We may have been deep in the trouble of managing configurations through different sources, like custom settings, some SObjects, or even from web services. Config.apex is aimed to provide a universal way to access and manage your configurations. The ultimate goal is, "One Config API, Various Config Providers". Behind Config.apex, we use a standalone CacheStore to effectively manipulate Salesforce Platform Cache.
Config.apex has very simple APIs to use.
Besides integrations with SObjects and custom settings, Config.apex is extensible to add new config implementations.
Config.apex provides an efficient cache mechanism to use.
With Config.apex, you can build your own config systems easily.
Config.apex offers a unified API to access configurations with difference sources.
Config.apex has integrations available with SObjects/CustomSettings.
Config.apex has a standalone CacheStore to provide easy-to-use and efficient cache system.
