#ifndef _UCW_CONF_H
#define _UCW_CONF_H
-enum cf_class {
+/*** === Data types [[conf_types]] ***/
+
+enum cf_class { /** Class of the configuration item. **/
CC_END, // end of list
CC_STATIC, // single variable or static array
CC_DYNAMIC, // dynamically allocated array
CC_BITMAP // of up to 32 items
};
-enum cf_type {
+enum cf_type { /** Type of a single value. **/
CT_INT, CT_U64, CT_DOUBLE, // number types
CT_IP, // IP address
CT_STRING, // string type
};
struct fastbuf;
+
+/**
+ * A parser function gets an array of (strdup'ed) strings and a pointer with
+ * the customized information (most likely the target address). It can store
+ * the parsed value anywhere in any way it likes, however it must first call
+ * @cf_journal_block() on the overwritten memory block. It returns an error
+ * message or NULL if everything is all right.
+ **/
typedef char *cf_parser(uns number, char **pars, void *ptr);
- /* A parser function gets an array of (strdup'ed) strings and a pointer with
- * the customized information (most likely the target address). It can store
- * the parsed value anywhere in any way it likes, however it must first call
- * cf_journal_block() on the overwritten memory block. It returns an error
- * message or NULL if everything is all right. */
+/**
+ * A parser function for user-defined types gets a string and a pointer to
+ * the destination variable. It must store the value within [ptr,ptr+size),
+ * where size is fixed for each type. It should not call @cf_journal_block().
+ **/
typedef char *cf_parser1(char *string, void *ptr);
- /* A parser function for user-defined types gets a string and a pointer to
- * the destination variable. It must store the value within [ptr,ptr+size),
- * where size is fixed for each type. It should not call cf_journal_block(). */
+/**
+ * An init- or commit-hook gets a pointer to the section or NULL if this
+ * is the global section. It returns an error message or NULL if everything
+ * is all right. The init-hook should fill in default values (needed for
+ * dynamically allocated nodes of link lists or for filling global variables
+ * that are run-time dependent). The commit-hook should perform sanity
+ * checks and postprocess the parsed values. Commit-hooks must call
+ * @cf_journal_block() too. Caveat! init-hooks for static sections must not
+ * use @cf_malloc() but normal <<memory:xmalloc()>>.
+ **/
typedef char *cf_hook(void *ptr);
- /* An init- or commit-hook gets a pointer to the section or NULL if this
- * is the global section. It returns an error message or NULL if everything
- * is all right. The init-hook should fill in default values (needed for
- * dynamically allocated nodes of link lists or for filling global variables
- * that are run-time dependent). The commit-hook should perform sanity
- * checks and postprocess the parsed values. Commit-hooks must call
- * cf_journal_block() too. Caveat! init-hooks for static sections must not
- * use cf_malloc() but normal xmalloc(). */
+/**
+ * Dumps the contents of a variable of a user-defined type.
+ **/
typedef void cf_dumper1(struct fastbuf *fb, void *ptr);
- /* Dumps the contents of a variable of a user-defined type. */
+/**
+ * Similar to init-hook, but it copies attributes from another list node
+ * instead of setting the attributes to default values. You have to provide
+ * it if your node contains parsed values and/or sub-lists.
+ **/
typedef char *cf_copier(void *dest, void *src);
- /* Similar to init-hook, but it copies attributes from another list node
- * instead of setting the attributes to default values. You have to provide
- * it if your node contains parsed values and/or sub-lists. */
-struct cf_user_type {
+struct cf_user_type { /** Structure to store information about user-defined variable type. **/
uns size; // of the parsed attribute
char *name; // name of the type (for dumping)
cf_parser1 *parser; // how to parse it
};
struct cf_section;
-struct cf_item {
+struct cf_item { /** Single configuration item. **/
const char *name; // case insensitive
int number; // length of an array or #parameters of a parser (negative means at most)
void *ptr; // pointer to a global variable or an offset in a section
enum cf_type type:16; // type of a static or dynamic attribute
};
-struct cf_section {
+struct cf_section { /** A section. **/
uns size; // 0 for a global block, sizeof(struct) for a section
cf_hook *init; // fills in default values (no need to bzero)
cf_hook *commit; // verifies parsed data (optional)
uns flags; // for internal use only
};
-/* Declaration of cf_section */
+/***
+ * [[conf_macros]]
+ * Convenience macros
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ * You could create the structures manually, but you can use these macros to
+ * save some typing.
