[4.x] LazyConfigSource is now queried when an unknown node is requested #8707
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Description
Previously
LazyConfigSource
was invoked only for nodes that existed in other config sources. If a node was not known by the config system, it would always return an empty value, even if one of the lazy config sources could provide a value for it.This PR introduces a change where we first check if the key exists in any lazy source before caching it as non-existent.
As usual with Helidon Config, changes in time are not reflected, as the config tree is considered a snapshot of configuration (even though the lazy config source may introduce a value later in time, it is still considered immutable, and changes must be handled through change API).
Resolves #8709
Documentation
We are currently missing documentation of
LazyConfigSource
and I did not add it as part of this PR.