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Apache Commons Configuration was considered as the implementation library, but the Java objects it creates are not thread-safe. Thread-safe objects are a requirement because OFBiz is multi-threaded. Therefore, configuration will be implemented using a custom library - and that library design will be based on lessons learned from the OFBiz project.

The configuration file managed by this package will provide the basic settings needed to bootstrap an application. Application-specific settings will be managed by another component, and those settings can be stored in the data source (database).