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New feature in AEM 6.1, currently not documented officially besides the AEM 6.1 API Docs.
- Here is a good blog post about it: http://www.nateyolles.com/blog/2016/03/aem-slash-conf-and-confmgr
- ConfMgr API Documentation: https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-2/develop/ref/javadoc/com/adobe/granite/confmgr/package-summary.html
Key features:
- Supports "context-specific" configuration and system-wide configuration
- Supports inheritance of configuration parameter across nested contexts
- Provides a simple ValueMap and Resource-based API to access configuration values
- Supports lists of configurations
- Links content subtrees with configuration nodes via
cq:conf
property - Stores configuration in
/conf
tree of repository - Designed with security in mind (good control of ACLs in /conf)
- Provides a simple but useful web console plugin for debugging configuration resolving: http://localhost:4502/system/console/conf
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