source: set.h @ bdda9e9

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  * BitlBee -- An IRC to other IM-networks gateway                     *
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  * Copyright 2002-2006 Wilmer van der Gaast and others                *
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/* Some stuff to register, handle and save user preferences             */

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/* This used to be specific to irc_t structures, but it's more generic now
   (so it can also be used for account_t structs). It's pretty simple, but
   so far pretty useful.
   
   In short, it just keeps a linked list of settings/variables and it also
   remembers a default value for every setting. And to prevent the user
   from setting invalid values, you can write an evaluator function for
   every setting, which can check a new value and block it by returning
   NULL, or replace it by returning a new value. See struct set.eval.
   One thing that is really missing here is additional data for the
   evaluator. This could be useful to add minimum and maximum values for
   integers, for example. */

typedef char *(*set_eval) ( struct set *set, char *value );

typedef struct set
{
        void *data;     /* Here you can save a pointer to the
                           object this settings belongs to. */
        
        char *key;
        char *value;
        char *def;      /* Default value. If the set_setstr() function
                           notices a new value is exactly the same as
                           the default, value gets set to NULL. So when
                           you read a setting, don't forget about this!
                           In fact, you should only read values using
                           set_getstr/int(). */
        
        int flags;      /* See account.h, for example. set.c doesn't use
                           this (yet?). */
        
        /* Eval: Returns NULL if the value is incorrect or exactly the
           passed value variable. When returning a corrected value,
           set_setstr() should be able to free() the returned string! */
        set_eval eval;
        struct set *next;
} set_t;

/* Should be pretty clear. */
set_t *set_add( set_t **head, char *key, char *def, set_eval eval, void *data );

/* Returns the raw set_t. Might be useful sometimes. */
set_t *set_find( set_t **head, char *key );

/* Returns a pointer to the string value of this setting. Don't modify the
   returned string, and don't free() it! */
G_MODULE_EXPORT char *set_getstr( set_t **head, char *key );

/* Get an integer. In previous versions set_getint() was also used to read
   boolean values, but this SHOULD be done with set_getbool() now! */
G_MODULE_EXPORT int set_getint( set_t **head, char *key );
G_MODULE_EXPORT int set_getbool( set_t **head, char *key );

/* set_setstr() strdup()s the given value, so after using this function
   you can free() it, if you want. */
int set_setstr( set_t **head, char *key, char *value );
int set_setint( set_t **head, char *key, int value );
void set_del( set_t **head, char *key );

/* Two very useful generic evaluators. */
char *set_eval_int( set_t *set, char *value );
char *set_eval_bool( set_t *set, char *value );

/* Some not very generic evaluators that really shouldn't be here... */
char *set_eval_to_char( set_t *set, char *value );
char *set_eval_ops( set_t *set, char *value );
char *set_eval_charset( set_t *set, char *value );