[kepler-dev] ConfigurationManager Documentation

[Chad Berkley]

Hi,

I've put a first draft together of documentation for using the 
ConfigurationManager in Kepler.  You can find it here:

https://kepler-project.org/developers/teams/framework/configuration-system-documentation

The ConfigurationManager should now be used for all non-ptolemy 
configuration properties in Kepler.  I'm working to figure out the best 
way to merge the ptolemy configuration.xml file into the new 
configuration system, but until I get that working, continue to use the 
old ptolemy system for ptolemy properties.  Any new properties that 
aren't required by the MoMLParser should be added via the 
configurationManager.

The main configuration file can be found at 
common/resources/configurations/configuration.xml.  Note that I've 
pulled all of the Ecogrid specific configuration properties into the 
ecogrid module itself.  Each module can have its own configuration and 
if you have configuration options specific to a module,  you should 
contain them in that module instead of adding them to common as we have 
done in the past.  The old configXML system is now gone from Kepler.  I 
will also be working to remove the .properties configuration files where 
that makes sense.

If you need examples of how this works, check the unit tests in 
configuration-manager/tests or look in the various kepler source files 
where it is currently being used.

Let me know if you see any problems or have any questions/suggestions.

chad