diff --git a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/__init__.py b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/__init__.py
index d341539d838f24244d25248a6c2ab9bf9507cc13..7178c8fa9ca5c4e1455dc2f7653bf0adf829cfe2 100644
--- a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/__init__.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
# Load main class & modules.
+from .config import config
from . import tools
-from . import config
from . import bindings
from . import aiohelpers as helpers
diff --git a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/aioengine.py b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/aioengine.py
index 1e6f3603ac8723ef2a7fe5e10235163ed08b2e58..acb663f303b171f794d7bf24131846500dd96bdb 100644
--- a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/aioengine.py
+++ b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/aioengine.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ from uuid import UUID
import aioconsole
from tabulate import tabulate
-from . import config, core, tools
+from .config import config
+from . import core, tools
from .aionetwork import AsyncNetworkConnector
from .exceptions import CallbackError, XAALError
from .messages import MessageParserError
diff --git a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/config.py b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/config.py
index 0989bc5b396f9244e394e22b10e264ac20345fe1..4cf2af919358a777ae85c84360acb8d37a0120ab 100644
--- a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/config.py
+++ b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/config.py
@@ -1,53 +1,82 @@
# Default configuration
+
import os
import sys
import binascii
from configobj import ConfigObj
-self = sys.modules[__name__]
-
# Default settings
-DEF_ADDR = '224.0.29.200' # mcast address
-DEF_PORT = 1236 # mcast port
-DEF_HOPS = 10 # mcast hop
-DEF_ALIVE_TIMER = 100 # Time between two alive msg
-DEF_CIPHER_WINDOW = 60 * 2 # Time Window in seconds to avoid replay attacks
-DEF_QUEUE_SIZE = 10 # How many packet we can send in one loop
-DEF_LOG_LEVEL = 'DEBUG' # should be INFO|DEBUG|None
-DEF_LOG_PATH = '/var/log/xaal' # where log are
-
-# TBD : Move this stuff
+DEF_ADDR = '224.0.29.200'
+DEF_PORT = 1236
+DEF_HOPS = 10
+DEF_ALIVE_TIMER = 100
+DEF_CIPHER_WINDOW = 60 * 2
+DEF_QUEUE_SIZE = 10
+DEF_LOG_LEVEL = 'DEBUG'
+DEF_LOG_PATH = '/var/log/xaal'
+
STACK_VERSION = 7
+class Config:
+ def __init__(self):
+ self.conf_dir = os.environ.get('XAAL_CONF_DIR', os.path.expanduser("~/.xaal"))
+ self.address = DEF_ADDR
+ self.port = DEF_PORT
+ self.hops = DEF_HOPS
+ self.alive_timer = DEF_ALIVE_TIMER
+ self.cipher_window = DEF_CIPHER_WINDOW
+ self.queue_size = DEF_QUEUE_SIZE
+ self.log_level = DEF_LOG_LEVEL
+ self.log_path = DEF_LOG_PATH
+ self.key = b''
+ self.STACK_VERSION = STACK_VERSION
+
+ def load(self, name='xaal.ini'):
+ filename = os.path.join(self.conf_dir, name)
+ if not os.path.isfile(filename):
+ raise FileNotFoundError(f"Unable to load xAAL config file [{filename}]")
+
+ cfg = ConfigObj(filename)
+ self.address = self.safe_string(cfg.get('address'), DEF_ADDR)
+ self.port = self.safe_int(cfg.get('port'), DEF_PORT)
+ self.hops = self.safe_int(cfg.get('hops'), DEF_HOPS)
+ self.alive_timer = self.safe_int(cfg.get('alive_timer'), DEF_ALIVE_TIMER)
+ self.cipher_window = self.safe_int(cfg.get('cipher_window'), DEF_CIPHER_WINDOW)
+ self.queue_size = self.safe_int(cfg.get('queue_size'), DEF_QUEUE_SIZE)
+ self.log_level = self.safe_string(cfg.get('log_level'), DEF_LOG_LEVEL)
+ self.log_path = self.safe_string(cfg.get('log_path'), DEF_LOG_PATH)
+ key = cfg.get('key', None)
+ if key and type(key) is str:
+ self.key = binascii.unhexlify(key.encode('utf-8'))
+ else:
+ raise ValueError(f"Key not set in config file [{filename}]")
+
+ ## Helper functions
+ # Pylint enforce to sanity check the input. In fact, ConfigObj can do the job without issue
+ # but Pytlint assume cfg.get can return None (even w/ default set), so it warm about wrong
+ # type in all config setting. By doing this I insure that the value is of the right type.
