Profiles

To enable Spring-like profile functionality, install the ProfileFeature.

Usage

class Ark : Arkenv("Example", configureArkenv { 
    +ProfileFeature()  // installed by default
}) { 
    val port: Int by argument()
    val name: String by argument()
}

Given the following files in the resources folder:

• application.properties
• application-dev.properties
• application-prod.properties

The active profile can be set like this:

val args = arrayOf("--arkenv-profile", "dev")
Ark().parse(args)

Or via env vars:

$ export ARKENV_PROFILE=prod,dev

Arkenv will load the base profile application.properties, and extend it with the specified active profiles. Multiple active profiles can be set as a comma-separated list.

Customization

Profile prefix

If you do not like application.properties as the configuration file name, you can switch to another file name by specifying a custom prefix.

• Argument: --arkenv-profile-prefix
• Env var: ARKENV_PROFILE_PREFIX
• Code: ProfileFeature(prefix = "custom_prefix")

Location

By default, Arkenv will look for profiles in the following relative locations on both the classpath and the file system:

• /
• /config

You can add additional locations by using the location argument, which accepts a comma-separated list of directory locations or file paths.

• Argument: --arkenv-profile-location
• Env var: ARKENV_PROFILE_LOCATION
• Code: ProfileFeature(locations = listOf("some/dir"))

Parsers

By default, the ProfileFeature supports property files, but can be extended to support other file formats. Specify additional parsers in the constructor.

For example, yaml support can be added as follows:

class Ark : Arkenv("Example", configureArkenv {
    +ProfileFeature(parsers = listOf(::YamlFeature))
}) {
    ...
}

For further information see YamlFeature.