added static initialize methods

.gitignore

@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@ bin/
 .vscode/
 
 ### Mac OS ###
-.DS_Store
+.DS_Store
+
+.idea/workspace.xml

src/dev/asdf00/confindibus/Configurator.java

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import dev.asdf00.confindibus.annotations.Configuration;
 import dev.asdf00.confindibus.annotations.Section;
 import dev.asdf00.confindibus.annotations.Value;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -54,12 +56,56 @@ public class Configurator {
         _debug = debugMsgStream;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Provides easy access for initializing a config class.
+     *
+     * @param configClass     class containing the annotations for a config
+     * @param createIfMissing permission to create new config file if none is found
+     */
+    public static void initialize(Class<?> configClass, boolean createIfMissing) {
+        Configurator.of(configClass, null).init(createIfMissing);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides easy access for initializing a config class. If no or a faulty config is found,
+     * the user is queried if they want to (re)initialize the config file.
+     *
+     * @param configClass class containing the annotations for a config
+     * @param out         the PrintWriter the user query is written to
+     * @param in          the BufferedReader where the user response is expected
+     * @return true if a valid config file was found
+     */
+    public static boolean initialize(Class<?> configClass, PrintWriter out, BufferedReader in) {
+        var conf = Configurator.of(configClass, null);
+        try {
+            initialize(configClass, false);
+            return true;
+        } catch (ConfigurationException e) {
+            try {
+                out.print("Configuration file is missing or faulty. Reset config and exit? [yN] ");
+                var input = in.readLine().toLowerCase();
+                if ("y".equals(input)) {
+                    var confAnnot = configClass.getAnnotation(Configuration.class);
+                    var cPath = Path.of(".").resolve(confAnnot.path());
+                    if (Files.exists(cPath)) {
+                        Files.delete(cPath);
+                    }
+                    initialize(configClass, true);
+                    out.println("Config has been reset successfully!");
+                }
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                throw new ConfigurationException(ex, "Initialization of config failed!");
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
 
     /**
      * Creates helper instance.
-     * @param configClass class containing the annotations for a config
+     *
+     * @param configClass    class containing the annotations for a config
      * @param debugMsgStream {@link PrintStream} where debug output shall be written to.
-     *                                          Can be {@code null} if no debug output should be written
+     *                       Can be {@code null} if no debug output should be written
      */
     public static Configurator of(Class<?> configClass, PrintStream debugMsgStream) {
         return new Configurator(configClass, debugMsgStream);
@@ -67,6 +113,7 @@ public class Configurator {
 
     /**
      * Initialize values in {@code configClass}.
+     *
      * @param createIfMissing permission to create new config file if none is found
      */
     public void init(boolean createIfMissing) {