Refactor properties handling #40
Description
The current properties handling in edu.kit.scc.dem.wapsrv.app.WapServerConfig seems to be overly complicated and may circumvent spring functionalities in regards to properties loading.
I am a bit scared to refactor because of the generation of the application properties file on install - and because I do not have enough knowledge about spring.
Things to consider:
- properties are not defined in a default application properties. It seems to be difficult to extend or change properties without breaking anything.
- wap server specific properties do not have a prefix, which might hinder some of the usual spring properties handling. Fixing/Changing this would break backwards compatibility in regards to existing configuration files in deployment, so a migration would be necessary.
- There is a
updateConfigFromOldVersionsfunctionality which may rewrite existing properties files. I do not really get what it does / why it is necessary.