source: set.h @ 0383943

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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. */

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! */
        
        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. Right now this also converts true/false/on/off/etc to
   numbers, but this is for historical reasons, please use set_getbool()
   for booleans instead. */
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 );