Deprecate confmap.Conf.Set, not used anywhere for the moment

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   - Package `overwritepropertiesmapconverter` -> `overwritepropertiesconverter`
 - Deprecate `component.ExtensionDefaultConfigFunc` in favor of `component.ExtensionCreateDefaultConfigFunc` (#5451)
 - Deprecate `confmap.Received.AsMap` in favor of `confmap.Received.AsConf` (#5465)
+- Deprecate `confmap.Conf.Set`, not used anywhere for the moment (#5485)
 
 ### 💡 Enhancements 💡
 

config/internal/configsource/manager.go

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func NewManager(_ *confmap.Conf) (*Manager, error) {
 // the given input config map are resolved to actual literal values of the env vars or config sources.
 // This method must be called only once per lifetime of a Manager object.
 func (m *Manager) Resolve(ctx context.Context, configMap *confmap.Conf) (*confmap.Conf, error) {
-	res := confmap.New()
+	out := make(map[string]interface{})
 	allKeys := configMap.AllKeys()
 	for _, k := range allKeys {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(k, configSourcesKey) {
@@ -209,10 +209,10 @@ func (m *Manager) Resolve(ctx context.Context, configMap *confmap.Conf) (*confma
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		res.Set(k, value)
+		out[k] = value
 	}
 
-	return res, nil
+	return confmap.NewFromStringMap(out), nil
 }
 
 // WatchForUpdate must watch for updates on any of the values retrieved from config sources

confmap/confmap.go

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (l *Conf) Get(key string) interface{} {
 	return l.k.Get(key)
 }
 
-// Set sets the value for the key.
+// Deprecated: [v0.53.0] use "Merge" or construct a map[string]interface{}.
 func (l *Conf) Set(key string, value interface{}) {
 	// koanf doesn't offer a direct setting mechanism so merging is required.
 	merged := koanf.New(KeyDelimiter)

confmap/confmap_test.go

@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
-func TestToStringMap_WithSet(t *testing.T) {
-	parser := New()
-	parser.Set("key::embedded", int64(123))
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"key": map[string]interface{}{"embedded": int64(123)}}, parser.ToStringMap())
+func TestToStringMapFlatten(t *testing.T) {
+	conf := NewFromStringMap(map[string]interface{}{"key::embedded": int64(123)})
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"key": map[string]interface{}{"embedded": int64(123)}}, conf.ToStringMap())
 }
 
 func TestToStringMap(t *testing.T) {

confmap/converter/expandconverter/expand.go

@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ func New() confmap.Converter {
 }
 
 func (converter) Convert(_ context.Context, conf *confmap.Conf) error {
+	out := make(map[string]interface{})
 	for _, k := range conf.AllKeys() {
-		conf.Set(k, expandStringValues(conf.Get(k)))
+		out[k] = expandStringValues(conf.Get(k))
 	}
-	return nil
+	return conf.Merge(confmap.NewFromStringMap(out))
 }
 
 func expandStringValues(value interface{}) interface{} {

service/collector_test.go

@@ -180,14 +180,11 @@ func TestCollectorFailedShutdown(t *testing.T) {
 // mapConverter applies extraMap of config settings. Useful for overriding the config
 // for testing purposes. Keys must use "::" delimiter between levels.
 type mapConverter struct {
-	extraMap map[string]*string
+	extraMap map[string]interface{}
 }
 
 func (m mapConverter) Convert(ctx context.Context, conf *confmap.Conf) error {
-	for k, v := range m.extraMap {
-		conf.Set(k, v)
-	}
-	return nil
+	return conf.Merge(confmap.NewFromStringMap(m.extraMap))
 }
 
 type labelState int
@@ -299,7 +296,7 @@ func testCollectorStartHelper(t *testing.T, telemetry collectorTelemetryExporter
 	})
 
 	// Prepare config properties to be merged with the main config.
-	extraCfgAsProps := map[string]*string{
+	extraCfgAsProps := map[string]interface{}{
 		// Set the metrics address to expose own metrics on.
 		"service::telemetry::metrics::address": &metricsAddr,
 	}