spring-cloud / spring-cloud/spring-cloud-consul

Support Hashicorp HCL as a config format

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Description

https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/4974#issuecomment-173175333

https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl

see https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/3558

Would bring in JSON as a config format as well.

HCL is also fully JSON compatible. That is, JSON can be used as completely valid input to a system expecting HCL. This helps makes systems interoperable with other systems.

Could be useful for folks using Spring Cloud Consul and other hashicorp tools (vault, etc...).

HCL in java https://github.com/VladRassokhin/intellij-hcl

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start with the linked Spring Boot discussion and issue #3558, then inspect this repository's existing configuration-format integration points. Determine how HCL and its JSON-compatible input should work with Spring Cloud Consul and what tests cover the behavior; done means the requested format is supported without breaking existing configuration handling.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, json, spring, spring-boot
Domain
backend, cloud
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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