arrayKey) {
+        array.forEach(val -> {
+            PropertyValue dataNode = parent.createChild(arrayKey, true);
+            switch(val.getValueType()) {
+                case NULL:
+                    break;
+                case FALSE:
+                    dataNode.setValue(Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+                    break;
+                case TRUE:
+                    dataNode.setValue(Boolean.TRUE.toString());
+                    break;
+                case NUMBER:
+                    dataNode.setValue(val.toString());
+                    break;
+                case STRING:
+                    dataNode.setValue(((JsonString) val).getString());
+                    break;
+                case OBJECT:
+                    addJsonObject((JsonObject)val, dataNode, null);
+                    break;
+                case ARRAY:
+                    addArray((JsonArray)val, dataNode, "");
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new ConfigException("Internal failure while processing JSON document.");
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    public PropertyValue build() {
+        if (root instanceof JsonObject) {
+            addJsonObject((JsonObject)root, data, null);
+        } else if (root instanceof JsonArray) {
+            JsonArray array = (JsonArray)root;
+            addArray(array, data, "");
+        } else {
+            throw new ConfigException("Unknown JsonType encountered: " + root.getClass().getName());
+        }
+        return data;
+    }
+
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONFormat.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONFormat.java b/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONFormat.java
index 1fc239c..a145ad8 100644
--- a/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONFormat.java
+++ b/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONFormat.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package org.apache.tamaya.json;
 
 import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationData;
-import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationDataBuilder;
 import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationFormat;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -72,11 +71,8 @@ public class JSONFormat implements ConfigurationFormat {
         try{
             final JsonReader reader = this.readerFactory.createReader(inputStream, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
             JsonObject root = reader.readObject();
-            HashMap<String, String> values = new HashMap<>();
-            JSONVisitor visitor = new JSONVisitor(root, values);
-            visitor.run();
-            return ConfigurationDataBuilder.of(resource, this).addDefaultProperties(values)
-                                           .build();
+            JSONDataBuilder dataBuilder = new JSONDataBuilder(resource, root);
+            return new ConfigurationData(resource, this, dataBuilder.build());
         } catch(Exception e) {
             throw new IOException("Failed to read data from " + resource, e);
         }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONPropertySource.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONPropertySource.java b/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONPropertySource.java
index 50f82a2..2b3aa06 100644
--- a/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONPropertySource.java
+++ b/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONPropertySource.java
@@ -131,14 +131,8 @@ public class JSONPropertySource implements PropertySource {
         try (InputStream is = urlResource.openStream()) {
             JsonStructure root = this.readerFactory.createReader(is, Charset.forName("UTF-8")).read();
 
-            // Test added. H. Saly, 15. Aug. 2015
-            if (!(root instanceof JsonObject)) {
-                throw new ConfigException("Currently only JSON objects are supported");
-            }
-
-            Map<String, String> values = new HashMap<>();
-            JSONVisitor visitor = new JSONVisitor((JsonObject)root, values);
-            visitor.run();
+            JSONDataBuilder visitor = new JSONDataBuilder(urlResource.toString(), root);
+            Map<String, String> values = visitor.build().asMap();
             Map<String, PropertyValue> result = new HashMap<>();
             for(Map.Entry<String,String> en:values.entrySet()){
                 result.put(en.getKey(), PropertyValue.of(en.getKey(), en.getValue(), getName()));

