0ad/source/ps/ConfigDB.h

/* Copyright (C) 2013 Wildfire Games.
 * This file is part of 0 A.D.
 *
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 */

/*
	CConfigDB - Load, access and store configuration variables
	
	TDD		:	http://www.wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1125
	OVERVIEW:

	JavaScript: Check this documentation: http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Exposed_ConfigDB_Functions
*/

#ifndef INCLUDED_CONFIGDB
#define INCLUDED_CONFIGDB

#include "Parser.h"
#include "CStr.h"
#include "Singleton.h"

#include "lib/file/vfs/vfs_path.h"

// Namespace priorities: User supersedes mod supersedes system.
//						 Command-line arguments override everything.

enum EConfigNamespace
{
	CFG_DEFAULT,
	CFG_SYSTEM,
	CFG_MOD,
	CFG_USER,
	CFG_COMMAND,
	CFG_LAST
};

typedef CParserValue CConfigValue;
typedef std::vector<CParserValue> CConfigValueSet;

#define g_ConfigDB CConfigDB::GetSingleton()

class CConfigDB: public Singleton<CConfigDB>
{
	static std::map <CStr, CConfigValueSet> m_Map[];
	static VfsPath m_ConfigFile[];

public:
	CConfigDB();

	/**
	 * Attempt to find a config variable with the given name; will search
	 * CFG_COMMAND first, and then all namespaces from the specified namespace
	 * down to system.
	 *
	 * Returns a pointer to the config value structure for the variable, or
	 * NULL if such a variable could not be found.
	 */
	CConfigValue *GetValue(EConfigNamespace ns, const CStr& name);

	/**
	 * Attempt to retrieve a vector of values corresponding to the given setting;
	 * will search CFG_COMMAND first, and then all namespaces from the specified
	 * namespace down to system.
	 *
	 * Returns a pointer to the vector, or NULL if the setting could not be found.
	 */
	CConfigValueSet *GetValues(EConfigNamespace ns, const CStr& name);

	/**
	 * Returns the namespace that the value returned by GetValues was defined in,
	 * or CFG_LAST if it wasn't defined at all.
	 */
	EConfigNamespace GetValueNamespace(EConfigNamespace ns, const CStr& name);

	/**
	 * Retrieve a map of values corresponding to settings whose names begin
	 * with the given prefix;
	 * will search all namespaces from system up to the specified namespace.
	 */
	std::map<CStr, CConfigValueSet> GetValuesWithPrefix(EConfigNamespace ns, const CStr& prefix);

	/**
	 * Create a new config value in the specified namespace. If such a
	 * variable already exists in this namespace, the old value is returned.
	 *
	 * Returns a pointer to the value of the newly created config variable, or
	 * that of the already existing config variable.
	 */
	CConfigValue *CreateValue(EConfigNamespace ns, const CStr& name);
	
	/**
	 * Set the path to the config file used to populate the specified namespace
	 * Note that this function does not actually load the config file. Use
	 * the Reload() method if you want to read the config file at the same time.
	 *
	 * 'path': The path to the config file.
	 */
	void SetConfigFile(EConfigNamespace ns, const VfsPath& path);
	
	/**
	 * Reload the config file associated with the specified config namespace
	 * (the last config file path set with SetConfigFile)
	 *
	 * Returns:
	 *	true:	if the reload succeeded,
	 *	false:	if the reload failed
	 */
	bool Reload(EConfigNamespace);
	
	/**
	 * Write the current state of the specified config namespace to the file
	 * specified by 'path'
	 *
	 * Returns:
	 *	true:	if the config namespace was successfully written to the file
	 *	false:	if an error occurred
	 */
	bool WriteFile(EConfigNamespace ns, const VfsPath& path);

	/**
	 * Write the current state of the specified config namespace to the file
	 * it was originally loaded from.
	 *
	 * Returns:
	 *	true:	if the config namespace was successfully written to the file
	 *	false:	if an error occurred
	 */
	bool WriteFile(EConfigNamespace ns);
};


// stores the value of the given key into <destination>. this quasi-template
// convenience wrapper on top of CConfigValue::Get* simplifies user code and
// avoids "assignment within condition expression" warnings.
#define CFG_GET_VAL(name, type, destination)\
STMT(\
	CConfigValue* val = g_ConfigDB.GetValue(CFG_USER, name);\
	if(val)\
		val->Get##type(destination);\
)


#endif