+ */
+
+/***
+ * Declaration of <<struct_cf_section,`cf_section`>>
+ * ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ *
+ * These macros can be used to configure the <<struct_cf_section,`cf_section`>>
+ * structure.
+ ***/
+
+/**
+ * Data type of a section.
+ * If you store the section into a structure, use this macro.
+ *
+ * Storing a section into a structure is useful mostly when you may have multiple instances of the
+ * section (eg. <<conf_multi,array or list>>).
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *
+ * struct list_node {
+ * cnode n; // This one is for the list itself
+ * char *name;
+ * uns value;
+ * };
+ *
+ * static struct clist nodes;
+ *
+ * static struct cf_section node = {
+ * CF_TYPE(struct list_node),
+ * CF_ITEMS {
+ * CF_STRING("name", PTR_TO(struct list_node, name)),
+ * CF_UNS("value", PTR_TO(struct list_node, value)),
+ * CF_END
+ * }
+ * };
+ *
+ * static struct cf_section section = {
+ * CF_LIST("node", &nodes, &node),
+ * CF_END
+ * };
+ *
+ * You could use <<def_CF_STATIC,`CF_STATIC`>> or <<def_CF_DYNAMIC,`CF_DYNAMIC`>>
+ * macros to create arrays.
+ */
#define CF_TYPE(s) .size = sizeof(s)
+/**
+ * An init <<hooks,hook>>.
+ * You can use this to initialize dynamically allocated items (for a dynamic array or list).
+ * The hook returns an error message or NULL if everything was OK.
+ */
#define CF_INIT(f) .init = (cf_hook*) f
+/**
+ * A commit <<hooks,hook>>.
+ * You can use this one to check sanity of loaded data and postprocess them.
+ * You must call @cf_journal_block() if you change anything.
+ *
+ * Return error message or NULL if everything went OK.
+ **/
#define CF_COMMIT(f) .commit = (cf_hook*) f
-#define CF_COPY(f) .copy = (cf_copier*) f
-#define CF_ITEMS .cfg = ( struct cf_item[] )
-#define CF_END { .cls = CC_END }
-/* Configuration items */
+/**
+ * A <<hooks,copy function>>.
+ * You need to provide one for too complicated sections where a memcpy is not
+ * enough to copy it properly. It happens, for example, when you have a dynamically
+ * allocated section containing a list of other sections.
+ *
+ * You return an error message or NULL if you succeed.
+ **/
+#define CF_COPY(f) .copy = (cf_copier*) f /** **/
+#define CF_ITEMS .cfg = ( struct cf_item[] ) /** List of sub-items. **/
+#define CF_END { .cls = CC_END } /** End of the structure. **/
+/***
+ * Declaration of a configuration item
+ * ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ *
+ * Each of these describe single <<struct_cf_item,configuration item>>. They are mostly
+ * for internal use, do not use them directly unless you really know what you are doing.
+ ***/
+
+/**
+ * Static array of items.
+ * Expects you to allocate the memory and provide pointer to it.
+ **/
#define CF_STATIC(n,p,T,t,c) { .cls = CC_STATIC, .type = CT_##T, .name = n, .number = c, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(p,t*) }
+/**
+ * Dynamic array of items.
+ * Expects you to provide pointer to your pointer to data and it will allocate new memory for it
+ * and set your pointer to it.
