private static boolean parseProperty( JsonElement propertyElement, IConfigPropertyHolder property, Gson gson) { if (!(propertyElement instanceof JsonObject)) return true; JsonObject propertyNode = propertyElement.getAsJsonObject(); JsonElement value = propertyNode.get(VALUE_TAG); if (value == null) return true; try { Object parsedValue = gson.fromJson(value, property.getType()); property.setValue(parsedValue); } catch (Exception e) { Log.warn(e, "Failed to parse value of field %s:%s", property.category(), property.name()); return true; } JsonElement comment = propertyNode.get(COMMENT_TAG); final String expectedComment = property.comment(); if (comment == null) { return !Strings.isNullOrEmpty(expectedComment); } else if (comment.isJsonPrimitive()) { String commentValue = comment.getAsString(); return !expectedComment.equals(commentValue); } return true; }