ObjectBinder Example

[josemoncab]

Hi, maybe im so dump or i cant think because i have a lot of thinks in my mind but, its is possible to have some use examples or explanations of the ObjectBinder? I really want to use in my project but i dont know how to start with them.

In my case i want to bind a Settings.class with the corresponding file settings.conf but i dont know how to do it.

Thanks!!

[TheElectronWill]

Hi!
The ObjectBinder works like this:

// define your class
class MyObject {
    public String name = "some value";
    public int id = 1;
}

// create an object
MyObject object = new MyObject();
// bind it
ObjectBinder binder = new ObjectBinder();
Config conf = binder.bind(object);

// use "conf" as a configuration, it will "read" the values from the object and "save" the values in it
conf.get("name") // "some value"
conf.set("name", "new value");
assertEquals(object.name;, "new value");

You can find an example in core/src/test/java/com/electronwill/night-config/core/conversion/ObjectBinderTest.java.

In your case you have a config file, therefore I think that you may not need an ObjectBinder but rather a FileConfig + an ObjectConverter.

[josemoncab]

Thanks, I didn't look through the tests, I appreciate it