1 (* Copyright (C) 2004, HELM Team.
3 * This file is part of HELM, an Hypertextual, Electronic
4 * Library of Mathematics, developed at the Computer Science
5 * Department, University of Bologna, Italy.
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26 (** Configuration repository for HELM applications.
31 * path ::= component ( '.' component )*
32 * component ::= ( alpha | num | '_' )+
33 * # with the only exception that sequences of '_' longer than 1 aren't valid
36 * Suggested usage <application>.<setting>:
37 * e.g. gTopLevel.prooffile, http_getter.port, ...
39 * ++ Configuration file example ++
41 * gTopLevel.prooffile = "/home/zack/prooffile"
42 * http_getter.port = "58080"
44 * ++ Environment variable override ++
46 * each key has an associated environment variable name. At runtime (i.e. when
47 * "get" requests are performed) a variable with this name will be looked for,
48 * if it's defined it will override the value present (or absent) in the
50 * Environment variables are _not_ considered when saving the configuration to
51 * a configuration file (via "save_to" function below) .
53 * Mapping between keys and environment variables is as follows:
54 * - each "." is converted to "__"
55 * E.g.: my.Foo_iSH.Application -> my__Foo_iSH__Application
57 * ++ Variable interpolation ++
59 * Interpolation is supported with the following syntax:
62 * foo.baz = $(foo.bar)/baz
65 (** raised when a looked up key can't be found
66 * @param key looked up key *)
67 exception Key_not_found of string
69 (** raised when a cyclic definitions is found, e.g. after
70 * Helm_registry.set "a" "$b"
71 * Helm_registry.set "b" "$a"
72 * @param msg brief description of the definition cycle *)
73 exception Cyclic_definition of string
75 (** raised when a looked up key doesn't have the required type
76 * @param expected_type
79 exception Type_error of string * string * string
81 (** raised when a malformed key is encountered
82 * @param key malformed key *)
83 exception Malformed_key of string
85 (** raised when an error is encountered while parsing a configuration file
86 * @param fname file name
87 * @param line line number
88 * @param col column number
89 * @param msg error description
91 exception Parse_error of string * int * int * string
93 (** raised when a given <key,value> pair fails validity test(s)
94 * @param pair <key,value> pair
95 * @param descr description of the failed test *)
96 exception Invalid_value of (string * string) * string
98 (** {2 Generic untyped interface}
99 * Using the functions below this module could be used as a repository of
102 (** lookup key in registry with environment variable override *)
103 val get: string -> string
104 val set: key:string -> value:string -> unit
105 val has: string -> bool
107 (** remove a key from the current environment, next get over this key will
108 * raise Key_not_found until the key will be redefined *)
109 val unset: string -> unit
111 val fold: ?prefix:string -> ('a -> string -> string -> 'a) -> 'a -> 'a
112 val iter: ?prefix:string -> (string -> string -> unit) -> unit
113 val to_list: ?prefix:string -> unit -> (string * string) list
115 (** @param prefix key representing the section whose contents should be listed
116 * @return section list * key list *)
117 val ls: string -> string list * string list
119 (** {2 Typed interface}
120 * Three basic types are supported: strings, int and strings list. Strings
121 * correspond literally to what is written inside double quotes; int to the
122 * parsing of an integer number from ; strings list to the splitting at blanks
123 * of it (heading and trailing blanks are removed before splitting) *)
125 val get_string: string -> string (* alias for bare "get" above *)
126 val get_int: string -> int
127 val get_float: string -> float
128 val get_bool: string -> bool
129 val get_string_list: string -> string list
131 (* alias for bare "set" above *)
132 val set_string: key:string -> value:string -> unit
133 val set_int: key:string -> value:int -> unit
134 val set_float: key:string -> value:float -> unit
135 val set_bool: key:string -> value:bool -> unit
136 val set_string_list: key:string -> value:string list -> unit
138 (** {3 Optional values interface}
139 * Functions below took as first argument respectively a "getter" and a "setter"
140 * function. A getter is one of the get_* function above, a setter is one of the
141 * set_* function above. Returned value is a get (set) function typed as the
142 * given getter (setter) whith optional values. None is returned for missing
143 * keys and None can be assigned to a key removing it from the registry.
147 * match Helm_registry.get_opt Helm_registry.get_int "foo.bar" with
153 (string -> 'a) (* getter *) ->
156 (key:string -> value:'a -> unit) (* setter *) ->
157 key:string -> value:'a option -> unit
158 val get_opt_default: (* as get_opt with an additional default value *)
159 (string -> 'a) -> 'a -> string -> 'a
162 * Each key may have zero or more associated validators, that are predicates
163 * "this value is valid for this key". Each time a value is set, all validators
164 * associated to the corresponding key are executed, if at least one of them
165 * fails, Invalid_value exception will be raised *)
170 (** register a new validator for a given key
171 * @param key key to which validator applies
172 * @param validator a function applying to a value returning true if that
173 * value is valid, false otherwise
174 * @param descr validator description, for the final user when a validation
176 * @return validator_id should be used to remove the validator later on *)
178 key:string -> validator:(string -> bool) -> descr:string ->
180 val remove_validator: validator_id -> unit
183 (** {2 Persistent configuration}
184 * Validators aren't saved. load_from/save_to sequences don't preserve comments
187 (** @param fname file to which save current configuration
188 * If xmllint is available then it will be used for pretty printing fname,
189 * otherwise fname will be in the usual pxp ugly format *)
190 val save_to: string -> unit
192 (** @param fname file from which load new configuration. If it's an absolute
193 * file name "path" argument is ignored.
194 * Otherwise given file name is looked up in each directory member of the
195 * given path. Each matching file is loaded overriding previous settings. If
196 * no path is given a default path composed of just the current working
199 val load_from: ?path:string list -> string -> unit
201 (** {2 OO interface} *)
203 (** @see load_from *)
204 class registry: ?path: string list -> string ->
206 method get: string -> string
207 method set: key:string -> value:string -> unit
208 method has: string -> bool
209 method unset: string -> unit
210 method fold: ?prefix:string -> ('a -> string -> string -> 'a) -> 'a -> 'a
211 method iter: ?prefix:string -> (string -> string -> unit) -> unit
212 method to_list: ?prefix:string -> unit -> (string * string) list
213 method ls: string -> string list * string list
214 method get_string: string -> string
215 method get_int: string -> int
216 method get_float: string -> float
217 method get_bool: string -> bool
218 method get_string_list: string -> string list
219 method set_string: key:string -> value:string -> unit
220 method set_int: key:string -> value:int -> unit
221 method set_float: key:string -> value:float -> unit
222 method set_bool: key:string -> value:bool -> unit
223 method set_string_list: key:string -> value:string list -> unit
225 (string -> 'a) (* getter *) ->
228 (key:string -> value:'a -> unit) (* setter *) ->
229 key:string -> value:'a option -> unit
230 method get_opt_default:
231 (string -> 'a) (* getter *) ->
233 method save_to: string -> unit