Man Linux: Main Page and Category List

NAME

       ggLoadConfig,  ggFreeConfig, ggConfigIterTarget, ggConfigIterLocation -
       Configuration helpers

SYNOPSIS

       int ggLoadConfig(const char *file, gg_config *config);

       void ggFreeConfig(gg_config config);

       struct gg_location_iter {
             struct gg_iter iter;
             const void * config;
             const char * name;
             char * location;
             const char * symbol;
             void * _state;
       };

       int ggConfigIterLocation(struct gg_location_iter * iter);

       struct gg_target_iter {
             struct gg_iter iter;
             void * config;
             const char * input;
             char * target;
             char * options;
             void * nested;
       };

       int ggConfigIterTarget(struct gg_target_iter *iter);

DESCRIPTION

       These functions provides a simple way of handling configuration  files.

       ggLoadConfig  tries  to load the configuration file given as parameter.
       It adds the content to the config  handle  found  at  *config.  If  the
       handle is NULL, a new one is created.

       ggFreeConfig  deletes  the  internal  structure  for  the configuration
       handle config. This handle becomes  invalid  and  should  not  be  used
       anymore.

       ggConfigIterLocation   allows  to  retreive  the  location  and  symbol
       associated to canonical names. This function is  mainly  used  together
       with  the  scope  abstraction  to query application modules at runtime.
       This function will prepare the iter structure to be used as an iterator
       that   will   generate  correct  matches.   iter  is  a  pointer  to  a
       gg_location_iter structure owned by the caller. This user part  of  the
       structure    must    be    set    by    the   caller   before   calling
       ggConfigIterLocation. The config field must be filled with  the  config
       handle which contains target information; the name field must be filled
       with the canonical name that is being looked for. location  and  symbol
       are  placeholders  in  which  the  results  will  be  found  along  the
       iteration. The resulting strings *do* belong to libgg and *must not* be
       freed  or  altered,  and they may be invalidated if not used during the
       iteration process. They must be copied if needed later.  _state  is  an
       internal  opaque  pointer  that  keeps track of the iterator state. Its
       value must never be touched by the caller.

       ggConfigIterTarget allows to iterate over canonical  target  names  and
       options strings found in a target spec string.  This function also work
       as a generator. iter is a pointer to a gg_target_iter  structure  owned
       by  the  caller.  This  user  part  of the structure must be set by the
       caller before calling ggConfigIterTarget.  The  config  field  must  be
       filled  with  the  config handle which contains target information; the
       input field must be filled with the initial input spec string.   target
       and  options  are placeholders in which the results will be found along
       the iteration.  Here again, the resulting strings *do* belong to  libgg
       and  *must not* be freed or altered, and they may be invalidated if not
       used during the iteration process. They must be copied if needed later.
       nested  is  an internal opaque pointer that keeps track of the iterator
       state. Its value must never be touched by the caller.

RETURN VALUE

       ggLoadConfig returns GGI_OK on success, or:

       ·   GGI_ENOMEM if it can not allocate a new configuration handle.  Note
           that  if  subsequent  memory  allocations  fail  (when  feeding the
           handle), those will not be reported as an error. The handle will be
           incomplete with regard to the config file contents;

       ·   GGI_ENOTFOUND  if the file does not exists. Note that missing files
           in include directives will not be reported an  error.  Also,  other
           parse error in the file will simply cause the incriminated lines to
           be ignored.

       ggConfigIterLocation returns GGI_OK on success or GGI_ENOMEM.

       ggConfigIterTarget always return GGI_OK and will never fail.

CONFIG FILE FORMAT

       The configuration file is line oriented. Each line may define a mapping
       between a canonical name and a location. The generic format is:

       <pattern>  <location>[:<symbol>]

       alias <name> <expansion>

       On the first line pattern is a canonical name that may contain one * as
       a wildcard, location is a string that corresponds to a scope  location,
       and  symbol  is an optional string that gives the name of the symbol to
       retreive from the scope. If not  given,  NULL  will  be  reported.  The
       second  line defines an alias. When a target called name is found while
       iterating over target spec strings, the iterator parse expansion  as  a
       sub-input  spec,  and  aggregate all option strings that where found on
       upstream aliases.

       In  addition,  the  configuration  file  loader  knowns  the  following
       directives:

         .root <path>

         .include <file>

       When  locations  following  the  .root  directive are given as relative
       path, path will be  prepended.  .include  will  parse  the  given  file
       recursively, before continuing with the current one.

EXAMPLE

       This  code  demonstrates  how  to  get  the  first module init function
       accessible from a scope for a given name. It also shows how to use  the
       libgg iterator scheme:

       int openModule(gg_config cfg, const char * moduleName,
                                     const char * defaultSymbol) {
         struct gg_location_iter match;
         gg_scope scope;
         module_init_func *init;

         /* prepare the iterator */

         match.name = name;
         match.config = cfg;
         ggConfigMatchIter(&match);

         /* iterate over the matches */

         GG_ITER_FOREACH(&match) {

            /* try to retreive the collection at suggested location */
            if((scope = ggGetScope(match.location)) == NULL)
                      continue;

            /* use default symbol if none suggested */
            if (match.symbol == NULL) match.symbol = defaultSymbol;

            /* try to retreive the symbol from that scope */
            if((init = ggFromScope(scope, match.symbol)) == NULL) {
                     ggDelScope(scope);
                     continue;
            }
            /* try to initialize the module */
            if(init() != GGI_OK) {
                     ggDelScope(scope);
                     continue;
            }
            /* the module is up, abort iteration and return */
            GG_ITER_DONE(&match);
            return GGI_OK;
         }

         /* module not found */
         GG_ITER_DONE(&match);
         return GGI_ENOTFOUND;

       Note that this code is not completely correct, because the scope cannot
       be deleted later if it is not remembered somewhere.  This next  example
       shows how to list all targets and options specified by a string:

       static void showAllTargets(void * cfg, const char * input)
       {
             struct gg_target_iter match;

             match.config = cfg;
             match.input = input;
             ggConfigIterTarget(&match);
             GG_ITER_FOREACH(&match) {
                     printf("Target \"%s\" with options \"%s\".\n",
                            match.target, match.options);
             }
             GG_ITER_DONE(&match);
       }

SEE ALSO

       ggGetScope(3)