Is it possible to read a configuration property as...

# ktor

[Johann Pardanaud]

Is it possible to read a configuration property as an integer? Asking because in this example we are reading an integer as a string:

ktor {
    deployment {
        port = 8080
    }
}

val port = environment.config.propertyOrNull("ktor.deployment.port")?.getString() ?: "8080"

Since Ktor uses HOCON, which is a typed structure, I thought it would be possible to read properties as specific types like this:

val port = environment.config.propertyOrNull("ktor.deployment.port")?.getInt() ?: 8080

[Hristijan]

environment.config.property("ktor.deployment.port").getString().toInt()

[Johann Pardanaud]

Thought I could avoid casting the value 🤔

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

Ktor doesn't support out-of-the-box parsing for the property values.

[Johann Pardanaud]

Alright, thank you 🙂