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@suaveplan/config - Layered configuration management: defaults, file, object, env, CLI layers merged in priority order with deep-merge, Zod validation, OTel instrumentation, and event-bus watch support.

Summary

Layered configuration management for Suaveplan. Resolves an ordered set of typed layers (defaults, file, object, env, CLI) in priority order, deep-merges the results, applies per-environment overrides, validates via a caller-supplied Zod schema or custom function, and exposes an immutable ConfigStore with live reload and event-bus change propagation.

Documentation tree

• config-builder — (no submodules)
  • config-builder — (no submodules)
• config-store — (no submodules)
  • config-store — (no submodules)
• cli-layer — (no submodules)
  • cli-layer — (no submodules)
• defaults-layer — (no submodules)
  • defaults-layer — (no submodules)
• env-layer — (no submodules)
  • env-layer — (no submodules)
• file-layer — (no submodules)
  • file-layer — (no submodules)
• object-layer — (no submodules)
  • object-layer — (no submodules)
• common — This module defines every public TypeScript interface and type alias used across the @suaveplan/config package. It is…
• schemas — This module exposes Zod schemas for every public options interface in @suaveplan/config. Using these schemas, callers…
• mask — This module provides low-level dot-notation path traversal utilities (getByPath, setByPath, hasByPath) and the `m…
• merge — This module provides two functions that form the merge backbone of the config pipeline: deepMerge performs a structur…

- [config-builder](./src/core/config-builder/config-builder.md) — _(no submodules)_- [config-store](./src/core/config-store/config-store.md) — _(no submodules)_- [config-store](./src/core/config-store/config-store.md) — _(no submodules)_- [cli-layer](./src/layers/cli-layer/cli-layer.md) — _(no submodules)_- [cli-layer](./src/layers/cli-layer/cli-layer.md) — _(no submodules)_- [defaults-layer](./src/layers/defaults-layer/defaults-layer.md) — _(no submodules)_- [defaults-layer](./src/layers/defaults-layer/defaults-layer.md) — _(no submodules)_- [env-layer](./src/layers/env-layer/env-layer.md) — _(no submodules)_- [env-layer](./src/layers/env-layer/env-layer.md) — _(no submodules)_- [file-layer](./src/layers/file-layer/file-layer.md) — _(no submodules)_- [file-layer](./src/layers/file-layer/file-layer.md) — _(no submodules)_- [object-layer](./src/layers/object-layer/object-layer.md) — _(no submodules)_- [object-layer](./src/layers/object-layer/object-layer.md) — _(no submodules)_- [common](./src/types/common.md) — This module defines every public TypeScript interface and type alias used across the `@suaveplan/config` package. It is…

• schemas — This module exposes Zod schemas for every public options interface in @suaveplan/config. Using these schemas, callers…
• mask — This module provides low-level dot-notation path traversal utilities (getByPath, setByPath, hasByPath) and the `m…
• merge — This module provides two functions that form the merge backbone of the config pipeline: deepMerge performs a structur…
• config-builder — (no submodules)- config-store — (no submodules)- config-store — (no submodules)- cli-layer — (no submodules)- cli-layer — (no submodules)- defaults-layer — (no submodules)- defaults-layer — (no submodules)- env-layer — (no submodules)- env-layer — (no submodules)- file-layer — (no submodules)- file-layer — (no submodules)- object-layer — (no submodules)- object-layer — (no submodules)- common — This module defines every public TypeScript interface and type alias used across the @suaveplan/config package. It is…
• schemas — This module exposes Zod schemas for every public options interface in @suaveplan/config. Using these schemas, callers…
• mask — This module provides low-level dot-notation path traversal utilities (getByPath, setByPath, hasByPath) and the `m…
• merge — This module provides two functions that form the merge backbone of the config pipeline: deepMerge performs a structur…
• config-builder — (no submodules)- config-store — (no submodules)- config-store — (no submodules)- cli-layer — (no submodules)- cli-layer — (no submodules)- defaults-layer — (no submodules)- defaults-layer — (no submodules)- env-layer — (no submodules)- env-layer — (no submodules)- file-layer — (no submodules)- file-layer — (no submodules)- object-layer — (no submodules)- object-layer — (no submodules)- common — This module defines every public TypeScript interface and type alias used across the @suaveplan/config package. It is…
• schemas — This module exposes Zod schemas for every public options interface in @suaveplan/config. Using these schemas, callers…
• mask — This module provides low-level dot-notation path traversal utilities (getByPath, setByPath, hasByPath) and the `m…
• merge — This module provides two functions that form the merge backbone of the config pipeline: deepMerge performs a structur…
• config-builder — (no submodules)- config-store — (no submodules) - config-store — (no submodules)- cli-layer — (no submodules) - cli-layer — (no submodules)- defaults-layer — (no submodules) - defaults-layer — (no submodules)- env-layer — (no submodules) - env-layer — (no submodules)- file-layer — (no submodules) - file-layer — (no submodules)- object-layer — (no submodules) - object-layer — (no submodules)- common — This module defines every public TypeScript interface and type alias used across the @suaveplan/config package. It is…
• schemas — This module exposes Zod schemas for every public options interface in @suaveplan/config. Using these schemas, callers…
• mask — This module provides low-level dot-notation path traversal utilities (getByPath, setByPath, hasByPath) and the `m…
• merge — This module provides two functions that form the merge backbone of the config pipeline: deepMerge performs a structur…

