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#include "base/hashmap.hh"
+///
+/// @file
+/// Declaration of IniFile object.
+///
+
+///
+/// This class represents the contents of a ".ini" file.
+///
+/// It's basically a two level lookup table: a set of named sections,
+/// where each section is a set of key/value pairs. Section names,
+/// keys, and values are all uninterpreted strings.
+///
class IniFile
{
protected:
+
+ ///
+ /// A single key/value pair.
+ ///
class Entry
{
- std::string value;
- mutable bool referenced;
+ std::string value; ///< The entry value.
+ mutable bool referenced; ///< Has this entry been used?
public:
+ /// Constructor.
Entry(const std::string &v)
: value(v), referenced(false)
{
}
+ /// Has this entry been used?
bool isReferenced() { return referenced; }
+ /// Fetch the value.
const std::string &getValue() const;
+ /// Set the value.
void setValue(const std::string &v) { value = v; }
+
+ /// Append the given string to the value. A space is inserted
+ /// between the existing value and the new value. Since this
+ /// operation is typically used with values that are
+ /// space-separated lists of tokens, this keeps the tokens
+ /// separate.
+ void appendValue(const std::string &v) { value += " "; value += v; }
};
+ ///
+ /// A section.
+ ///
class Section
{
+ /// EntryTable type. Map of strings to Entry object pointers.
typedef m5::hash_map<std::string, Entry *> EntryTable;
- EntryTable table;
- mutable bool referenced;
+ EntryTable table; ///< Table of entries.
+ mutable bool referenced; ///< Has this section been used?
public:
+ /// Constructor.
Section()
: table(), referenced(false)
{
}
+ /// Has this section been used?
bool isReferenced() { return referenced; }
- void addEntry(const std::string &entryName, const std::string &value);
+ /// Add an entry to the table. If an entry with the same name
+ /// already exists, the 'append' parameter is checked If true,
+ /// the new value will be appended to the existing entry. If
+ /// false, the new value will replace the existing entry.
+ void addEntry(const std::string &entryName, const std::string &value,
+ bool append);
+
+ /// Add an entry to the table given a string assigment.
+ /// Assignment should be of the form "param=value" or
+ /// "param+=value" (for append). This funciton parses the
+ /// assignment statment and calls addEntry().
+ /// @retval True for success, false if parse error.
+ bool add(const std::string &assignment);
+
+ /// Find the entry with the given name.
+ /// @retval Pointer to the entry object, or NULL if none.
Entry *findEntry(const std::string &entryName) const;
+ /// Print the unreferenced entries in this section to cerr.
+ /// Messages can be suppressed using "unref_section_ok" and
+ /// "unref_entries_ok".
+ /// @param sectionName Name of this section, for use in output message.
+ /// @retval True if any entries were printed.
bool printUnreferenced(const std::string &sectionName);
+
+ /// Print the contents of this section to cout (for debugging).
void dump(const std::string &sectionName);
};
- typedef m5::hash_map<std::string, Section *> ConfigTable;
+ /// SectionTable type. Map of strings to Section object pointers.
+ typedef m5::hash_map<std::string, Section *> SectionTable;
protected:
- ConfigTable table;
+ /// Hash of section names to Section object pointers.
+ SectionTable table;
+ /// Look up section with the given name, creating a new section if
+ /// not found.
+ /// @retval Pointer to section object.
Section *addSection(const std::string &sectionName);
+
+ /// Look up section with the given name.
+ /// @retval Pointer to section object, or NULL if not found.
Section *findSection(const std::string &sectionName) const;
+ /// Load parameter settings from given istream. This is a helper
+ /// function for load(string) and loadCPP(), which open a file
+ /// and then pass it here.
+ /// @retval True if successful, false if errors were encountered.
bool load(std::istream &f);
public:
+ /// Constructor.
IniFile();
+
+ /// Destructor.
~IniFile();
+ /// Load the specified file, passing it through the C preprocessor.
+ /// Parameter settings found in the file will be merged with any
+ /// already defined in this object.
+ /// @param file The path of the file to load.
+ /// @param cppFlags Vector of extra flags to pass to cpp.
+ /// @retval True if successful, false if errors were encountered.
bool loadCPP(const std::string &file, std::vector<char *> &cppFlags);
+
+ /// Load the specified file.
+ /// Parameter settings found in the file will be merged with any
+ /// already defined in this object.
+ /// @param file The path of the file to load.
+ /// @retval True if successful, false if errors were encountered.
bool load(const std::string &file);
+ /// Take string of the form "<section>:<parameter>=<value>" or
+ /// "<section>:<parameter>+=<value>" and add to database.
+ /// @retval True if successful, false if parse error.
bool add(const std::string &s);
+ /// Find value corresponding to given section and entry names.
+ /// Value is returned by reference in 'value' param.
+ /// @retval True if found, false if not.
bool find(const std::string &section, const std::string &entry,
std::string &value) const;
+
+ /// Find value corresponding to given section and entry names,
+ /// following "default" links to other sections where possible.
+ /// Value is returned by reference in 'value' param.
+ /// @retval True if found, false if not.
bool findDefault(const std::string &section, const std::string &entry,
std::string &value) const;
+ /// Print unreferenced entries in object. Iteratively calls
+ /// printUnreferend() on all the constituent sections.
bool printUnreferenced();
+ /// Dump contents to cout. For debugging.
void dump();
};