Method getConfig

src/tools/CliOptions.java:94–109

Attempts to load a configuration given a file or default files and overrides with command line arguments @return A config object with user settings or defaults @throws IOException If there was an error opening any of the config files @throws FileNotFoundException If the user provided config file was

(final ArgP argp)

   * @since 2.0
   */
  static final Config getConfig(final ArgP argp) throws IOException {
    // load configuration
    final Config config;
    final String config_file = argp.get("--config", "");
    if (!config_file.isEmpty())
      config = new Config(config_file);
    else
      config = new Config(true);

    // load CLI overloads
    overloadConfig(argp, config);
    // the auto metric is recorded to a class boolean flag since it's used so
    // often. We have to set it manually after overriding.
    config.setAutoMetric(config.getBoolean("tsd.core.auto_create_metrics"));
    return config;
  }

  /**
   * Copies the parsed command line options to the {@link Config} class