/** ****************************************************************************************
* Cuts the given number of characters from the end of the Substring and optionally
* places the portion that was cut in parameter \p target (if provided).<br>
* Parameter \p regionLength is checked to be between 0 and length. If negative, nothing
* is cut and \p target is set empty. If \p regionLength is greater than this
* objects' length, all contents is 'moved' to \p target.
*
* @param regionLength The length of the region at the start to delete.
* @param target An optional target \b %Substring that receives the portion that
* is cut from this object. Defaults to null.
*
* @return The new length of the substring.
******************************************************************************************/
public int ConsumeFromEnd( int regionLength, Substring target= null )
{
if ( regionLength < 0 )
{
if ( target != null )
target.Clear();
return Length();
}
if ( regionLength > Length() )
regionLength= Length();
if ( target != null )
target.Set( this, Length() - regionLength, regionLength );
End-= regionLength;
hash= 0;
return Length();
}
// #############################################################################################
// file IO
// #############################################################################################
/** ****************************************************************************************
* Clears all configuration data and reads the file. It might happen that lines are
* ignored or otherwise marked as faulty. All numbers of such lines get collected in
* field LinesWithReadErrors.
* @return Returns the #Status of the operation.
******************************************************************************************/
public IniFile.Status ReadFile()
{
Reset();
LastStatus= Status.OK;
// read all variables
StreamReader file;
try
{
file= new StreamReader( FileName.ToString() );
}
catch( Exception )
{
return LastStatus= Status.ERROR_OPENING_FILE;
}
String lineS;
AString name= new AString();
AString value= new AString();
AString comments= new AString();
Section actSection= (IniFile.Section) Sections[0];
Substring line= new Substring();
int lineNo= 0;
bool fileHeaderRead= false;
char[] separatorCharacters= value._( "=" )._( CString.DefaultWhitespaces )
.ToString().ToCharArray();
LinesWithReadErrors.Clear();
while ( (lineS= file.ReadLine()) != null )
{
lineNo++;
bool isEmpty= line.Set( lineS ).Trim().IsEmpty();
bool isCommentLine= startsWithCommentSymbol( line );
if ( isCommentLine )
{
if ( comments.IsNotEmpty() )
comments.NewLine();
comments._(line);
continue;
}
// still processing file header?
if ( !fileHeaderRead )
{
fileHeaderRead= true;
FileComments._()._( comments );
comments.Clear();
}
// empty line?
if ( isEmpty )
{
if ( comments.IsNotEmpty() )
comments.NewLine();
continue;
}
// section line
if ( line.Consume( '[' ) )
{
fileHeaderRead= true;
// we do not care if there is no closing bracket. But if there is one, we remove it.
if( !line.ConsumeFromEnd(']') )
LinesWithReadErrors.Add( lineNo );
// search the section in our section list (if section existed already, new comments
// are dropped)
actSection= (IniFile.Section) SearchOrCreateSection( line, comments);
comments.Clear();
continue;
}
// variable line?
value.Clear();
int idx= line.IndexOfAny( separatorCharacters, Inclusion.Include );
if( idx < 0 )
{
name._()._( line );
line.Clear();
}
else
{
name._()._( line.Buf, line.Start, idx );
line.Consume( idx );
value._(line);
}
// read continues as long as lines end with '\' (must not be '\\')
while ( line.CharAtEnd() == '\\'
&& line.CharAtEnd(1) != '\\' )
{
value.NewLine();
if ( (lineS= file.ReadLine()) == null )
{
// last line of the file ended with '\' !
line.Clear();
break;
}
line.Set( lineS ).TrimEnd();
value._( line );
}
// insert entry with raw value
{
IniFile.Entry entry= (IniFile.Entry) actSection.GetEntry( name, true );
entry.Values .Clear();
entry.Comments._()._( comments );
entry.RawValue._()._( value );
// if there is just no raw value, we add an empty string to the entries' values
if ( value.IsEmpty() )
entry.Values.Add( new AString() );
}
comments.Clear();
}
file.Close();
return LastStatus;
}
/** ****************************************************************************************
* Cuts the given number of characters from the beginning of the Substring and optionally
* places the portion that was cut in parameter \p target (if provided).<br>
* Parameter \p regionLength is checked to be between 0 and length. If negative, nothing
* is cut and \p target is set empty. If \p regionLength is greater than this
* objects' length, all contents is 'moved' to \p target.
*
* @param regionLength The length of the region at the start to delete.
* @param target An optional target \b %Substring that receives the portion that
* is cut from this object. Defaults to null.
*
* @return The new length of the substring.
******************************************************************************************/
public int Consume( int regionLength, Substring target= null )
{
if ( regionLength < 0 )
{
if ( target != null )
target.Clear();
return Length();
}
if ( regionLength > Length() )
regionLength= Length();
if ( target != null )
target.Set( this, 0, regionLength );
Start+= regionLength;
hash= 0;
return Length();
}
