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EnvironmentHelper Deep Dive

A specialized utility class responsible for managing the Node.js environment variables before any other Archibald service is initialized.

Key Methods​

load(params)​

  • Role: Finds and parses the correct .env and .env.{environment} files using dotenv.
  • Precedence: Ensures that environment variables sit on process.env so that the ConfigService can later perform secret interpolation on the config.js template.

getEnvFilePath()​

Calculates the physical path to the environment file based on the current platform, tenant, and environment name, supporting both standard Archibald paths and custom project structures.