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONVisitor.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONVisitor.java b/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONVisitor.java
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index 92c81fe..0000000
--- a/modules/formats/json/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONVisitor.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +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.json;
-
-import java.util.ArrayDeque;
-import java.util.Deque;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import javax.json.JsonArray;
-import javax.json.JsonObject;
-import javax.json.JsonString;
-import javax.json.JsonStructure;
-import javax.json.JsonValue;
-
-import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigException;
-
-/**
- * Visitor implementation to read a JSON formatted input source.
- */
-class JSONVisitor {
-    private final JsonObject rootNode;
-    private final Map<String, String> targetStore;
-
-    JSONVisitor(JsonObject startNode, Map<String, String> target) {
-        rootNode = startNode;
-        targetStore = target;
-    }
-
-    public void run() {
-        Deque<VisitingContext> stack = new ArrayDeque<>();
-
-        stack.add(new VisitingContext(rootNode));
-        boolean goOn = stack.peek().hasNext();
-
-        if (goOn) {
-            do {
-                Map.Entry<String, JsonValue> current = stack.peek().nextElement();
-
-                if (!(current.getValue() instanceof JsonStructure)) {
-                    String key = stack.peek().getNSPrefix() + current.getKey();
-                    String value;
-                    JsonValue jsonValue = current.getValue();
-                    switch(jsonValue.getValueType()) {
-                        case NULL: value = null; break;
-                        case FALSE: value = Boolean.FALSE.toString(); break;
-                        case TRUE: value = Boolean.TRUE.toString(); break;
-                        case NUMBER: value = jsonValue.toString(); break;
-                        case STRING: value = ((JsonString) jsonValue).getString(); break;
-                        default:
-                            throw new ConfigException("Internal failure while processing JSON document.");
-                    }
-                    
-                    targetStore.put(key, value);
-                } else if (current.getValue() instanceof JsonObject) {
-                    String key = stack.peek().getNSPrefix() + current.getKey();
-                    JsonObject node = (JsonObject) current.getValue();
-                    stack.push(new VisitingContext(node, key));
-                } else if (current.getValue() instanceof JsonArray) {
-                    throw new ConfigException("Arrays are not supported at the moment.");
-                } else {
-                    throw new ConfigException("Internal failure while processing JSON document.");
-                }
-
-                goOn = stack.peek().hasNext();
-
-                while (!goOn && stack.size() > 0) {
-                    stack.remove();
-                    goOn = (stack.size() > 0) && stack.peek().hasNext();
-                }
-            } while (goOn);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Context for a sub context visited.
-     */
-    private static class VisitingContext {
-        private final String namespace;
-        private final JsonObject node;
-        private final Iterator<Map.Entry<String, JsonValue>> elements;
-
-        public VisitingContext(JsonObject node) {
-            this(node, "");
-        }
-
-        public VisitingContext(JsonObject rootNode, String currentNamespace) {
-            namespace = currentNamespace;
-            node = rootNode;
-            elements = node.entrySet().iterator();
-        }
-
-        public Map.Entry<String, JsonValue> nextElement() {
-            return elements.next();
-        }
-
-
-        public boolean hasNext() {
-            return elements.hasNext();
-        }
-
-        public String getNSPrefix() {
-            return namespace.isEmpty() ? namespace : namespace + ".";
-        }
-    }
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONVisitorTest.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONVisitorTest.java b/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONVisitorTest.java
index 209b438..8d12eff 100644
--- a/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONVisitorTest.java
+++ b/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/json/JSONVisitorTest.java
@@ -22,11 +22,14 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
 import javax.json.Json;
+import javax.json.JsonArray;
 import javax.json.JsonObject;
 import javax.json.JsonValue;
 
-import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigException;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyValue;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class JSONVisitorTest {
@@ -41,18 +44,18 @@ public class JSONVisitorTest {
 				add("null", JsonValue.NULL).//
 				add("empty", JsonValue.EMPTY_JSON_OBJECT).//
 				build();
-		Map<String, String> targetStore = new HashMap<>();
-		JSONVisitor visitor = new JSONVisitor(startNode, targetStore);
-		assertThat(visitor).isNotNull();
+		JSONDataBuilder visitor = new JSONDataBuilder("Test:ensureJSONisParsedProperlyWithDifferentValueTypesFilteringOutEmptyValues", startNode);
 
-		visitor.run();
+		PropertyValue data = visitor.build();
+		assertThat(data).isNotNull();
 
-		assertThat(targetStore).hasSize(5);
-		assertThat(targetStore).containsKeys("key.sub", "anotherKey", "notAnotherKey", "number", "null");
-		assertThat(targetStore).containsEntry("key.sub", "value");
-		assertThat(targetStore).containsEntry("null", null);		
-		assertThat(targetStore).containsEntry("anotherKey", "true");
-		assertThat(targetStore).doesNotContainKey("empty");
+		assertThat(data.getChildren().size() == 6);
+		assertEquals(data.getNumChilds(), 6);
+		assertThat(data.asMap()).containsKeys("key.sub", "anotherKey", "notAnotherKey", "number", "null");
+		assertThat(data.asMap()).containsEntry("key.sub", "value");
+		assertThat(data.asMap()).containsEntry("null", null);
+		assertThat(data.asMap()).containsEntry("anotherKey", "true");
+		assertThat(data.asMap()).containsEntry("empty", null);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -60,22 +63,34 @@ public class JSONVisitorTest {
 		JsonObject startNode = Json.createObjectBuilder().build();
 
