About

Ini_parser is a little C++ library to open and parse .ini config file. The library support a flexible syntax. You can add space at the beginning or add spaces before and after the =. All the lignes starting with # are ignores. It's also possible to add a comment after a parameter line.

Compilation

To compile the ini_parser library, you need a C++11 compliant compiler, CMake and git.

By default CMake will compile the library in static. To compile the dynamic library enable the option BUILD_SHARED_LIBS.

Options

• BUILD_STATIC_LIBS (enabled by default) : build the static library, the library is named libini_parser_static.a (or ini_parser_static.lib on Windows).
• BUILD_SHARED_LIBS (disabled by default) : build the shared library, the library is named libini_parser.so (or ini_parser.lib on Windows).

How to use

Include the library header into your project

#include <ini_parser.h>

Create the ini_parser object with the path to the .ini file.

ini_parser parser("Path/To/IniFile.ini");

Use the method getValue to get a value from the ini file.

std::string value = parser.getValue("Section", "Parameters");

Methods prototype

There is 3 constructors in the class. One default contructor and 2 override constructor.

ini_parser();
ini_parser(const char* iniFile, bool isFile = true);
ini_parser(const std::string& iniFile, bool isFile = true);

If you want to pass the data of a .ini file and not the file path, set the isFile parameter to false.

To check is the file has been parsed used the isParsed method :

bool isParsed() const;

To get the value of a parameter of a section, use the getValue method :

const char* getValue(const char* section, const char* parameters, bool* isExist = nullptr) const;
const std::string& getValue(const std::string& section, const std::string& parameters, bool* isExist = nullptr) const;

Pass a bool pointer in the isExist parameters to know if the parameters or the section exist.

To open a new file without recreating a new object, use the setIniFile method :

void setIniFile(const char* iniFile, bool isFile);
void setIniFile(const std::string& iniFile, bool isFile);

Use for a regular .conf file

The library can also be used for regular .conf file that do not have any sections. The parameters of this file are attached to a section with an empty name string. To retrieve this parameters, there is an override of getValue :

const char* getValue(const char* parameters, bool* isExist = nullptr) const;
const std::string& getValue(const std::string& parameters, bool* isExist = nullptr) const;

Syntax

The library support a flexible .ini file syntax, here an exemple of what possible :

# A Comment

# Param not attached to any sections.
MyParam = My Value

[Section1]
Param1=Value1

  Param2 = Value2  # Another comment

License

The library is licensed under the MIT license. Check the license file.