Configuration Storage Options in Tigase

The whole configuration framework for the Tigase server has been redesigned and rewritten for v5.1. This was done to cleanup all the configuration code and logic as well as extend the current functionality to allow for configuration storage in different kinds of repositories - memory, file, database, …​

Although this article is titled configuration changes, version 5.x still follows our policy about backward compatibility. So the changes could be considered extensions rather than complete overhauls.

There is however one change which can affect a few users. Those who use the server and worked with it’s configuration remember the mess and confusion related to duality in the server configuration - the init.properties file and tigase.xml file. This is now over.