// [License] // ConfigFile.h // Class for reading named values from configuration files // Richard J. Wagner v2.1 24 May 2004 wagnerr@umich.edu // Copyright (c) 2004 Richard J. Wagner // // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy // of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to // deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the // rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or // sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is // furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: // // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in // all copies or substantial portions of the Software. // // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR // IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, // FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE // AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER // LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS // IN THE SOFTWARE. // [License] // Typical usage // ------------- // // Given a configuration file "settings.inp": // atoms = 25 // length = 8.0 # nanometers // name = Reece Surcher // // Named values are read in various ways, with or without default values: // ConfigFile config( "settings.inp" ); // int atoms = config.read( "atoms" ); // double length = config.read( "length", 10.0 ); // string author, title; // config.readInto( author, "name" ); // config.readInto( title, "title", string("Untitled") ); // // See file example.cpp for more examples. #ifndef CONFIGFILE_H #define CONFIGFILE_H #include #include #include #include #include using std::string; class ConfigFile { // Data protected: string myDelimiter; // separator between key and value string myComment; // separator between value and comments string mySentry; // optional string to signal end of file std::map myContents; // extracted keys and values typedef std::map::iterator mapi; typedef std::map::const_iterator mapci; // Methods public: ConfigFile( string filename, string delimiter = "=", string comment = "#", string sentry = "EndConfigFile" ); ConfigFile(); // Search for key and read value or optional default value template T read( const string& key ) const; // call as read template T read( const string& key, const T& value ) const; template bool readInto( T& var, const string& key ) const; template bool readInto( T& var, const string& key, const T& value ) const; // Modify keys and values template void add( string key, const T& value ); void remove( const string& key ); // Check whether key exists in configuration bool keyExists( const string& key ) const; // Check or change configuration syntax string getDelimiter() const { return myDelimiter; } string getComment() const { return myComment; } string getSentry() const { return mySentry; } string setDelimiter( const string& s ) { string old = myDelimiter; myDelimiter = s; return old; } string setComment( const string& s ) { string old = myComment; myComment = s; return old; } // Write or read configuration friend std::ostream& operator<<( std::ostream& os, const ConfigFile& cf ); friend std::istream& operator>>( std::istream& is, ConfigFile& cf ); protected: template static string T_as_string( const T& t ); template static T string_as_T( const string& s ); static void trim( string& s ); // Exception types public: struct file_not_found { string filename; file_not_found( const string& filename_ = string() ) : filename(filename_) {} }; struct key_not_found { // thrown only by T read(key) variant of read() string key; key_not_found( const string& key_ = string() ) : key(key_) {} }; }; /* static */ template string ConfigFile::T_as_string( const T& t ) { // Convert from a T to a string // Type T must support << operator std::ostringstream ost; ost << t; return ost.str(); } /* static */ template T ConfigFile::string_as_T( const string& s ) { // Convert from a string to a T // Type T must support >> operator T t; std::istringstream ist(s); ist >> t; return t; } /* static */ template<> inline string ConfigFile::string_as_T( const string& s ) { // Convert from a string to a string // In other words, do nothing return s; } /* static */ template<> inline bool ConfigFile::string_as_T( const string& s ) { // Convert from a string to a bool // Interpret "false", "F", "no", "n", "0" as false // Interpret "true", "T", "yes", "y", "1", "-1", or anything else as true bool b = true; string sup = s; for( string::iterator p = sup.begin(); p != sup.end(); ++p ) *p = toupper(*p); // make string all caps if( sup==string("FALSE") || sup==string("F") || sup==string("NO") || sup==string("N") || sup==string("0") || sup==string("NONE") ) b = false; return b; } template T ConfigFile::read( const string& key ) const { // Read the value corresponding to key mapci p = myContents.find(key); if( p == myContents.end() ) throw key_not_found(key); return string_as_T( p->second ); } template T ConfigFile::read( const string& key, const T& value ) const { // Return the value corresponding to key or given default value // if key is not found mapci p = myContents.find(key); if( p == myContents.end() ) return value; return string_as_T( p->second ); } template bool ConfigFile::readInto( T& var, const string& key ) const { // Get the value corresponding to key and store in var // Return true if key is found // Otherwise leave var untouched mapci p = myContents.find(key); bool found = ( p != myContents.end() ); if( found ) var = string_as_T( p->second ); return found; } template bool ConfigFile::readInto( T& var, const string& key, const T& value ) const { // Get the value corresponding to key and store in var // Return true if key is found // Otherwise set var to given default mapci p = myContents.find(key); bool found = ( p != myContents.end() ); if( found ) var = string_as_T( p->second ); else var = value; return found; } template void ConfigFile::add( string key, const T& value ) { // Add a key with given value string v = T_as_string( value ); trim(key); trim(v); myContents[key] = v; return; } #endif // CONFIGFILE_H // Release notes: // v1.0 21 May 1999 // + First release // + Template read() access only through non-member readConfigFile() // + ConfigurationFileBool is only built-in helper class // // v2.0 3 May 2002 // + Shortened name from ConfigurationFile to ConfigFile // + Implemented template member functions // + Changed default comment separator from % to # // + Enabled reading of multiple-line values // // v2.1 24 May 2004 // + Made template specializations inline to avoid compiler-dependent linkage // + Allowed comments within multiple-line values // + Enabled blank line termination for multiple-line values // + Added optional sentry to detect end of configuration file // + Rewrote messy trimWhitespace() function as elegant trim()