thebarret / xconf

A versatile config reader and parser

Xconf

• Project: Xconf

Library for parsing a config file with strong typed defined values.

• Provider Class

The provider class uses the base principles from the Dict(Of TKey, TValue) using the 'Key', it also keeps track if the config file has been changed externally, if this happens it will automaticly update itself.

• Config format:

{key}       :{type}   : {value};

test.num    : int32   : 100;
test.float  : float   : 3.14;
test.bool   : boolean : True;
test.string : string  : "Hello, World!";  

• Accepted key formats

Key      = a-z 0-9 . _

Accepted type formats

type     = byte, int16, int32, int64, float, string, boolean

• Setup

dim table as Xconf.provider = Xconf.Parser.Create({filename})

• Methods

Cast object without type check, throws exception if type mismatched

table({key}).Cast(Of T)() as T
table({key}).ToByte() as Byte
table({key}).ToInt16() as Int16
table({key}).ToInt32() as Int32
table({key}).ToInt64() as Int64
table({key}).ToDouble() as Double
table({key}).ToBoolean() as Boolean
table({key}).ToString() as String

Cast object with type check, throws no exception but returns nothing if fails

table({key}).TryCast(Of T)() As T