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def safe_int(value, default):
+ try:
+ return int(value)
+ except (ValueError, TypeError):
+ return default
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def safe_string(value, default):
+ if value is None:
+ return default
+ try:
+ return str(value)
+ except (ValueError, TypeError):
+ return default
+
-if 'XAAL_CONF_DIR' in os.environ:
- self.conf_dir = os.environ['XAAL_CONF_DIR']
-else:
- self.conf_dir = os.path.expanduser("~") + '/.xaal'
-
-
-def load_config(name: str ='xaal.ini'):
- filename = os.path.join(self.conf_dir, name)
- if not os.path.isfile(filename):
- print("Unable to load xAAL config file [%s]" % filename)
- sys.exit(-1)
-
- cfg = ConfigObj(filename)
- self.address = cfg.get('address',DEF_ADDR)
- self.port = int(cfg.get('port',DEF_PORT))
- self.hops = int(cfg.get('hops',DEF_HOPS))
- self.alive_timer = int(cfg.get('alive_timer',DEF_ALIVE_TIMER))
- self.cipher_window = int(cfg.get('ciper_window',DEF_CIPHER_WINDOW))
- self.queue_size = int(cfg.get('queue_size',DEF_QUEUE_SIZE))
- self.log_level = cfg.get('log_level',DEF_LOG_LEVEL)
- self.log_path = cfg.get('log_path',DEF_LOG_PATH)
- key = cfg.get('key',None)
-
- if key:
- self.key = binascii.unhexlify(key.encode('utf-8'))
- else:
- print("Please set key in config file [%s]" % filename)
- self.key = None
-
-load_config()
+config = Config()
+try:
+ config.load()
+except Exception as e:
+ print(e)
+ sys.exit(-1)
diff --git a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/engine.py b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/engine.py
index b3c639fd10f9b5966a8627812aa88a6780711a16..6bddc30db41e622dc4f38f6d74d9a43f3a4ed7c9 100644
--- a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/engine.py
+++ b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/engine.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ import typing
from enum import Enum
from typing import Any, Optional
-from . import config, core
+from .config import config
+from . import core
from .exceptions import CallbackError, MessageParserError, XAALError
from .network import NetworkConnector
diff --git a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/helpers.py b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/helpers.py
index 3d9197eb6dc9e74fef3fa0f40ec944db9c6dfeb5..9e0d57202cc950c649974e502c391e78b7fa402c 100644
--- a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/helpers.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from typing import Any, Optional
import coloredlogs
from decorator import decorator
-from . import config
+from .config import config
def singleton(class_):
diff --git a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/messages.py b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/messages.py
index 174d0ef87fb95000c0cfd482c3fb9e53f8751378..f80481e7b3173e0d5eab370edb62f43e672288e5 100644
--- a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/messages.py
+++ b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/messages.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ from typing import Any, Optional
import pysodium
from tabulate import tabulate
-from . import cbor, config, tools
+from . import cbor, tools
+from .config import config
from .bindings import UUID
from .exceptions import MessageError, MessageParserError
diff --git a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/tools.py b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/tools.py
index 0c4cbac6096bc261cabb7d1774b9125b45b3095a..bfcb52d39ebebe2bc0e016448155cdbe90396427 100644
--- a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/tools.py
+++ b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/tools.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from typing import Optional, Union
import pysodium
from configobj import ConfigObj
-from . import config
+from .config import config
from .bindings import UUID
XAAL_DEVTYPE_PATTERN = "^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*\\.[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*$"