How can I get configuration values inside a utility class?

I need help getting configurable values inside of a utility class.

I have these files, MattUtils.java and Overriders.java. MattUtils is essentially a set of utility functions. Overriders is a series of configurable setting (boolean checks, strings, etc.). In MattUtils, I would like to be able to get the Overriders settings and use them. But for some reason, when I substantiate Overriders, the configurable values come back as null.

MattUtils.java:

package com.matt.mattlib;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;

import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;

import org.apache.sling.api.SlingHttpServletRequest;

import org.apache.sling.api.request.RequestParameter;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

import java.util.*;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;

import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;

import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;

import com.matt.mattlib.Overriders;

@Component(immediate = true)

@Service(value = MattUtils.class)

public class MattUtils {

    SlingHttpServletRequest slingRequest;

    @Reference

    Overriders ov;

    public static String getSessionValue(String name, SlingHttpServletRequest request) {

        HttpSession session = request.getSession(true);

        return session.getAttribute(name) != null ? session.getAttribute(name).toString().trim() : null;

    }

    public static String getSiteName() {

        String siteName = "Matt's Site";

        Overriders ov = new Overriders();

        if (ov != null && ov.getOverrideMySite() != null) {

            siteName = ov.getOverrideSiteName();

        }

        return siteName;

    }

    public static boolean isThisMySite() {

        boolean isMySite = false;

        boolean overrideMySite = false;

        Overriders ov = new Overriders();

        if (ov != null && ov.getOverrideMySite() != null) {

            //isMySite = ov.overrideMySite;

            isMySite = ov.getOverrideMySite();

        }

        return isMySite;

    }

}

Overriders.java:

package com.matt.mattlib;

import org.apache.sling.api.resource.*;

import org.apache.sling.commons.osgi.OsgiUtil;

import org.apache.sling.commons.osgi.PropertiesUtil;

import org.apache.sling.jcr.api.SlingRepository;

import org.apache.sling.jcr.resource.JcrResourceResolverFactory;

import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;

import org.osgi.framework.FrameworkUtil;

import org.osgi.framework.ServiceReference;

import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;

import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;

import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;

import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;

import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.*;

import org.osgi.service.cm.Configuration;

import org.osgi.service.cm.ConfigurationAdmin;

import org.osgi.service.component.ComponentContext;

import org.slf4j.Logger;

import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import com.matt.mattlib.MattUtils;

@Component(immediate = true, name="Overriders", label="Overriders",

description="", metatype=true)

@Service(value = Overriders.class)

@Properties({

    @Property(label="Overriders master", description="Overriders isThisMySite",

        name="overrideMySite",

        boolValue=true

    ),

    @Property(label="Overriders", description="Overriders siteName",

        name="overrideSiteName",

        value="Matthew's Site"

    )

})

public class Overriders {

    Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());

    public Boolean overrideMySite;

    public String overrideSiteName;

    @Reference

    private ConfigurationAdmin configAdmin;

    @Activate

    protected void activate(ComponentContext ctx) throws Exception {

        Configuration conf = configAdmin.getConfiguration("com.matt.mattlib.Overriders");

        this.overrideMySite = (Boolean)conf.getProperties().get("overrideMySite");

        this.overrideSiteName = (String)conf.getProperties().get("overrideSiteName");

    }

    public Overriders() {}

    public Boolean getOverrideMySite() {

        return overrideMySite;

    }

    public void setOverrideMySite(boolean overrideMySite) {

        this.overrideMySite = overrideMySite;

    }

    public String getOverrideSiteName() {

        return overrideSiteName;

    }

    public void setOverrideSiteName(String overrideSiteName) {

        this.overrideSiteName = overrideSiteName;

    }

}

com.matt.mattlib.Overriders.xml (the configuration file I reference)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<jcr:root xmlns:sling="http://sling.apache.org/jcr/sling/1.0" xmlns:jcr="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/1.0"

    jcr:primaryType="sling:OsgiConfig"

    overrideMySite="{Boolean}true"

    overrideName="Matthew's Site"

    />

So, for example, in my JSP, I have

<b><%= MattUtils.getSiteName() %> <%= MattUtils.isThisMySite() %></b>

I would expect that with Overriders in place, It would be Matthew's Site true, but it remains Matt's Site false - same as if there was no Overriders.

<%

Overriders ovr = new Overriders();

%>

<b><%= ovr.getOverrideSiteName() %>|<%= ovr.getOverrideMySite() %></b>

I would expect the output to be Matthew's Site|true, but instead it is null|null. (Same with <b><%= ovr.overrideSiteName %>|<%= ovr.overrideMySite %></b>)

If I define ovr using sling.getService, it acts a little differently.

<%

Overriders ovr = sling.getService(Overriders.class);

%>

<b><%= ovr.getOverrideSiteName() %>|<%= ovr.getOverrideMySite() %></b>

I would expect the output to be Matthew's Site|true, but instead it is null|true. So - the boolean came out right, but the string did not.

I've also tried taking out the @Service(value = Overriders.class) in Overriders and just use Overriders ovr = new Overriders();, but that didn't change anything.

I would like help in understanding what I'm doing wrong and what I need to do to make it work the way I think it should.

Thank you.