Config repository (#3988)

* WIP

* fix(test): fix ap test failing

* fix: fix unkeyed fields being used

* chore(tests): clean up browser tests by splitting out federation UI tests

models/configEntry.go

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package models
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/gob"
+)
+
+// ConfigEntry is the actual object saved to the database.
+// The Value is encoded using encoding/gob.
+type ConfigEntry struct {
+	Value interface{}
+	Key   string
+}
+
+func (c *ConfigEntry) GetStringSlice() ([]string, error) {
+	decoder := c.GetDecoder()
+	var result []string
+	err := decoder.Decode(&result)
+	return result, err
+}
+
+func (c *ConfigEntry) GetStringMap() (map[string]string, error) {
+	decoder := c.GetDecoder()
+	var result map[string]string
+	err := decoder.Decode(&result)
+	return result, err
+}
+
+func (c *ConfigEntry) GetString() (string, error) {
+	decoder := c.GetDecoder()
+	var result string
+	err := decoder.Decode(&result)
+	return result, err
+}
+
+func (c *ConfigEntry) GetNumber() (float64, error) {
+	decoder := c.GetDecoder()
+	var result float64
+	err := decoder.Decode(&result)
+	return result, err
+}
+
+func (c *ConfigEntry) GetBool() (bool, error) {
+	decoder := c.GetDecoder()
+	var result bool
+	err := decoder.Decode(&result)
+	return result, err
+}
+
+func (c *ConfigEntry) GetObject(result interface{}) error {
+	decoder := c.GetDecoder()
+	err := decoder.Decode(result)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c *ConfigEntry) GetDecoder() *gob.Decoder {
+	valueBytes := c.Value.([]byte)
+	decoder := gob.NewDecoder(bytes.NewBuffer(valueBytes))
+	return decoder
+}