Merge pull request #21 from Norconex/feature/json-schema

New Configurable interface + Jackson now 2.15.2.

CHANGES.xml

@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@
         New XMLAdapters class to add JAXB support for the same type offered
         by GenericConverter.
       </action>
+      <action dev="essiembre" type="add">
+        New Configurable interface.
+      </action>
       <action dev="essiembre" type="update">
         Now require Java 17+. 
       </action>

pom.xml

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <commons-text.version>1.10.0</commons-text.version>
     <java-cup.version>10k</java-cup.version>
     <json.version>1.8</json.version>
-    <jackson.version>2.15.0</jackson.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.15.2</jackson.version>
     <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
     <okhttp3.version>4.10.0</okhttp3.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.7</slf4j.version>
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
   </repositories>
 
   <dependencies>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
@@ -201,13 +202,15 @@
       <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Jackson -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
       <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-
+    
     <!-- okhttp/mockwebserver used to test Certificateutil -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>

src/main/java/com/norconex/commons/lang/config/Configurable.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* Copyright 2023 Norconex Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.norconex.commons.lang.config;
+
+/**
+ * The implementing class can be configured via the object returned
+ * by {@link #getConfiguration()}.
+ * Provides a consistent way to obtain a file configuration dynamically.
+ * Could be useful for object mapping, for instance.
+ * @param <T> The configuration class type
+ * @since 3.0.0
+ */
+public interface Configurable<T> {
+    /**
+     * Gets the configuration for a configurable object.
+     * @return configuration
+     */
+    T getConfiguration();
+}