Arooa stands for A Rip Off Of Ant, and provides ant like configuration.

Configuration starts with an {@link org.oddjob.arooa.ArooaConfiguration}. The most typical is an {@link org.oddjob.arooa.xml.XMLConfiguration}.

An ArooaConfiguration takes and provides an {@link org.oddjob.arooa.parsing.ArooaContext} which is something that brings together the result of parsing an 'element' in a configuration and everything required to parse child elements if (or when) they exist.

The ArooaContext is central to Arooa and provides the framework with it's flexibility. Creating one does require some understanding of Arooa but an {@link org.oddjob.arooa.ArooaParser} saves us this need.