Page History

    /**
     * The type for a configuration value
     */
    public enum Type {
        /**
         * Used for boolean values. Values can be provided as a Boolean object or as a String with values
         * <code>true</code> or <code>false</code> (this is not case-sensitive), otherwise a {@link ConfigException} is
         * thrown.
         */
        BOOLEAN,
        ...

        /**
         * Used for string values containing sensitive data such as a password or key. The values of configurations with
         * of this type are not included in logs and instead replaced with "[hidden]". Values must be provided as a
         * String object, otherwise a {@link ConfigException} is thrown.
         */
        PASSWORD,
    
        // new
lynewly added below
        /**
         * Used for string values containing the metadata of the according sensitive field such as a password or key. 
         * Values must be provided as a String object, otherwise a {@link ConfigException} is thrown.
         */
        METADATA;