package flags import ( "fmt" "io" "os" ) // IniError contains location information on where in the ini file an error // occured. type IniError struct { // The error message. Message string // The filename of the file in which the error occurred. File string // The line number at which the error occurred. LineNumber uint } // Error provides a "file:line: message" formatted message of the ini error. func (x *IniError) Error() string { return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d: %s", x.File, x.LineNumber, x.Message) } // IniOptions for writing ini files type IniOptions uint const ( // IniNone indicates no options. IniNone IniOptions = 0 // IniIncludeDefaults indicates that default values should be written // when writing options to an ini file. IniIncludeDefaults = 1 << iota // IniIncludeComments indicates that comments containing the description // of an option should be written when writing options to an ini file. IniIncludeComments // IniDefault provides a default set of options. IniDefault = IniIncludeComments ) // IniParser is a utility to read and write flags options from and to ini // files. type IniParser struct { parser *Parser } // NewIniParser creates a new ini parser for a given Parser. func NewIniParser(p *Parser) *IniParser { return &IniParser{ parser: p, } } // IniParse is a convenience function to parse command line options with default // settings from an ini file. The provided data is a pointer to a struct // representing the default option group (named "Application Options"). For // more control, use flags.NewParser. func IniParse(filename string, data interface{}) error { p := NewParser(data, Default) return NewIniParser(p).ParseFile(filename) } // ParseFile parses flags from an ini formatted file. See Parse for more // information on the ini file foramt. The returned errors can be of the type // flags.Error or flags.IniError. func (i *IniParser) ParseFile(filename string) error { i.parser.storeDefaults() ini, err := readIniFromFile(filename) if err != nil { return err } return i.parse(ini) } // Parse parses flags from an ini format. You can use ParseFile as a // convenience function to parse from a filename instead of a general // io.Reader. // // The format of the ini file is as follows: // // [Option group name] // option = value // // Each section in the ini file represents an option group or command in the // flags parser. The default flags parser option group (i.e. when using // flags.Parse) is named 'Application Options'. The ini option name is matched // in the following order: // // 1. Compared to the ini-name tag on the option struct field (if present) // 2. Compared to the struct field name // 3. Compared to the option long name (if present) // 4. Compared to the option short name (if present) // // Sections for nested groups and commands can be addressed using a dot `.' // namespacing notation (i.e [subcommand.Options]). Group section names are // matched case insensitive. // // The returned errors can be of the type flags.Error or // flags.IniError. func (i *IniParser) Parse(reader io.Reader) error { i.parser.storeDefaults() ini, err := readIni(reader, "") if err != nil { return err } return i.parse(ini) } // WriteFile writes the flags as ini format into a file. See WriteIni // for more information. The returned error occurs when the specified file // could not be opened for writing. func (i *IniParser) WriteFile(filename string, options IniOptions) error { file, err := os.Create(filename) if err != nil { return err } defer file.Close() i.Write(file, options) return nil } // Write writes the current values of all the flags to an ini format. // See Parse for more information on the ini file format. You typically // call this only after settings have been parsed since the default values of each // option are stored just before parsing the flags (this is only relevant when // IniIncludeDefaults is _not_ set in options). func (i *IniParser) Write(writer io.Writer, options IniOptions) { writeIni(i, writer, options) }