source: libcfa/src/parseconfig.cfa @ 4df8fef5

#include <fstream.hfa>
#include "parseconfig.hfa"

bool comments( ifstream & in, char * name ) {
        while () {
                in | name;
          if ( fail( in ) ) return true;
          if ( name[0] != '#' ) break;
                in | nl;        // ignore remainder of line
        } // for
        return false;
} // comments

// Process the configuration file to set the simulation parameters.
void parse_config( const char * config_file, config_entry entries[], size_t num_entries ) {
        ifstream in;
        try {
                open( in, config_file );                                                        // open the configuration file for input

                while () {
                        char * key;
                        char * value;
                  if ( comments( in, key ) ) break;                     // eof ?
                        // Should we just overwrite duplicate config entries? Having a hash map would make this much easier
                        in | value;
                        if ( value < 0 ) {
                                close( in );
                                exit | "Error: file \"" | configFile | "\" parameter " | name
                                         | " value " | value | " must be non-negative.";
                        } // if
                  if ( fail( in ) ) break;
                        in | nl; // ignore remainder of line
                } // for
        } catch( Open_Failure * ex; ex->istream == &in ) {
                exit | "Error: could not open input file \"" | config_file | "\"";
        } // try
        close( in );
        // *** WE MUST ALLOW SOME SORT OF VALIDATION FUNCTIONALITY TOO!!! ***
} // processConfigFile

// Local Variables: //
// tab-width: 4 //
// compile-command: "cfa parseconfig.cfa" //
// End: //