subsystems/ini_manager.hpp

#ifndef STLPLUS_INI_MANAGER
#define STLPLUS_INI_MANAGER
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//   Author:    Andy Rushton
//   Copyright: (c) Southampton University 1999-2004
//              (c) Andy Rushton           2004 onwards
//   License:   BSD License, see ../docs/license.html

//   A subsystem for managing INI (i.e. .ini) files
//   An INI file has the following format

//     file           ::= header { section }*
//     header         ::= { comment | blank }*
//     section        ::= section_header { declaration | comment | blank }*
//     section_header ::= '[' title ']' '\n'
//     declaration    ::= variable '=' value '\n'
//     comment        ::= ';' text '\n'
//     blank          ::= '\n'
//     title          ::= [~']']*
//     variable       ::= [~'=']*
//     value          ::= .*
//     text           ::= .*

//   Whitespace is trimmed from the leading and trailing ends of title, variable and value
//   Note: a header is represented internally as a Clint section (i.e. a section with no name)

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#include "subsystems_fixes.hpp"
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

namespace stlplus
{

  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Internals

  class ini_manager_body;

  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Ini-file manager class

  class ini_manager
  {
  public:

    ini_manager(void);

    explicit ini_manager(const std::vector<std::string>& filenames);

    ini_manager(const ini_manager&);
    ini_manager& operator= (const ini_manager&);

    ~ini_manager(void);

    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // file management

    // add files starting with the most local file (e.g. the current project) which has depth 0
    // and working back to the most global (e.g. the installation settings) which has a depth of size()-1
    // This does nothing if the file has already been loaded - it is not permitted to manage the same file twice.
    // Returns true if the file loaded okay or was already loaded (it is counted as successful if the file did
    // not exist, only read errors cause a failure)
    bool add_file(const std::string& filename);

    // as above, returns false if *none* of the files were added
    // filenames[0] is the local file, and so on
    bool add_files(const std::vector<std::string>& filenames);

    // saves modified ini files - returns true if all modified files were written successfully
    bool save(void);

    // get the number of files being managed
    unsigned size(void) const;

    // get the ini filename associated with a depth
    std::string filename(unsigned depth = 0) const;

    // test whether a file in the ini manager is writable
    bool writable(unsigned depth = 0) const;

    // test whether a file is empty
    // An ini file is considered empty if it has no named sections and the header is empty or missing
    bool empty(unsigned depth = 0) const;

    // erase the ini file from the ini manager and from the disk
    bool erase(unsigned depth = 0);

    // remove the file from the ini manager but do not erase it from the disk
    bool remove(unsigned depth = 0);

    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // section management

    // returns the union of all section names in all of the ini files
    std::vector<std::string> section_names(void) const;

    // returns the section names in one of the ini files
    std::vector<std::string> section_names(unsigned depth) const;

    // tests whether a section is found in any of the ini files
    bool section_exists(const std::string& title) const;

    // tests whether the section is found in the specific ini file
    bool section_exists(const std::string& title, unsigned depth) const;

    // adds a section to the specified ini file - does nothing if it is already present
    bool add_section(const std::string& section, unsigned depth = 0);

    // test whether a section is empty
    bool empty_section(const std::string& section, unsigned depth = 0);

    // removes a section from the specified ini file if it exists there but cannot remove it from any other file
    bool erase_section(const std::string& section, unsigned depth = 0);

    // removes all the contents of a section from the specified ini file but keeps the empty section
    bool clear_section(const std::string& section, unsigned depth = 0);

    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // variable management

    // test whether a variable exists in any of the ini files
    bool variable_exists(const std::string& section, const std::string variable) const;

    // test whether a variable exists in specified ini file
    bool variable_exists(const std::string& section, const std::string variable, unsigned depth) const;

    // get the union of all variables declared in all ini files
    std::vector<std::string> variable_names(const std::string& section) const;

    // get the set of all varaibale names from one file
    std::vector<std::string> variable_names(const std::string& section, unsigned depth) const;

    // get the depth of the first ini file to define a variable
    // returns 0 if defined in the local ini file, etc. Returns (unsigned)-1 if the variable doesn't exist
    unsigned variable_depth(const std::string& section, const std::string variable) const;

    // get the filename that first defines the variable
    std::string variable_filename(const std::string& section, const std::string variable) const;
    // ditto for its linenumber within that file
    unsigned variable_linenumber(const std::string& section, const std::string variable) const;

    // get the value of a variable as a single unprocessed string
    // if the variable does not exist the string will be empty, but beware that
    // you also get an empty string if a variable exists but has no value
    // you can differentiate between the two cases by using variable_exists_all above
    std::string variable_value(const std::string& section, const std::string variable) const;

    // get the value from the specified file
    std::string variable_value(const std::string& section, const std::string variable, unsigned depth) const;

    // get the value of a variable as a processed string
    // processing splits the value at commas and furthermore supports quoted strings (so that values can contain commas for example)
    // quoted strings are dequoted before they are added to the result
    // the result is a vector of dequoted strings, one per value in the comma-separated list
    std::vector<std::string> variable_values(const std::string& section, const std::string variable) const;

    // get the processed variable from the specified file
    std::vector<std::string> variable_values(const std::string& section, const std::string variable, unsigned depth) const;

    // add a variable to the specified file
    bool add_variable(const std::string& section, const std::string& variable, const std::string& value, unsigned depth = 0);

    // add a variable as a processed string
    // processing means that the values in the string vector are converted into a comma-separated list
    // values containing reserved characters are automatically quoted - so you should not even try to quote them yourself
    bool add_variable(const std::string& section, const std::string& variable, const std::vector<std::string>& values, unsigned depth = 0);

    // erase a variable from the specified file
    // this does not remove the variable from other ini files, so the variable may still exist
    // to mask a global variable, set the variable to an empty string instead
    bool erase_variable(const std::string& section, const std::string& variable, unsigned depth = 0);

    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // sundry line-entry management

    // add a comment to the specified ini file
    bool add_comment(const std::string& section, const std::string& comment, unsigned depth = 0);

    // add a blank line to the specified ini file
    bool add_blank(const std::string& section, unsigned depth = 0);

    bool print(std::ostream&) const;

  private:
    friend class ini_manager_body;
    ini_manager_body* m_body;
  };

  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // diagnostic print routine

  std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream&, const ini_manager&);

  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

} // end namespace stlplus

#endif