/// <summary>
/// Reads the entire initialization file in to memory.
/// </summary>
/// <returns> True if the read was successful and false otherwise. </returns>
public bool Read()
{
try
{
using (StreamReader iniFileReader = new StreamReader(filePath))
{
IniFileSection currentSection = null;
while (!iniFileReader.EndOfStream)
{
string currentLine = iniFileReader.ReadLine();
currentLine.TrimStart(); // remove leading white spaces
// if the current line has no size then move on to the next line
if (currentLine.Length <= 0)
{
continue;
}
// if comment line, and no section encountered yet then save as a file comment
if (currentSection == null && currentLine[0] == commentChar)
{
Comments.Add(currentLine.Substring(1).Trim());
}
// if there is a known section and the current line is a comment then
// add the comment to the section, but strip the comment character first
else if (currentLine[0] == commentChar)
{
currentSection.Comments.Add(currentLine.Substring(1).Trim());
}
// check if the current line is the start of a new section
else if (currentLine[0] == '[')
{
string sectionName = currentLine.Replace("[", "").Replace("]", "").Trim(); // get the section name by removing [ ]
currentSection = new IniFileSection(sectionName); // create the new section
sections.Add(currentSection); // add the current section to the dictionary
}
// if this is not a comment or a section then it has to be an entry,
// but do a check to make sure there is a section to put it in
if (currentSection != null)
{
string[] lineSplit = currentLine.Split('=');
// make sure there are at least two parts,
// first part being the key and second the value
if (lineSplit.Length >= 2)
{
string key = lineSplit[0].Trim();
string[] valueSplit = lineSplit[1].Split(commentChar);
if (valueSplit.Length >= 1)
{
string value = valueSplit[0]; // comment has to come after the value
IniFileEntry newEntry = new IniFileEntry(key, value.Trim());
// if there is a comment and it is not empty or null then save it
if (valueSplit.Length > 1 && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(valueSplit[1].Trim()))
{
newEntry.Comment = valueSplit[1].Trim();
}
// add the new entry to the current section
currentSection.Entries.Add(newEntry);
}
}
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// if any errors happened return false
#if DEBUG
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Exception in IniFile: " + ex.ToString());
#endif
return(false);
}
return(true);
}
/// <summary>
/// Adds the IniFileSection to the Dictionary object containing sections.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dictionary"> The Dictionary object that will add the section. </param>
/// <param name="section"> The section to add to the Dictionary object containing all sections. </param>
public static void Add(this Dictionary <string, IniFileSection> dictionary, IniFileSection section)
{
dictionary.Add(section.Name, section);
}