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| This tutorial uses XML. Note that the library is not specifically bound to |
| XML, and any other supported format (such as INI or JSON) could be used instead. |
| XML was chosen because the author thinks that a wide range of people is familiar |
| with it. |
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| <p> |
| Suppose we are writing a logging system for some application, and need to read |
| log configuration from a file when the program starts. The file with the log |
| configuration looks like this: |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><debug> |
| <filename>debug.log</filename> |
| <modules> |
| <module>Finance</module> |
| <module>Admin</module> |
| <module>HR</module> |
| </modules> |
| <level>2</level> |
| </debug> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| It contains the log filename, a list of modules where logging is enabled, and |
| the debug level value. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| First we need some includes: |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">property_tree</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">ptree</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span> |
| <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">property_tree</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">xml_parser</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span> |
| <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">foreach</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span> |
| <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">></span> |
| <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special">></span> |
| <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">exception</span><span class="special">></span> |
| <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">></span> |
| <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">pt</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">property_tree</span><span class="special">;</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| To store the logging configuration in the program we create a debug_settings |
| structure: |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">debug_settings</span> |
| <span class="special">{</span> |
| <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">m_file</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// log filename</span> |
| <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">m_level</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// debug level</span> |
| <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">m_modules</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// modules where logging is enabled</span> |
| <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">load</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">filename</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">save</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">filename</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| <span class="special">};</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| All that needs to be done now is to write implementations of load() and save() |
| member functions. Let's first deal with load(). It contains just 7 lines of |
| code, although it does all the necessary things, including error reporting: |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">debug_settings</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">load</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">filename</span><span class="special">)</span> |
| <span class="special">{</span> |
| <span class="comment">// Create empty property tree object</span> |
| <span class="identifier">pt</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">ptree</span> <span class="identifier">tree</span><span class="special">;</span> |
| |
| <span class="comment">// Parse the XML into the property tree.</span> |
| <span class="identifier">pt</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">read_xml</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">filename</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">tree</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| |
| <span class="comment">// Use the throwing version of get to find the debug filename.</span> |
| <span class="comment">// If the path cannot be resolved, an exception is thrown.</span> |
| <span class="identifier">m_file</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">tree</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">>(</span><span class="string">"debug.filename"</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| |
| <span class="comment">// Use the default-value version of get to find the debug level.</span> |
| <span class="comment">// Note that the default value is used to deduce the target type.</span> |
| <span class="identifier">m_level</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">tree</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"debug.level"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| |
| <span class="comment">// Use get_child to find the node containing the modules, and iterate over</span> |
| <span class="comment">// its children. If the path cannot be resolved, get_child throws.</span> |
| <span class="comment">// A C++11 for-range loop would also work.</span> |
| <span class="identifier">BOOST_FOREACH</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">pt</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">ptree</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">tree</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get_child</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"debug.modules"</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="special">{</span> |
| <span class="comment">// The data function is used to access the data stored in a node.</span> |
| <span class="identifier">m_modules</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">second</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">());</span> |
| <span class="special">}</span> |
| |
| <span class="special">}</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| Now the save() function. It is also 7 lines of code: |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">debug_settings</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">save</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">filename</span><span class="special">)</span> |
| <span class="special">{</span> |
| <span class="comment">// Create an empty property tree object.</span> |
| <span class="identifier">pt</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">ptree</span> <span class="identifier">tree</span><span class="special">;</span> |
| |
| <span class="comment">// Put the simple values into the tree. The integer is automatically</span> |
| <span class="comment">// converted to a string. Note that the "debug" node is automatically</span> |
| <span class="comment">// created if it doesn't exist.</span> |
| <span class="identifier">tree</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">put</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"debug.filename"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">m_file</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| <span class="identifier">tree</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">put</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"debug.level"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">m_level</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| |
| <span class="comment">// Add all the modules. Unlike put, which overwrites existing nodes, add</span> |
| <span class="comment">// adds a new node at the lowest level, so the "modules" node will have</span> |
| <span class="comment">// multiple "module" children.</span> |
| <span class="identifier">BOOST_FOREACH</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">m_modules</span><span class="special">)</span> |
| <span class="identifier">tree</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">add</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"debug.modules.module"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| |
| <span class="comment">// Write property tree to XML file</span> |
| <span class="identifier">pt</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">write_xml</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">filename</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">tree</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| <span class="special">}</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The full program <a href="../../../libs/property_tree/examples/debug_settings.cpp" target="_top">debug_settings.cpp</a> |
| is included in the examples directory. |
| </p> |
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