Autoloading json files

Bas van der Vlies

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Feb 6, 2018, 2:48:59 PM2/6/18

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I had just an idea when travelling by train. In 3.12 we can specify which extra json files to load via the ‘auguments’ variable in def.json. What I propose is an autoloading feature for json files ala ‘autorun’ bundles.

When we enable autoload ison. Then all files that are place in, eg $(sys.inputdir)/json.d” will be automatically read in an merged. So we can easily override/set values without editing def.json, eg

* enabling autorun, place in ‘json.d/autorun.json”

{

   "classes" :
   {
    "services_autorun" : "any"
   }
}

It can be enabled by an extra command line option or by setting the class ‘json_autoload” , eg`-Djson_autoload”

So we can easily set classes and variables by dropping files in this directory without touching any config files.

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Nick Anderson

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Mar 23, 2018, 9:13:11 AM3/23/18

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Hey Bas,

Did you ever open an issue to track this discussion further?

Bas van der Vlies

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Mar 23, 2018, 9:24:43 AM3/23/18

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Nick,

I only send it to the list. Should I open a issue?

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Nick Anderson

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Mar 23, 2018, 9:41:16 AM3/23/18

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It seems like a feature worth discussing and having a record of users thoughts.

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