Chapter 9. Using custom configuration converters as configuration values

You can store custom types as configuration values by implementing org.eclipse.microprofile.config.spi.Converter<T> and adding its fully qualified class name into the META-INF/services/org.eclipse.microprofile.config.spi.Converter file.

Prerequisites

  • You have created the Quarkus config-quickstart project.

Procedure

  1. Include the fully qualified class name of the converter in your META-INF/services/org.eclipse.microprofile.config.spi.Converter service file as shown in the following example:

    org.acme.config.MicroProfileCustomValueConverter
    org.acme.config.SomeOtherConverter
    org.acme.config.YetAnotherConverter
  2. Implement the converter class to override the convert method:

    package org.acme.config;
    
    import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.spi.Converter;
    
    public class MicroProfileCustomValueConverter implements Converter<MicroProfileCustomValue> {
    
        @Override
        public MicroProfileCustomValue convert(String value) {
            return new MicroProfileCustomValue(Integer.valueOf(value));
        }
    }
    Note

    Your custom converter class must be public and must have a public no-argument constructor. Your custom converter class cannot be abstract.

  3. Use your custom type as a configuration value:

    @ConfigProperty(name = "configuration.value.name")
    MicroProfileCustomValue value;

9.1. Setting custom converters priority

The default priority for all Quarkus core converters is 200 and for all other converters it is 100. However, you can set a higher priority for your custom converters using the javax.annotation.Priority annotation.

The following procedure demonstrates an implementation of a custom converter MicroProfileCustomValue that is assigned a priority of 150 and will take precedence over MicroProfileCustomValueConverter which has a value of 100.

Prerequisites

  • You have created the Quarkus config-quickstart project.

Procedure

  1. Add the following import statements to your service file:

    package org.acme.config;
    
    import javax.annotation.Priority;
    import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.spi.Converter;
  2. Set a priority for your custom converter by annotating the class with the @Priority annotation and passing it a priority value:

    @Priority(150)
    public class MyCustomConverter implements Converter<MicroProfileCustomValue> {
    
        @Override
        public MicroProfileCustomValue convert(String value) {
    
            final int secretNumber;
            if (value.startsFrom("OBF:")) {
                secretNumber = Integer.valueOf(SecretDecoder.decode(value));
            } else {
                secretNumber = Integer.valueOf(value);
            }
    
            return new MicroProfileCustomValue(secretNumber);
        }
    }
    Note

    If you add a new converter, you must list it in the META-INF/services/org.eclipse.microprofile.config.spi.Converter service file.