{title:'POJOs', updated:'9.0.0'}

Entries can also be read as POJOs. In theory, any parsable POJO type can be represented as a config value. However in practice, we're typically talking about the following:

- Objects convertible from Strings.
- Beans.

An example of an object convertible from a String was already shown in an example above. In that case, it was a URL which has a public constructor that takes in a String:

| # A POJO | key4 = http://bar

| // Read values from section #1 | URL key4 = config.get("Section1/key4").as(URL.class).orElse(null);

Beans are represented as JSON 5 by default:

| // Contact information | [ContactInfo] | address = | { | street: '123 Main Street', | city: 'Anywhere', | state: 'NY', | zip: 12345 | }

| // Example bean | public class Address { | public String street, city; | public StateEnum state; | public int zip; | } | | // Example usage | Config config = Config.create("MyConfig.cfg").build(); | Address myAddress = config.get("ContactInfo/address").as(Address.class).orElse(null);

The default serializer and parser is registered on the Config through the following methods:

- {@link oaj.config.Config.Builder}
  - {@link oaj.config.Config.Builder#serializer(WriterSerializer) serializer(WriterSerializer)}
  - {@link oaj.config.Config.Builder#parser(ReaderParser) parser(ReaderParser)}