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(*********************************************************************************)
(*                Config_file                                                    *)
(*                                                                               *)
(*    Copyright (C) 2011 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique          *)
(*    et en Automatique. All rights reserved.                                    *)
(*                                                                               *)
(*    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify       *)
(*    it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as            *)
(*    published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the         *)
(*    License, or any later version.                                             *)
(*                                                                               *)
(*    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,            *)
(*    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of             *)
(*    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the              *)
(*    GNU Library General Public License for more details.                       *)
(*                                                                               *)
(*    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public          *)
(*    License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software        *)
(*    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA                   *)
(*    02111-1307  USA                                                            *)
(*                                                                               *)
(*    Contact: Maxence.Guesdon@inria.fr                                          *)
(*                                                                               *)
(*                                                                               *)
(*********************************************************************************)

open Config_file
let group = new group

(* We create a cp foo of type int. Its default value is 42: *)
let foo = new int_cp ~group ["foo"] 42 "Help about foo."

(* We create two other cp in section "section1": *)
let bar = new list_cp int_wrappers ~group ["section1";"bar"] [1;2;3;4] "Help about bar."
let baz = new tuple2_cp string_wrappers bool_wrappers ~group ["section1";"baz"] ("switch",true) "";;

(* We save them in file "temp.ml" and check the result: *)
group#write "temp.ml";;
Printf.printf "edit temp.ml and press enter...\n%!"; ignore (input_line stdin);

(* We load the file and play with the value of foo: *)
group#read "temp.ml";
Printf.printf "foo is %d\n%!" foo#get;
foo#set 28;
Printf.printf "foo is %d\n%!" foo#get;

(* How to define command line arguments and print them (see module Arg): *)
Arg.usage (group#command_line_args "-") "usage message"

(* We define a new type of cp: *)
let int64_wrappers = {
  to_raw = (fun v -> Raw.String (Int64.to_string v));
  of_raw = function
    | Raw.Int v -> Int64.of_int v
    | Raw.Float v -> Int64.of_float v
    | Raw.String v -> Int64.of_string v
    | r -> raise (Wrong_type (fun outchan -> Printf.fprintf outchan
                                "Raw.Int expected, got %a\n%!" Raw.to_channel r))}
class int64_cp = [int64] cp_custom_type int64_wrappers
(* See the implementation for other examples *)

(* ********************************************************************** *)
(* Advanced usage *)

(* How to use group.read without failing on error:
   In case [groupable_cp] doesn't get a suitable type, we just print a warning in foo.log
   and discard the value from temp.ml (thus keeping the current value of [groupable_cp])*)
let log_file = open_out "foo.log";;
group#read
  ~on_type_error:
  (fun groupable_cp raw_cp output filename in_channel ->
     Printf.fprintf log_file
       "Type error while loading configuration parameter %s from file %s.\n%!"
       (String.concat "." groupable_cp#get_name) filename;
     output log_file; (* get more information into log_file *)
  )
  "temp.ml"


(* Here is a more complex custom type. *)
type myrecord = {a:float; b:int list}

let myrecord_wrappers =
  let b_to_raw = (list_wrappers int_wrappers).to_raw in
  let b_of_raw = (list_wrappers int_wrappers).of_raw in
  let field_of_option name = function
      Some a -> a
    | None -> Printf.eprintf "Field %s undefined\n%!" name; exit 1 in
  let a = ref None and b = ref None in
  {to_raw = (fun {a=a; b=b} ->
               Raw.Section ["a", float_wrappers.to_raw a;  "b", b_to_raw b]);
   of_raw = function
     | Raw.Section l ->
         List.iter
           (fun (name,value) -> match name with
              | "a" -> a := Some value
              | "b" -> b := Some value
              | s -> Printf.eprintf "Unknown field %s\n%!" s)
           l;
         {a = float_wrappers.of_raw (field_of_option "a" !a);
          b = b_of_raw (field_of_option "b" !b)}
     | r -> raise (Wrong_type (fun outchan -> Printf.fprintf outchan
                                "Raw.Section expected, got %a\n%!" Raw.to_channel r))}
class myrecord_cp = [myrecord] cp_custom_type myrecord_wrappers