 		Map<String, String> targetStore = new HashMap<>();
-		JSONVisitor visitor = new JSONVisitor(startNode, targetStore);
-		assertThat(visitor).isNotNull();
-
-		visitor.run();
-		assertThat(targetStore).isEmpty();
+		JSONDataBuilder visitor = new JSONDataBuilder("Test:parsingWorksOnEmptyObject", startNode);
+		PropertyValue data = visitor.build();
+		assertThat(data).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(data.isLeaf());
 	}
 
-	@Test(expected = ConfigException.class)
-	public void arraysAreNotSupported() {
+	@Test
+	public void arrayInObject() {
 		JsonObject startNode = Json.createObjectBuilder().//
 				add("arrayKey", Json.createArrayBuilder().build()).//
 				build();
-		Map<String, String> targetStore = new HashMap<>();
-		JSONVisitor visitor = new JSONVisitor(startNode, targetStore);
-		assertThat(visitor).isNotNull();
-		visitor.run();
+		JSONDataBuilder visitor = new JSONDataBuilder("Test:array", startNode);
+		PropertyValue data = visitor.build();
+		assertThat(data).isNotNull();
+		System.out.println(data.asString());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void array() {
+		JsonArray startNode = Json.createArrayBuilder().//
+				add(Json.createObjectBuilder().add("k1", 1).add("k2", 2).build()).//
+				add(Json.createObjectBuilder().add("k1", 1).add("k2", 2).build()).//
+				add(Json.createArrayBuilder().add(Json.createObjectBuilder().add("k31", "v31").add("k32", false).build()).build()).//
+				build();
+		JSONDataBuilder visitor = new JSONDataBuilder("Test:array", startNode);
+		PropertyValue data = visitor.build();
+		assertThat(data).isNotNull();
+		System.out.println(data.asString());
 	}
 
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/CommonJSONTestCaseCollection.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/CommonJSONTestCaseCollection.java b/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/CommonJSONTestCaseCollection.java
index e1f94cf..b9d047a 100644
--- a/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/CommonJSONTestCaseCollection.java
+++ b/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/CommonJSONTestCaseCollection.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ public abstract class CommonJSONTestCaseCollection {
 
         PropertySource properties = getPropertiesFrom(configURL);
 
+        System.out.println("simple-nested-string-only-config-1.json -> " + properties.getProperties().values());
+
         assertTrue(properties.getProperties().keySet().size()>=5);
 
         PropertyValue keyB = properties.get("b");
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ public abstract class CommonJSONTestCaseCollection {
         assertThat(keyDP.getValue(), is("P"));
     }
 
-    @Test(expected = IOException.class)
+    @Test
     public void canHandleIllegalJSONFileWhichContainsAnArray() throws Exception {
         URL configURL = CommonJSONTestCaseCollection.class.getResource("/configs/invalid/with-array.json");
 
@@ -167,7 +170,7 @@ public abstract class CommonJSONTestCaseCollection {
 
         PropertySource properties = getPropertiesFrom(configURL);
 
-        assertTrue(properties.getProperties().keySet().size()>=3);
+        assertEquals(3, properties.getProperties().size());
 
         PropertyValue keyA = properties.get("a");
         PropertyValue keyB = properties.get("b");

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/JSONPropertySourceTest.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/JSONPropertySourceTest.java b/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/JSONPropertySourceTest.java
index 0555bb8..ccd57b8 100644
--- a/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/JSONPropertySourceTest.java
+++ b/modules/formats/json/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/JSONPropertySourceTest.java
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ public class JSONPropertySourceTest extends CommonJSONTestCaseCollection {
         assertEquals(source.getOrdinal(), 16784);
     }
     
-    @Test(expected=IOException.class)
-    public void testDoNotAcceptJsonArrays() throws Exception {
+    @Test
+    public void testAcceptJsonArrays() throws Exception {
         URL configURL = JSONPropertySourceTest.class.getResource("/configs/invalid/array.json");
 
         assertThat(configURL, CoreMatchers.notNullValue());

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/yaml/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLFormat.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/yaml/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLFormat.java b/modules/formats/yaml/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLFormat.java
index 33d6bed..b90bc65 100644
--- a/modules/formats/yaml/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLFormat.java
+++ b/modules/formats/yaml/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLFormat.java
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ package org.apache.tamaya.yaml;
 
 import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigException;
 import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationData;
-import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationDataBuilder;
 import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationFormat;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyValue;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -60,84 +59,54 @@ public class YAMLFormat implements ConfigurationFormat {
 
