Prickle

Prickle is a JSON based config format. This mod allows other mods to use Prickle for their config files! Why is this called Prickle? Prickle is the collective noun for a group of hedgehogs. Hedgehogs are one of my favourite animals and I think they are a fitting metaphor for config files. For example, they both may seem intimidating at first but can be nice once you get to know and understand them. Why not use an existing format? In the past I used standard JSON for my config files but there were several issues such as the lack of comments and default values. Prickle adds these features to JSON while remaining 100% backwards compatible. I have tried several other formats like TOML but I was disappointed with a lot of their Java implementations. They often lack features I found important, has serious bugs, and were no longer being maintained. Minecraft also uses JSON for datapacks and commands, making it a familiar choice for most players. Format Specifications In Prickle property values are wrapped in a JSON object. This allows metadata and other properties to be attributed to that property. The actual value that the user edits is held by the value property. For example in standard JSON a file would look like this. "database_host": "192.168.1.222" The same JSON as a Prickle file would look like this. "database_host": { "value": "192.168.1.222" The // key is reserved for comments. Comments are only used to provide additional context to the reader and should never influence how...