openHAB 2.4: Confused about when to configure via UI vs Files

[rossko57]

@ottawahacker

I have a bunch of mqtt items defined in PaperUI, is there really no way to link them to the expire binding?

No. The same limitation applies if you use any version 1.x binding.

There is an alternate implementation of ‘expire’ functionality using new rules

Jython Drop-in Replacement for Expire 1.x Binding

Edit: I’ve reimplemented this and am hosting it on my own repo instead of as a submission to the helper libraries. As a challenge to myself I wanted to see if I could replace the Expire binding using Rules. The answer appears to be yes. See https://github.com/rkoshak/openhab-rules-tools for a drop in replacement to the Expire binding. You don’t even need to change your Item configs. The rules will pick up your existing Expire binding configs and use them. The only limitation is you must caus…