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 ::= ( lowercase_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 * - the whole key is uppercased
55 * - each "." is converted to "__"
56 * E.g.: my.foo_ish.application -> MY__FOO_ISH__APPLICATION
59 (** raised when a looked up key can't be found
60 * @param key looked up key *)
61 exception Key_not_found of string
63 (** raised when a cyclic definitions is found, e.g. after
64 * Helm_registry.set "a" "$b"
65 * Helm_registry.set "b" "$a"
66 * @param msg brief description of the definition cycle *)
67 exception Cyclic_definition of string
69 (** raised when a looked up key doesn't have the required type
70 * @param expected_type
73 exception Type_error of string * string * string
75 (** raised when a malformed key is encountered
76 * @param key malformed key *)
77 exception Malformed_key of string
79 (** raised when an error is encountered while parsing a configuration file
80 * @param fname file name
81 * @param line line number
82 * @param col column number
83 * @param msg error description
85 exception Parse_error of string * int * int * string
87 (** raised when a given <key,value> pair fails validity test(s)
88 * @param pair <key,value> pair
89 * @param descr description of the failed test *)
90 exception Invalid_value of (string * string) * string
92 (** {2 Generic untyped interface}
93 * Using the functions below this module could be used as a repository of
96 (** lookup key in registry with environment variable override *)
97 val get: string -> string
98 val set: key:string -> value:string -> unit
100 (** remove a key from the current environment, next get over this key will
101 * raise Key_not_found until the key will be redefined *)
102 val unset: string -> unit
104 (** {2 Typed interface}
105 * Three basic types are supported: strings, int and strings list. Strings
106 * correspond literally to what is written inside double quotes; int to the
107 * parsing of an integer number from ; strings list to the splitting at blanks
108 * of it (heading and trailing blanks are removed before splitting) *)
110 val get_string: string -> string (* alias for bare "get" above *)
111 val get_int: string -> int
112 val get_float: string -> float
113 val get_bool: string -> bool
114 val get_string_list: string -> string list
116 (* alias for bare "set" above *)
117 val set_string: key:string -> value:string -> unit
118 val set_int: key:string -> value:int -> unit
119 val set_float: key:string -> value:float -> unit
120 val set_bool: key:string -> value:bool -> unit
121 val set_string_list: key:string -> value:string list -> unit
123 (** {3 Optional values interface}
124 * Functions below took as first argument respectively a "getter" and a "setter"
125 * function. A getter is one of the get_* function above, a setter is one of the
126 * set_* function above. Returned value is a get (set) function typed as the
127 * given getter (setter) whith optional values. None is returned for missing
128 * keys and None can be assigned to a key removing it from the registry.
132 (string -> 'a) (* getter *) ->
135 (key:string -> value:'a -> unit) (* setter *) ->
136 key:string -> value:'a option -> unit
139 * Each key may have zero or more associated validators, that are predicates
140 * "this value is valid for this key". Each time a value is set, all validators
141 * associated to the corresponding key are executed, if at least one of them
142 * fails, Invalid_value exception will be raised *)
146 (** register a new validator for a given key
147 * @param key key to which validator applies
148 * @param validator a function applying to a value returning true if that
149 * value is valid, false otherwise
150 * @param descr validator description, for the final user when a validation
152 * @return validator_id should be used to remove the validator later on *)
154 key:string -> validator:(string -> bool) -> descr:string ->
156 (* val remove_validator: validator_id -> unit *)
158 (** {2 Persistent configuration}
159 * Validators aren't saved. load_from/save_to sequences don't preserve comments
162 (** @param fname file to which save current configuration *)
163 (* val save_to: string -> unit *)
165 (** @param fname file from which load new configuration. If it's an absolute
166 * file name "path" argument is ignored.
167 * Otherwise given file name is looked up in each directory member of the
168 * given path. Each matching file is loaded overriding previous settings. If
169 * no path is given a default path composed of just the current working
172 val load_from: ?path:string list -> string -> unit
176 val dump: unit -> unit