The previous interface for ´IDefaultProvider´ assumes that defaults have been represented as a String. Although this is ok for most cases, with Lists the String approach becomes harder to guarantee (e.g. unescaped split on comma) and with Maps it's not even supported.
By having the ´IDefaultProvider´ return a List instead of a plain String simplifies the representation of default values for Lists (e.g. clean object [1, 2] instead of CSV String 1,2) and allows the representation of Maps (e.g. String a=b).
The previous interface for ´IDefaultProvider´ assumes that defaults have been represented as a String. Although this is ok for most cases, with Lists the String approach becomes harder to guarantee (e.g. unescaped split on comma) and with Maps it's not even supported. By having the ´IDefaultProvider´ return a List instead of a plain String simplifies the representation of default values for Lists (e.g. clean object
[1, 2]instead of CSV String1,2) and allows the representation of Maps (e.g. Stringa=b).