OpenFeature SDK for Java

This is the Java implementation of OpenFeature, a vendor-agnostic abstraction library for evaluating feature flags.

We support multiple data types for flags (numbers, strings, booleans, objects) as well as hooks, which can alter the lifecycle of a flag evaluation.

This library is intended to be used in server-side contexts and has not been evaluated for use in mobile devices.

Usage

While Boolean provides the simplest introduction, we offer a variety of flag types.

import dev.openfeature.sdk.Structure;

class MyClass {
    public UI booleanExample() {
        // Should we render the redesign? Or the default webpage? 
        if (client.getBooleanValue("redesign_enabled", false)) {
            return render_redesign();
        }
        return render_normal();
    }

    public Template stringExample() {
        // Get the template to load for the custom new homepage
        String template = client.getStringValue("homepage_template", "default-homepage.html");
        return render_template(template);
    }

    public List<HomepageModule> numberExample() {
        // How many modules should we be fetching?
        Integer count = client.getIntegerValue("module-fetch-count", 4);
        return fetch_modules(count);
    }

    public HomepageModule structureExample() {
        Structure obj = client.getObjectValue("hero-module", previouslyDefinedDefaultStructure);
        return HomepageModule.builder()
                .title(obj.getValue("title"))
                .body(obj.getValue("description"))
                .build();
    }
}

For complete documentation, visit: https://docs.openfeature.dev/docs/category/concepts

Requirements

• Java 8+ (compiler target is 1.8)

Installation

Add it to your build

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>dev.openfeature</groupId>
    <artifactId>sdk</artifactId>
    <version>1.3.1</version>
</dependency>

If you would like snapshot builds, this is the relevant repository information:

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <snapshots>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
        </snapshots>
        <id>sonartype</id>
        <name>Sonartype Repository</name>
        <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

Gradle

dependencies {
    implementation 'dev.openfeature:sdk:1.3.1'
}

Configure it

To configure it, you'll need to add a provider to the global singleton OpenFeatureAPI. From there, you can generate a Client which is usable by your code. While you'll likely want a provider for your specific backend, we've provided a NoOpProvider, which simply returns the default passed in.

class MyApp {
    public void example(){
        OpenFeatureAPI api = OpenFeatureAPI.getInstance();
        api.setProvider(new NoOpProvider());
        Client client = api.getClient();
        // Now use your `client` instance to evaluate some feature flags!
    }
}

Contacting us

We hold regular meetings which you can see here.

We are also present on the #openfeature channel in the CNCF slack.

Developing

Integration tests

The continuous integration runs a set of gherkin integration tests using flagd. These tests do not run with the default maven profile. If you'd like to run them locally, you can start the flagd testbed with

docker run -p 8013:8013 ghcr.io/open-feature/flagd-testbed:latest

and then run

mvn test -P integration-test

Releasing

See releasing.

Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)

We publish SBOMs with all of our releases as of 0.3.0. You can find them in Maven Central alongside the artifacts.

Contributors

Thanks so much to our contributors.

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