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// src/backend/key_file.hh - Copyright 2005, 2006, University
// of Padova, dept. of Pure and Applied
// Mathematics
//
// This file is part of SGPEMv2.
//
// This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// SGPEMv2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with SGPEMv2; if not, write to the Free Software
// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
#ifndef KEY_FILE_HH
#define KEY_FILE_HH 1
#define KEY_FILE_BUF_LEN 1000
#include <glibmm/ustring.h>
#include <map>
#include "config.h"
namespace sgpem
{
class KeyFile;
/** \brief Save and retrieve configuration files formatted as key=value rows.
*
* This class handles files to store and retrieve configuration preferences
* in the form of: key=value rows.
*
* The methods exposed allow to insert a key/value pair,
* get a value by its corresponding key, write all pairs to a file,
* read pairs from a file.
*
* Key values cannot contain the equal to (=) char nor start with pound (#).
* Reading files, empty lines and lines starting with # are ignored.
*
*/
class SG_DLLEXPORT KeyFile
{
public:
/** \brief Elements iterator type definition. */
typedef std::map<Glib::ustring, Glib::ustring>::const_iterator elements_iterator;
/** \brief Object constructor */
KeyFile();
/** \brief Elements iterator (begin of container) initializer. */
elements_iterator elements_begin() const;
/** \brief Elements iterator (end of container) initializer */
elements_iterator elements_end() const;
/** \brief Insert a new key/value pair.
*
* \param key The key value to insert.
* \param value The value associated to the key inserted.
*/
void insert_key_value(const Glib::ustring& key, const Glib::ustring& value);
/** \brief Insert a new key/value pair.
*
* \param key The key value to insert.
* \return A pointer to the value associated to the searched key or 0 if not found.
*/
const Glib::ustring* search_value(const Glib::ustring& key);
/** \brief Read a file into this object.
*
* \param filename The file to read from.
*/
void file_read(const Glib::ustring& filename);
/** \brief Write a file from this object.
*
* \param filename The file to write to.
*/
void file_write(const Glib::ustring& filename);
private:
std::map<Glib::ustring, Glib::ustring> _elements;
};
}
#endif