simple INI parser based on regular expressions
patterns taken from alt2xml:
- https://alt2xml.globalcode.info/
- https://hg.frantovo.cz/alt2xml/file/94081a55bf41/java/alt2xml-in-ini/src/cz/frantovo/alt2xml/in/ini/Reader.java#l151
/**
* Relational pipes
* Copyright © 2020 František Kučera (Frantovo.cz, GlobalCode.info)
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
*
* 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 General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
#include <vector>
#include <regex>
#include "INIReader.h"
class INIReaderImpl : public INIReader {
private:
std::istream& input;
std::vector<INIContentHandler*> handlers;
public:
INIReaderImpl(std::istream& input) : input(input) {
}
void addHandler(INIContentHandler* handler) override {
handlers.push_back(handler);
}
void process() override {
for (INIContentHandler* handler : handlers) handler->startDocument();
std::regex whitespacePattrern("\\s*");
std::regex commentPattrern("\\s*(;|#)\\s*(.*)");
std::regex sectionPattrern("\\s*\\[\\s*([^\\]]+)\\s*\\]\\s*");
std::regex entryQuotesPattrern("\\s*([^=\\]]+?[^=\\s\\]]*)(\\[([^\\]]+)\\])?\\s*=\\s*\"([^']+)\"\\s*((;|#)\\s*(.*))?");
std::regex entryApostrophesPattrern("\\s*([^=\\]]+?[^=\\s\\]]*)(\\[([^\\]]+)\\])?\\s*=\\s*'([^']+)'\\s*((;|#)\\s*(.*))?");
std::regex entryPlainPattrern("\\s*([^=\\]]+?[^=\\s\\]]*)(\\[([^\\]]+)\\])?\\s*=\\s*(.*)");
std::smatch match;
std::string section;
std::string line;
while (std::getline(input, line)) {
if (std::regex_match(line, match, whitespacePattrern)) {
// TODO: support also whitespace
} else if (std::regex_match(line, match, commentPattrern)) {
// TODO: support also comments + emit also the comment style (;/#)
} else if (std::regex_match(line, match, sectionPattrern)) {
if (section.size()) for (INIContentHandler* handler : handlers) handler->endSection();
section = match[1];
for (INIContentHandler* handler : handlers) handler->startSection(section);
} else if (std::regex_match(line, match, entryQuotesPattrern) || std::regex_match(line, match, entryApostrophesPattrern)) {
// TODO: support also comments + emit also the comment style (;/#)
// TODO: emit also the quote style ('/"/) and surrounding whitespace
for (INIContentHandler* handler : handlers) handler->entry(match[1], match[3], match[4]);
} else if (std::regex_match(line, match, entryPlainPattrern)) {
for (INIContentHandler* handler : handlers) handler->entry(match[1], match[3], match[4]);
} else {
// TODO: warning, error, or support unknown content
}
// TODO: probably switch to state-machine approach instead of regular expressions
// TODO: warning/error handler
// TODO: support also multiline content (\ + \n)
// TODO: support also quoted or multiline keys?
// TODO: support also escaped characters
// TODO: support also Java .properties and manifest.mf formats?
// TODO: support also nested sections – hierarchy
// TODO: support also option for alternative key-value separator (: instead of =)
// TODO: support also other encodings (currently only UTF-8 is supported)
// TODO: emit line numbers and/or event order?
}
if (section.size()) for (INIContentHandler* handler : handlers) handler->endSection();
for (INIContentHandler* handler : handlers) handler->endDocument();
}
};
INIReader* INIReader::create(std::istream& input) {
return new INIReaderImpl(input);
}