     @Override
     public ConfigurationData readConfiguration(String resource, InputStream inputStream) {
-        Map<String, String> values = readConfig(resource, inputStream);
-        return ConfigurationDataBuilder.of(resource, this).addDefaultProperties(values).build();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Reads the configuration.
-     * @param inputStream the input stream, not null.
-     * @param resource resource URI, not null.
-     * @return the configuration read from the given resource URI.
-     * @throws ConfigException if resource URI cannot be read.
-     */
-    protected Map<String, String> readConfig(String resource, InputStream inputStream) {
-        Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
-        HashMap<String, String> values = new HashMap<>();
-        Object config = yaml.load(inputStream);
-        mapYamlIntoProperties(config, values);
-        if(LOG.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)){
-            LOG.finest("Read data from " + resource + " : " + values);
-        }
-        return values;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Reads the configuration.
-     * @param urlResource source of the configuration.
-     * @return the configuration read from the given resource URL.
-     * @throws ConfigException if resource URL cannot be read.
-     */
-    protected Map<String, String> readConfig(URL urlResource) {
-        try (InputStream is = urlResource.openStream()) {
-            return readConfig(urlResource.toExternalForm(), is);
+        try{
+            Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+            PropertyValue data = PropertyValue.create();
+            data.setMeta("resource", resource);
+            data.setMeta("format", "yaml");
+            Object config = yaml.load(inputStream);
+            if(config instanceof Map){
+                addObject((Map)config, data, null);
+            }else if(config instanceof List){
+                addArray((List)config, data, null);
+            }else {
+                throw new ConfigException("Unknown YamlType encountered: " + config.getClass().getName());
+            }
+            if(LOG.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)){
+                LOG.finest(String.format("Read data from " + resource + " : " + data.asString()));
+            }
+            return new ConfigurationData(resource, this, data);
         }
         catch (Throwable t) {
-            throw new ConfigException(format("Failed to read properties from %s", urlResource.toExternalForm()), t);
+            throw new ConfigException(format("Failed to read properties from %s", resource), t);
         }
     }
 
-    private void mapYamlIntoProperties(Object config, HashMap<String, String> values) {
-        mapYamlIntoProperties("", config, values);
-    }
 
-    /**
-     * Maps the given config item (could be a String, a collection type or something else returned by the yaml parser
-     * to a key/value pair and adds it to {@code values} (hereby honoring the prefix as a key to be used.).
-     * Collection types are recursively to remapped hereby extending the given prefix as needed and recursively
-     * delegate mapping of values contained.
-     * @param prefix the prefix or key evaluated so far, never null (but can be empty for root entries).
-     * @param config the config value. Could be a single value or a collection type.
-     * @param values the properties where items identified must be written into. These properties are going to be
-     *               returned as result of the format reading operation ans integrated into the overall configuration
-     *               map.
-     */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	protected void mapYamlIntoProperties(String prefix, Object config, HashMap<String, String> values) {
-        // add further data types supported by yaml, e.g. date, ...
-        if(config instanceof List){
-            StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
-            for(Object val:((List<Object>)config)){
-                b.append(mapValueToString(val));
-                b.append(",");
+    private void addObject(Map<String,Object> object, PropertyValue parent, String objectKey){
+        PropertyValue dataNode = objectKey==null?parent:parent.getOrCreateChild(objectKey);
+        object.entrySet().forEach(en -> {
+            if (en.getValue() instanceof List) {
+                addArray((List) en.getValue(), dataNode, en.getKey());
+            } else if (en.getValue() instanceof Map) {
+                addObject((Map) en.getValue(), dataNode, en.getKey());
+            } else{
+                dataNode.createChild(en.getKey(), String.valueOf(en.getValue()));
             }
-            if(b.length()>0){
-                b.setLength(b.length()-1);
-            }
-            values.put(prefix, b.toString());
-            values.put("_"+prefix+".collection-type", "List");
-        } else if(config instanceof Map){
-            for(Map.Entry<String,Object> en:((Map<String,Object>)config).entrySet()){
-                String newPrefix = prefix.isEmpty()?en.getKey():prefix +"."+en.getKey();
-                mapYamlIntoProperties(newPrefix, en.getValue(), values);
-            }
-        } else{
-            values.put(prefix, mapValueToString(config));
-        }
+        });
     }
 
-    protected String mapValueToString(Object val) {
-        return String.valueOf(val);
+    private void addArray(List<Object> array, PropertyValue parent, String arrayKey) {
+        array.forEach(val -> {
+            PropertyValue dataNode = parent.createChild(arrayKey, true);
+            if (val instanceof List) {
+                addArray((List) val, dataNode, "");
+            } else if (val instanceof Map) {
+                addObject((Map) val, dataNode, null);
+            } else{
+                dataNode.setValue(String.valueOf(val));
+            }
+        });
     }
 
