get_configuration

jdaviz.core.config.get_configuration(path=None, section=None, config=None)

Retrieve a copy of a specified configuration.

Returns a copy of a configuration specification. If path is not specified, then returns a copy of the current application configuration if config is specified.

Parameters:

pathstr, optional

path to the configuration file to be retrieved.

sectionstr, optional

A section of the configuration to retrieve

configdict, optional

An existing configuration dictionary

Returns:

cfgdict

A configuration specification dictionary