/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- libconfig - A library for processing structured configuration files Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Mark A Lindner This file is part of libconfig. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library 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 Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License along with this library; if not, see . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ #include #include #include #include using namespace std; using namespace libconfig; // This example reads the configuration file 'example.cfg', adds a new // movie record to the movies list, and writes the updated configuration to // 'updated.cfg'. int main(int argc, char **argv) { static const char *output_file = "updated.cfg"; Config cfg; // Read the file. If there is an error, report it and exit. try { cfg.readFile("example.cfg"); } catch(const FileIOException &fioex) { std::cerr << "I/O error while reading file." << std::endl; return(EXIT_FAILURE); } catch(const ParseException &pex) { std::cerr << "Parse error at " << pex.getFile() << ":" << pex.getLine() << " - " << pex.getError() << std::endl; return(EXIT_FAILURE); } // Find the 'movies' setting. Add intermediate settings if they don't yet // exist. Setting &root = cfg.getRoot(); if(! root.exists("inventory")) root.add("inventory", Setting::TypeGroup); Setting &inventory = root["inventory"]; if(! inventory.exists("movies")) inventory.add("movies", Setting::TypeList); Setting &movies = inventory["movies"]; // Create the new movie entry. Setting &movie = movies.add(Setting::TypeGroup); movie.add("title", Setting::TypeString) = "Buckaroo Banzai"; movie.add("media", Setting::TypeString) = "DVD"; movie.add("price", Setting::TypeFloat) = 12.99; movie.add("qty", Setting::TypeInt) = 20; // Write out the updated configuration. try { cfg.writeFile(output_file); cerr << "Updated configuration successfully written to: " << output_file << endl; } catch(const FileIOException &fioex) { cerr << "I/O error while writing file: " << output_file << endl; return(EXIT_FAILURE); } return(EXIT_SUCCESS); } // eof