ConfigFile.h

// 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
// 
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// 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<int>( "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 <string>
#include <map>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>
#include <cassert>

using std::string;


template<class datatype> class bag_of : public std::vector<datatype> {
  public:
    bag_of(std::string s = "");
};

template<class datatype> bag_of<datatype>::bag_of(std::string s) 
                   : std::vector<datatype>::vector() {
  // constructor
  if(s.length()) { 
    std::stringstream ss(s);
    datatype buffer;
    while (!ss.eof()) {
      ss >> buffer;
      this->push_back(buffer);
     //do not read more numbers than characters in strint
     //this can happen with bag_of<double> and string "0.0."
      assert(this->size() <= s.length());
    }
  }
}

class bag_of_string : public std::vector<std::string> {
  public:
    bag_of_string(std::string s = "null;");
};


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<string,string> myContents;  // extracted keys and values
	
	typedef std::map<string,string>::iterator mapi;
	typedef std::map<string,string>::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<class T> T read( const string& key ) const;  // call as read<T>
	template<class T> T read( const string& key, const T& value ) const;
	template<class T> bool readInto( T& var, const string& key ) const;
	template<class T> bool readInto( T& var, const string& key, const T& value ) const;
	
//	template<class T> std::vector<T> readvec( const string& key ) const;	
	
	// Modify keys and values
	template<class T> 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<class T> static string T_as_string( const T& t );
	template<class T> 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<class T>
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<class T>
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<string>( 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<bool>( 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<class T>
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<T>( p->second );
}


template<class T>
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<T>( p->second );
}

// CTA -------------------------------------------------------------------
//template<class T>
//std::vector<T> ConfigFile::readvec( const string& key ) const
//{
//  std::vector<int> t;
//  t.push_back(0);
//  t.push_back(3);  
//  return t;
//}
// CTA -------------------------------------------------------------------

template<class T>
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<T>( p->second );
	return found;
}


template<class T>
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<T>( p->second );
	else
		var = value;
	return found;
}


template<class T>
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()