in archaius2-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/archaius/ConfigProxyFactory.java [293:307]
private String derivePrefix(Configuration annot, String prefix) {
if (prefix == null && annot != null) {
prefix = annot.prefix();
if (prefix == null) {
prefix = "";
}
}
if (prefix == null)
return "";
if (prefix.endsWith(".") || prefix.isEmpty())
return prefix;
return prefix + ".";
}