A lot of fixes around setting / retrieving base64 encoded values #701

We have a lot of code duplication by checkin over and over again if field should be named in camel or snake notation. We simplify this by writing the choosen variant into a variable and just use that name across the code. No functional change.

We add a local helper function to print a single setting. This is a preparation to correctly print non-trivial types. The existing code in getPref is ported over to use that function. By that, the output of "wholeField" is changed slightly to always print the full path for each setting (e.g. "security.serialEnabled" instead of "security:\nserialEnabled"). This improves support for grepping on the output.

When getting config values of type bytes or list (technically a protobuf repeated container type), these were directly printed on the output. However, the retrieved values could not be set by --set again, as the format was different (e.g. python string representation of bytes vs. base64 prefixed and encoded as expected by --set). We fix this by adding a toStr utility function (similar to the fromStr) function to convert byte types correctly to the base64 representation. Further, we check if the type is repeated and apply this operation to all values.

Same change as done in getPerf to have less branches (simplifies the code).

By passing a typed value we can conserve the type information to later use that to convert it back into the correct protobuf type. The type conversion is now done inside setPref.

When setting the whole configuration via --configure, list types like adminKey need special handling. Previously this failed as a list cannot be appended to a list. The new code adds dedicated logic to replace the repeated value when passing a list. Also, all items of that list are converted into the correct (typed) form before setting them.

When clearning or appending to a repeated value, both the "Clearing..." / "Adding..." line and the "Set..." line were shown. However, this is misleading as the only performed operation is the clearing / appending. We fix this by directly returning from the function in case of clearing / appending.

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A lot of fixes around setting / retrieving base64 encoded values #701

A lot of fixes around setting / retrieving base64 encoded values #701

Commits on Oct 25, 2024