3 /* config - Dictionary where the type of each cell is provided. */
5 /* This is useful to build named structs, like option or property sets. */
7 /* Copyright (c) 2001,2002,2003,2004 Martin Quinson. All rights reserved. */
9 /* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
10 * under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
12 #ifndef _XBT_CONFIG_H_
13 #define _XBT_CONFIG_H_
15 #include "xbt/dynar.h"
19 /** @addtogroup XBT_config
21 * All modules of the SimGrid toolkit can be configured with this API.
22 * User modules and libraries can also use these facilities to handle
23 * their own configuration.
25 * A configuration set contain several \e variables which have a unique name
26 * in the set and can take a given type of value. For example, it may
27 * contain a \a size variable, accepting \e int values.
29 * It is impossible to set a value to a variable which has not been registered before.
30 * Usually, the module registers all the options it accepts in the configuration set,
31 * during its initialization and user code then set and unset values.
33 * The easiest way to register a variable is to use the xbt_str_register_str function,
34 * which accepts a string representation of the config element descriptor. The syntax
35 * is the following: \verbatim <name>:<min nb>_to_<max nb>_<type>\endverbatim
37 * For example, <tt>size:1_to_1_int</tt> describes a variable called \e size which
38 * must take exactly one value, and the value being an integer.
40 * Another example could be <tt>outputfiles:0_to_10_string</tt> which describes a variable
41 * called \e outputfiles and which can take between 0 and 10 strings as value.
43 * To some extend, configuration sets can be seen as typed hash structures.
45 * \todo This great mechanism is not used in SimGrid yet...
47 * \todo We need a callback mechanism so that the configurable code get
48 * notified of configuration changes.
50 * \section XBT_cfg_ex Example
52 * \dontinclude config_usage.c
54 * First, let's create a configuration set with some registered variables.
55 * This must be done by the configurable library before the user interactions.
58 * \until end_of_make_set
60 * Now, set and get a single value
61 * \skip get_single_value
65 * And now, set and get a multiple value
66 * \skip get_multiple_value
70 * All those functions throws mismatch_error if asked to deal with an
71 * unregistered variable.
77 /** @name 1. Type declaration and memory management
83 /** @brief Configuration set are only special dynars. But don't rely on it, it may change. */
84 typedef xbt_dynar_t xbt_cfg_t;
86 /** @brief possible content of each configuration cell */
88 xbt_cfgelm_int=0, /**< int */
89 xbt_cfgelm_double, /**< double */
90 xbt_cfgelm_string, /**< char* */
91 xbt_cfgelm_host, /**< both a char* (representing the hostname) and an integer (representing the port) */
93 } e_xbt_cfgelm_type_t;
95 xbt_cfg_t xbt_cfg_new (void);
96 void xbt_cfg_cpy(xbt_cfg_t tocopy, /* OUT */ xbt_cfg_t *whereto);
97 void xbt_cfg_free(xbt_cfg_t *cfg);
98 void xbt_cfg_dump(const char *name,const char*indent,xbt_cfg_t cfg);
102 /** @name 2. User interface: changing values
104 * This is the only interface you should use unless you want to let your
105 * own code become configurable with this.
107 * If the variable accept at most one value, those functions replace the
108 * current value with the provided one. If max>1, the provided value is
109 * appended to the list.
111 * string values are strdup'ed before use, so you can (and should) free
117 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_set(xbt_cfg_t cfg, ...);
118 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_set_vargs(xbt_cfg_t cfg, va_list pa);
119 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_set_parse(xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *options);
123 Set the value of the cell \a name in \a cfg with the provided value.
125 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_set_int (xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name,
127 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_set_double(xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name,
129 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_set_string(xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name,
131 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_set_host (xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name,
132 const char *host,int port);
135 Remove the provided value from the cell @name in @cfg.
137 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_rm_int (xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name,
139 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_rm_double(xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name,
141 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_rm_string(xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name,
143 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_rm_host (xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name,
144 const char *host,int port);
146 /* rm every values */
147 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_empty(xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name);
150 /** @name 3. Registering stuff
152 * This how to add new variables to an existing configuration set. Use it to make your code
157 void xbt_cfg_register(xbt_cfg_t cfg,
158 const char *name, e_xbt_cfgelm_type_t type,
160 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_unregister(xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name);
161 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_register_str(xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *entry);
162 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_check(xbt_cfg_t cfg);
163 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_get_type(xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name,
164 /* OUT */ e_xbt_cfgelm_type_t *type);
166 /** @name 4. Getting the stored values
168 * This is how to retrieve the values stored in the configuration set. This is only
169 * intended to configurable code, naturally.
171 * Note that those function return a pointer to the values actually stored
172 * in the set. Do not modify them unless you really know what you're doing.
177 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_get_int (xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name, int *val);
178 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_get_double(xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name, double *val);
179 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_get_string(xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name, char **val);
180 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_get_host (xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name, char **host, int *port);
181 xbt_error_t xbt_cfg_get_dynar (xbt_cfg_t cfg, const char *name, xbt_dynar_t *dynar);
187 #endif /* _XBT_CONFIG_H_ */