Add README and export gmconfig() type

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Gmconfig - A JSON-SCHEMA-based configuration management support library
+
+## Introduction
+
+This library offers the basic support functions for the Gajumaru configuration
+management subsystem. It is based on JSON-Schema, and includes, among other things:
+
+* A reasonably complete JSON-Schema validator
+* Validating user configurations against the schema
+* In-service update of the user config
+* Caching of the user config (and schema) as persistent terms
+* Fast config lookups using key paths
+* Lookups can handle both schema defaults and user-provided defaults
+
+## JSON-Schema validator
+
+The main thing the validator currently doesn't support is proper
+management of complex sets of schemas and subSchemas. There are
+some preparations made for supporting `"$id"` and uris, but this
+is still incomplete. `"definitions"` and `"$ref"` properties are recognized.
+
+As almost anything is theoretically possible with JSON-Schema,
+there are surely other things that are unsupported.
+
+### All standard data types
+
+* `"null"`
+* `"boolean"`
+* `"integer"`
+* `"number"`
+* `"boolean"`
+* `"string"`
+* `"array"`
+* `"object"`
+
+### Dynamic properties
+
+* `"if"`
+* `"not"`
+* `"oneOf"`
+* `"anyOf"`
+* `"allOf"`
+
+### Static Properties
+
+#### Array
+
+* `"maxItems"`
+* `"minItems"`
+* `"uniqueItems"`
+* `"prefixItems"`
+* `"contains"` (`"minContains"`, `"maxContains"`)
+
+#### Object
+
+* `"properties"` (`"minProperties"`, `"maxProperties"`)
+* `"patternProperties"`
+* `"additionalProperties"`
+* `"required"`
+
+#### String
+
+* `"pattern"`
+* `"minLength"`
+* `"maxLength"`
+
+#### Number, Integer
+
+* `"minimum"`
+* `"maximum"`
+* `"exclusiveMinimum"`
+* `"exclusiveMinimum"`
+* `"multipleOf"` (only if object is an integer)
+
+### `"$updateSemantics"`
+
+* `"replace"` (fully replaces any old data)
+* `"merge"`   (for objects, keeps and/or updates existing values)
+* `"suggest"` (adds value if not already present)
+

src/gmconfig.erl

@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@
 
 -export([get_env/2, get_env/3]).
 
--export([user_config/0]).
+-export([user_config/0]).             % returns current user config
--export([load_main_config_schema/0,    % called from start phase 50
+-export([load_main_config_schema/0,
-         load_system_defaults/0]).     % called from start phase 60
+         load_system_defaults/0]).
--export([schema/0, schema/1, schema/2]).
+-export([load_user_config/0,
--export([load_schema/0]).
+         load_user_config/1]).
+-export([schema/0,
+         schema/1,
+         schema/2]).
+-export([load_schema/0]).              % load_user_config() ensures schema is loaded
 -export([schema_default/1, schema_default/2]).
 -export([schema_keys/0, schema_keys/1]).
 -export([config_value/4]).
@@ -23,7 +27,6 @@
         ]).
 -export([merge_config_maps/2]).
 -export([nested_map_get/2]).
--export([read_config/0, read_config/1]).
 -export([load_config_file/1]).  % apply system-/network-specific defaults
 -export([search_for_config_file/2]).
 -export([apply_os_env/0,
@@ -75,7 +78,8 @@
 
 -type find_opts() :: [user_config | schema_default | {env, atom(), atom()} | {value, any()}].
 
--export_type([ find_opts/0 ]).
+-export_type([ gmconfig/0
+             , find_opts/0 ]).
 
 -ifdef(TEST).
 
@@ -475,17 +479,17 @@ schema_default_(#{default := Def}) ->
 schema_default_(_) ->
     undefined.
 
-read_config() ->
+load_user_config() ->
-    read_config(silent).
+    load_user_config(silent).
 
-read_config(Mode) when Mode =:= check; Mode =:= silent; Mode =:= report ->
+load_user_config(Mode) when Mode =:= check; Mode =:= silent; Mode =:= report ->
     case config_file() of
         undefined ->
             info_msg(Mode, "No config file specified; using default settings~n", []),
             ok;
         F ->
             info_msg(Mode, "Reading config file ~s~n", [F]),
-            do_read_config(F, store, Mode)
+            do_load_user_config(F, store, Mode)
     end.
 
 load_config_file(File) ->
@@ -494,7 +498,7 @@ load_config_file(File) ->
 load_config_file(File, Mode) when Mode =:= check;
                                   Mode =:= silent;
                                   Mode =:= report ->
-    do_read_config(File, store, Mode).
+    do_load_user_config(File, store, Mode).
 
 apply_os_env() ->
     ok = application:ensure_started(gproc),
@@ -608,7 +612,7 @@ unhyphenate(Str) ->
     re:replace(Str, <<"\\-">>, <<"_">>, [global, {return, list}]).
 
 check_config(F) ->
-    do_read_config(F, check, check).
+    do_load_user_config(F, check, check).
 
 data_dir(Name) when is_atom(Name) ->
     filename:join([setup:data_dir(), Name]).
@@ -665,7 +669,7 @@ to_list_string(S) when is_binary(S) ->
 to_list_string(S) when is_list(S) ->
     binary_to_list(iolist_to_binary(S)).
 
-do_read_config(F, Action, Mode) ->
+do_load_user_config(F, Action, Mode) ->
     case {filename:extension(F), Action} of
         {".json", store} -> store(read_json(F, Mode), Mode);
         {".yaml", store} -> store(read_yaml(F, Mode), Mode);