Managing Hierarchical Configurations Scalably

Software frameworks in large enterprises often have to manage configs for a large hierarchy of objects. For example, a workflow service manages and schedules a variety of workflows and operators, which can be grouped in multiple ways, e.g., by their owners, by types (streaming, batch, etc.), or by environments (dev, prod, etc.). Different objects in the hierarchy often have both shared and unique properties.

This brief talk will outline an approach to effectively manage a hierarchy of configs in Scala, utilizing Scala’s type system to achieve scalability and type safety with minimal redundancy.

Session length

10 minutes

Language of the presentation

English

Target audience

Beginner: No need to have prior knowledge

Who is your session intended to

Developers of large and complex software frameworks

Speaker

Ziyang Liu (Software Engineer at Facebook)