Canonicalize converts configuration to a canonical form.

FillDefaults computes any default values and applies them to the configuration This is a mutating operation.

IsChangeSafe checks to see if the change between prev and next are allowed FillDefaults and Validate should have been called.

Render creates a list of components to be created.

RenderObjsToRemove creates list of components to be removed.

specialCleanUp checks if there are any specific outdated objects or ones that are no longer compatible and deletes them.

Validate checks that the supplied configuration is reasonable.