// The contents of this file are in the public domain. See LICENSE_FOR_EXAMPLE_PROGRAMS.txt /* This is an example illustrating the use of the config_reader component from the dlib C++ Library. This example uses the config_reader to load a config file and then prints out the values of various fields in the file. */ #include <dlib/config_reader.h> #include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <vector> using namespace std; using namespace dlib; // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // For reference, the contents of the config file used in this example is reproduced below: /* # This is an example config file. Note that # is used to create a comment. # At its most basic level a config file is just a bunch of key/value pairs. # So for example: key1 = value2 dlib = a C++ library # You can also define "sub blocks" in your config files like so user1 { # Inside a sub block you can list more key/value pairs. id = 42 name = davis # you can also nest sub-blocks as deep as you want details { editor = vim home_dir = /home/davis } } user2 { id = 1234 name = joe details { editor = emacs home_dir = /home/joe } } */ // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- void print_config_reader_contents ( const config_reader& cr, int depth = 0 ); /* This is a simple function that recursively walks through everything in a config reader and prints it to the screen. */ // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- int main() { try { config_reader cr("config.txt"); // Use our recursive function to print everything in the config file. print_config_reader_contents(cr); // Now let's access some of the fields of the config file directly. You // use [] for accessing key values and .block() for accessing sub-blocks. // Print out the string value assigned to key1 in the config file cout << cr["key1"] << endl; // Print out the name field inside the user1 sub-block cout << cr.block("user1")["name"] << endl; // Now print out the editor field in the details block cout << cr.block("user1").block("details")["editor"] << endl; // Note that you can use get_option() to easily convert fields into // non-string types. For example, the config file has an integer id // field that can be converted into an int like so: int id1 = get_option(cr,"user1.id",0); int id2 = get_option(cr,"user2.id",0); cout << "user1's id is " << id1 << endl; cout << "user2's id is " << id2 << endl; // The third argument to get_option() is the default value returned if // the config reader doesn't contain a corresponding entry. So for // example, the following prints 321 since there is no user3. int id3 = get_option(cr,"user3.id",321); cout << "user3's id is " << id3 << endl; } catch (exception& e) { // Finally, note that the config_reader throws exceptions if the config // file is corrupted or if you ask it for a key or block that doesn't exist. // Here we print out any such error messages. cout << e.what() << endl; } } // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- void print_config_reader_contents ( const config_reader& cr, int depth ) { // Make a string with depth*4 spaces in it. const string padding(depth*4, ' '); // We can obtain a list of all the keys and sub-blocks defined // at the current level in the config reader like so: vector<string> keys, blocks; cr.get_keys(keys); cr.get_blocks(blocks); // Now print all the key/value pairs for (unsigned long i = 0; i < keys.size(); ++i) cout << padding << keys[i] << " = " << cr[keys[i]] << endl; // Now print all the sub-blocks. for (unsigned long i = 0; i < blocks.size(); ++i) { // First print the block name cout << padding << blocks[i] << " { " << endl; // Now recursively print the contents of the sub block. Note that the cr.block() // function returns another config_reader that represents the sub-block. print_config_reader_contents(cr.block(blocks[i]), depth+1); cout << padding << "}" << endl; } } // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------