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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" 25.\" $FreeBSD$ 26.\" 27.Dd Nov 2, 2015 28.Dt FIGPAR 3 29.Os 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm figpar , 32.Nm parse_config , 33.Nm get_config_option 34.Nd configuration file parsing library 35.Sh LIBRARY 36.Lb libfigpar 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.In figpar.h 39.Ft int 40.Fo parse_config 41.Fa "struct figpar_config options[], const char *path" 42.Fa "int \*[lp]*unknown\*[rp]\*[lp]struct figpar_config *option, uint32_t line" 43.Fa "char *directive, char *value\*[rp], uint8_t processing_options" 44.Fc 45.Ft "struct figpar_config *" 46.Fo get_config_option 47.Fa "struct figpar_config options[], const char *directive" 48.Fc 49.In string_m.h 50.Ft int 51.Fo replaceall 52.Fa "char *source, const char *find, const char *replace" 53.Fc 54.Ft unsigned int 55.Fo strcount 56.Fa "const char *source, const char *find" 57.Fc 58.Ft void 59.Fo strexpand 60.Fa "char *source" 61.Fc 62.Ft void 63.Fo strexpandnl 64.Fa "char *source" 65.Fc 66.Ft void 67.Fo strtolower 68.Fa "char *source" 69.Fc 70.Sh DESCRIPTION 71The 72.Nm 73library provides a light-weight, portable framework for parsing configuration 74files. 75The library uses 76.Xr open 2 , 77.Xr read 2 , 78and 79.Xr lseek 2 80within the file pointed to by 81.Fa path 82to find directives and values which are then made available to the application. 83.Pp 84Due to the fact that configuration files may have basic syntax differences, 85the library does not attempt to impose any structure on the data but instead 86provides raw data to a set of callback functions. 87These callback functions can in-turn initiate abort through their return value, 88allowing custom syntax validation during parsing. 89.Pp 90Configuration directives, types, and callback functions are provided through 91data structures defined in 92.In figpar.h : 93.Bd -literal -offset indent 94struct figpar_config { 95 enum figpar_cfgtype type; /* value type */ 96 const char *directive; /* keyword */ 97 union figpar_cfgvalue value; /* value */ 98 99 /* Pointer to function used when directive is found */ 100 int (*action)(struct figpar_config *option, uint32_t line, 101 char *directive, char *value); 102}; 103 104enum figpar_cfgtype { 105 FIGPAR_TYPE_NONE = 0x0000, /* directives with no value */ 106 FIGPAR_TYPE_BOOL = 0x0001, /* boolean */ 107 FIGPAR_TYPE_INT = 0x0002, /* signed 32 bit integer */ 108 FIGPAR_TYPE_UINT = 0x0004, /* unsigned 32 bit integer */ 109 FIGPAR_TYPE_STR = 0x0008, /* string pointer */ 110 FIGPAR_TYPE_STRARRAY = 0x0010, /* string array pointer */ 111 FIGPAR_TYPE_DATA1 = 0x0020, /* void data type-1 (open) */ 112 FIGPAR_TYPE_DATA2 = 0x0040, /* void data type-2 (open) */ 113 FIGPAR_TYPE_DATA3 = 0x0080, /* void data type-3 (open) */ 114 FIGPAR_TYPE_RESERVED1 = 0x0100, /* reserved data type-1 */ 115 FIGPAR_TYPE_RESERVED2 = 0x0200, /* reserved data type-2 */ 116 FIGPAR_TYPE_RESERVED3 = 0x0400, /* reserved data type-3 */ 117}; 118 119union figpar_cfgvalue { 120 void *data; /* Pointer to NUL-terminated string */ 121 char *str; /* Pointer to NUL-terminated string */ 122 char **strarray; /* Pointer to an array of strings */ 123 int32_t num; /* Signed 32-bit integer value */ 124 uint32_t u_num; /* Unsigned 32-bit integer value */ 125 uint32_t boolean:1; /* Boolean integer value (0 or 1) */ 126}; 127.Ed 128.Pp 129The 130.Fa processing_options 131argument to 132.Fn parse_config 133is a mask of bit fields which indicate various 134processing options. 