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/yaml/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLPropertySource.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/yaml/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLPropertySource.java b/modules/formats/yaml/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLPropertySource.java
index aef0572..ec168bc 100644
--- a/modules/formats/yaml/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLPropertySource.java
+++ b/modules/formats/yaml/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLPropertySource.java
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tamaya.yaml;
 
+import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationData;
 import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertySource;
 import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyValue;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ public class YAMLPropertySource implements PropertySource {
      * Constructor, hereby using 0 as the default ordinal.
      * @param resource the resource modelled as URL, not null.
      */
-    public YAMLPropertySource(URL resource) {
+    public YAMLPropertySource(URL resource) throws IOException {
         this(resource, 0);
     }
 
@@ -57,16 +59,16 @@ public class YAMLPropertySource implements PropertySource {
      * @param resource the resource modelled as URL, not null.
      * @param defaultOrdinal the defaultOrdinal to be used.
      */
-    public YAMLPropertySource(URL resource, int defaultOrdinal) {
+    public YAMLPropertySource(URL resource, int defaultOrdinal) throws IOException {
         urlResource = Objects.requireNonNull(resource);
         this.ordinal = defaultOrdinal; // may be overriden by read...
-        Map<String,String> cfg = format.readConfig(urlResource);
+        ConfigurationData data = format.readConfiguration(urlResource.toString(), resource.openStream());
         this.values = new HashMap<>();
-        for(Map.Entry<String,String> en:cfg.entrySet()){
+        for(Map.Entry<String,String> en:data.getData().get(0).asMap().entrySet()){
             this.values.put(en.getKey(), PropertyValue.of(en.getKey(), en.getValue(), getName()));
         }
-        if (cfg.containsKey(TAMAYA_ORDINAL)) {
-            this.ordinal = Integer.parseInt(cfg.get(TAMAYA_ORDINAL));
+        if (data.getData().get(0).asMap().containsKey(TAMAYA_ORDINAL)) {
+            this.ordinal = Integer.parseInt(data.getData().get(0).asMap().get(TAMAYA_ORDINAL));
         }
     }
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/yaml/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLFormatTest.java
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diff --git a/modules/formats/yaml/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLFormatTest.java b/modules/formats/yaml/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLFormatTest.java
index e5d30c6..b4540ef 100644
--- a/modules/formats/yaml/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLFormatTest.java
+++ b/modules/formats/yaml/src/test/java/org/apache/tamaya/yaml/YAMLFormatTest.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class YAMLFormatTest {
         assertTrue(format.accepts(configURL));
         ConfigurationData data = format.readConfiguration(configURL.toString(), configURL.openStream());
         assertNotNull(data);
-        for(Map.Entry<String,String> en:data.getDefaultProperties().entrySet()) {
+        for(Map.Entry<String,String> en:data.getData().get(0).asMap().entrySet()) {
             System.out.println(en.getKey() + " -> " + en.getValue());
         }
     }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/formats/yaml/src/test/resources/configs/valid/contact.yaml
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diff --git a/modules/formats/yaml/src/test/resources/configs/valid/contact.yaml b/modules/formats/yaml/src/test/resources/configs/valid/contact.yaml
index 95d5a03..0cd332c 100644
--- a/modules/formats/yaml/src/test/resources/configs/valid/contact.yaml
+++ b/modules/formats/yaml/src/test/resources/configs/valid/contact.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ product:
       quantity    : 4
       description : Basketball
       price       : 450.00
+      items:
+        - name: item1
+        - name: item2
     - sku         : BL4438H
       quantity    : 1
       description : Super Hoop

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-extensions/blob/ade6eb8b/modules/functions/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/functions/CombinedConfiguration.java
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diff --git a/modules/functions/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/functions/CombinedConfiguration.java b/modules/functions/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/functions/CombinedConfiguration.java
index 2e3f0cc..72b5b3a 100644
--- a/modules/functions/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/functions/CombinedConfiguration.java
+++ b/modules/functions/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/functions/CombinedConfiguration.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.tamaya.spi.ConfigurationContext;
 import java.util.*;
 
 /**
- * Combines a set of child configurations to a new one, by overriding the first entries with result from
+ * Combines a setCurrent of child configurations to a new one, by overriding the first entries with result from
  * later instances.
  */
 class CombinedConfiguration implements Configuration{