Installation

bun add @suaveplan/config

Quick Start

import { createConfig, defaultsLayer, fileLayer, envLayer, cliLayer } from '@suaveplan/config';
import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
import z from 'zod';

const Schema = z.object({
  server: z.object({ port: z.number(), host: z.string() }),
  db:     z.object({ url: z.string(), pool: z.number(), password: z.string() }),
  log:    z.object({ level: z.string() }),
});
type AppConfig = z.infer<typeof Schema>;

const store = createConfig<AppConfig>({
  layers: [
    defaultsLayer({ server: { port: 3000, host: '0.0.0.0' }, db: { pool: 5, password: '' }, log: { level: 'info' } }),
    fileLayer({ content: JSON.parse(readFileSync('./config.json', 'utf-8')) }),
    envLayer({ prefix: 'APP_', mapping: { PORT: 'server.port', DB_URL: 'db.url', DB_PASS: 'db.password' } }),
    cliLayer({ args: process.argv.slice(2), mapping: { port: 'server.port' } }),
  ],
  validate: (raw) => Schema.parse(raw),
  sensitive: ['db.password', 'db.url'],
  environments: { production: { log: { level: 'warn' } }, development: { log: { level: 'debug' } } },
  environment: process.env.NODE_ENV ?? 'development',
});

console.log(store.get('server.port')); // number
console.log(store.toMasked());         // db.password = '****'

// Live reload
await store.reload();

// Subscribe to changes
const unsub = store.subscribe((next) => console.log('Config updated:', next));

Module Documentation

Module	Description
src/types/common.md	All public TypeScript interfaces and type aliases
src/types/schemas.md	Zod option schemas for runtime validation
src/core/config-builder/config-builder.md	createConfig orchestrator
src/core/config-store/config-store.md	createConfigStore static store factory
src/layers/defaults-layer/defaults-layer.md	Static default values layer
src/layers/object-layer/object-layer.md	In-memory config object layer
src/layers/env-layer/env-layer.md	Environment variable layer + coerceValue
src/layers/file-layer/file-layer.md	Pre-parsed file content layer with watch mode
src/layers/cli-layer/cli-layer.md	CLI argument layer + parseArgs
src/utils/merge.md	deepMerge and mergeLayers utilities
src/utils/mask.md	Path utilities and maskSensitive

Layer Priorities

Layer	Priority	Description
defaultsLayer	0	Static baseline — always overridden
fileLayer	10	Pre-parsed file content
objectLayer	20	In-memory programmatic overrides
envLayer	30	Environment variables
cliLayer	40	CLI arguments — highest priority

API

Core

Export	Description
createConfig(options)	Resolves layers, merges, validates, returns live store
createConfigStore(options)	Low-level static store factory

Layers

Export	Description
defaultsLayer(defaults)	Static defaults at priority 0
fileLayer(options)	Pre-parsed file content at priority 10
objectLayer(data, priority?)	In-memory object at priority 20
envLayer(options)	Environment variables at priority 30
cliLayer(options)	CLI arguments at priority 40
parseArgs(args, mapping)	Parse raw argv into flag→value map

Utilities

Export	Description
deepMerge(base, override)	Recursive object merge
mergeLayers(layers)	Fold ordered layers with deepMerge
getByPath(obj, path)	Read dot-notation path
setByPath(obj, path, value)	Write dot-notation path
hasByPath(obj, path)	Check dot-notation path existence
maskSensitive(data, paths, mask?)	Replace sensitive paths
coerceValue(raw)	Convert env-var string to typed value

Error Codes

Code	Description
CONFIG.MISSING	Required config key not found
CONFIG.INVALID_TYPE	Value has wrong type
CONFIG.PARSE_FAILED	Layer resolution threw
CONFIG.FILE_NOT_FOUND	File layer file not found
CONFIG.ENV_NOT_SET	Required env var not set
CONFIG.RELOAD_FAILED	Reload aborted or layer threw
CONFIG.VALIDATION_FAILED	Validator threw

Dependencies

Package	Role
@suaveplan/error	SuaveplanError base, defineCodes
@suaveplan/types	LoggerLike, EventBusLike
@suaveplan/events	EventBus for file-layer watch mode
@suaveplan/env	Coercion functions for env-var values
zod	Option schemas
@opentelemetry/api	Spans, counters, histograms
tslib	TypeScript runtime helpers

Benchmarks

Run with bun run bench.

Benchmark	Operations / sec (approx.)
createConfig 5 layers (cold)	TBD
store.get 100x deeply nested key	TBD
mergeLayers 2 layers	TBD
mergeLayers 5 layers	TBD
mergeLayers 10 layers	TBD
mergeLayers 20 layers	TBD

Run bun run bench to populate these numbers on your hardware.