135The possible flags are as follows: 136.Bl -tag -width FIGPAR_BREAK_ON_SEMICOLON 137.It Dv FIGPAR_BREAK_ON_EQUALS 138An equals sign 139.Pq Ql Li = 140is normally considered part of the directive. 141This flag enables terminating the directive at the equals sign. 142Also makes equals sign optional and transient. 143.It Dv FIGPAR_BREAK_ON_SEMICOLON 144A semicolon 145.Pq Ql Li \; 146is normally considered part of the value. 147This flag enables terminating the value at the semicolon. 148Also allows multiple statements on a single line separated by semicolon. 149.It Dv FIGPAR_CASE_SENSITIVE 150Normally directives are matched case insensitively using 151.Xr fnmatch 3 . 152This flag enables directive matching to be case sensitive. 153.It Dv FIGPAR_REQUIRE_EQUALS 154If a directive is not followed by an equals, processing is aborted. 155.It Dv FIGPAR_STRICT_EQUALS 156Equals must be part of the directive to be considered a delimiter between 157directive and value. 158.El 159.Pp 160The 161.Fa options 162struct array pointer can be NULL and every directive will invoke the 163.Fn unknown 164function argument. 165.Pp 166The directive for each figpar_config item in the 167.Fn parse_config 168options argument is matched against each parsed directive using 169.Xr fnmatch 3 170until a match is found. 171If a match is found, the 172.Fn action 173function for that figpar_config directive is invoked with the line number, 174directive, and value. 175Otherwise if no match, the 176.Fn unknown 177function is invoked 178.Pq with the same arguments . 179.Pp 180If either 181.Fa action 182or 183.Fa unknown 184return non-zero, 185.Fn parse_config 186aborts reading the file and returns the error value to its caller. 187.Pp 188.Fn get_config_option 189traverses the options-array and returns the option that matches via 190.Xr strcmp 3 , 191or if no match a pointer to a static dummy struct is returned 192.Pq whose values are all zero or NULL . 193.Pp 194The use of 195.Fa "struct figpar_config" 196is entirely optional as-is the use of 197.Fa "enum figpar_cfgtype" 198or 199.Fa "union figpar_cfgvalue" . 200For example, you could choose to pass a NULL pointer to 201.Fn parse_config 202for the first argument and then provide a simple 203.Fa unknown 204function based on 205.Xr queue 3 206that populates a singly-linked list of your own struct containing the 207.Fa directive 208and 209.Fa value . 210.Pp 211In addition, the following miscellaneous string manipulation routines are 212provided by 213.In string_m.h : 214.Bl -tag -width strexpandnl() 215.It Fn replaceall 216Replace all occurrences of 217.Fa find 218in 219.Fa source 220with 221.Fa replace . 222.It Fn strcount 223Count the number of occurrences of one string that appear in the 224.Fa source 225string. 226Return value is the total count. 227An example use would be if you need to know how large a block of memory needs 228to be for a 229.Fn replaceall 230series. 231.It Fn strexpand 232Expand escape sequences in a buffer pointed to by 233.Fa source . 234.It Fn strexpandnl 235Expand only the escaped newlines in a buffer pointed to by 236.Fa source . 237.It Fn strtolower 238Convert a string to lower case. 239.El 240.Sh SEE ALSO 241.Xr queue 3 242.Sh HISTORY 243The 244.Nm 245library first appeared in 246.Fx 10.2 . 247.Sh AUTHORS 248.An Devin Teske Aq dteske@FreeBSD.org 249.Sh BUGS 250This is the first implementation of the library, 251and the interface may be subject to refinement. 252