Use ID of Play Server in a conf file included in application.conf

Question

Let's say I have a conf file called extra.conf. I add it to the Play Server's application.conf like this:

@include.extra = extra.conf

And extra.conf looks like this:

foo=bar

The following code returns bar as expected:

Play.configuration.getProperty("foo");

However, if I want to prefix the property with the server id like this:

%someid.foo=bar

and start the server with the above id:

play run --%someid

The code can no longer obtain the foo property.

If I move %someid.foo=bar directly into the application.conf instead of having it in the extra.conf file, it works again.

Does anyone know whether it is possible to get the original scenario to work where I prefix a property with the server id and have that property included via a conf file which is not application.conf?

Answer 1

It sounds to be a bug. You should submit it on play.lighthouseapp.com