+ **/
#define CF_DYNAMIC(n,p,T,t,c) { .cls = CC_DYNAMIC, .type = CT_##T, .name = n, .number = c, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(p,t**) }
-#define CF_PARSER(n,p,f,c) { .cls = CC_PARSER, .name = n, .number = c, .ptr = p, .u.par = (cf_parser*) f }
-#define CF_SECTION(n,p,s) { .cls = CC_SECTION, .name = n, .number = 1, .ptr = p, .u.sec = s }
-#define CF_LIST(n,p,s) { .cls = CC_LIST, .name = n, .number = 1, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(p,clist*), .u.sec = s }
-#define CF_BITMAP_INT(n,p) { .cls = CC_BITMAP, .type = CT_INT, .name = n, .number = 1, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(p,u32*) }
-#define CF_BITMAP_LOOKUP(n,p,t) { .cls = CC_BITMAP, .type = CT_LOOKUP, .name = n, .number = 1, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(p,u32*), .u.lookup = t }
-/* Configuration items for basic types */
-#define CF_INT(n,p) CF_STATIC(n,p,INT,int,1)
-#define CF_INT_ARY(n,p,c) CF_STATIC(n,p,INT,int,c)
-#define CF_INT_DYN(n,p,c) CF_DYNAMIC(n,p,INT,int,c)
-#define CF_UNS(n,p) CF_STATIC(n,p,INT,uns,1)
-#define CF_UNS_ARY(n,p,c) CF_STATIC(n,p,INT,uns,c)
-#define CF_UNS_DYN(n,p,c) CF_DYNAMIC(n,p,INT,uns,c)
-#define CF_U64(n,p) CF_STATIC(n,p,U64,u64,1)
-#define CF_U64_ARY(n,p,c) CF_STATIC(n,p,U64,u64,c)
-#define CF_U64_DYN(n,p,c) CF_DYNAMIC(n,p,U64,u64,c)
-#define CF_DOUBLE(n,p) CF_STATIC(n,p,DOUBLE,double,1)
-#define CF_DOUBLE_ARY(n,p,c) CF_STATIC(n,p,DOUBLE,double,c)
-#define CF_DOUBLE_DYN(n,p,c) CF_DYNAMIC(n,p,DOUBLE,double,c)
-#define CF_IP(n,p) CF_STATIC(n,p,IP,u32,1)
-#define CF_IP_ARY(n,p,c) CF_STATIC(n,p,IP,u32,c)
-#define CF_IP_DYN(n,p,c) CF_DYNAMIC(n,p,IP,u32,c)
+#define CF_PARSER(n,p,f,c) { .cls = CC_PARSER, .name = n, .number = c, .ptr = p, .u.par = (cf_parser*) f } /** A low-level parser. **/
+#define CF_SECTION(n,p,s) { .cls = CC_SECTION, .name = n, .number = 1, .ptr = p, .u.sec = s } /** A sub-section. **/
+#define CF_LIST(n,p,s) { .cls = CC_LIST, .name = n, .number = 1, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(p,clist*), .u.sec = s } /** A list with sub-items. **/
+#define CF_BITMAP_INT(n,p) { .cls = CC_BITMAP, .type = CT_INT, .name = n, .number = 1, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(p,u32*) } /** A bitmap. **/
+#define CF_BITMAP_LOOKUP(n,p,t) { .cls = CC_BITMAP, .type = CT_LOOKUP, .name = n, .number = 1, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(p,u32*), .u.lookup = t } /** A bitmap with named bits. **/
+/***
+ * Basic configuration items
+ * ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ *
+ * They describe basic data types used in the configuration. This should be enough for
+ * most real-life purposes.
+ *
+ * The parameters are as follows:
+ *
+ * * @n -- name of the item.
+ * * @p -- pointer to the variable where it shall be stored.
+ * * @c -- count.
+ **/
+#define CF_INT(n,p) CF_STATIC(n,p,INT,int,1) /** Single `int` value. **/
+#define CF_INT_ARY(n,p,c) CF_STATIC(n,p,INT,int,c) /** Static array of integers. **/
+#define CF_INT_DYN(n,p,c) CF_DYNAMIC(n,p,INT,int,c) /** Dynamic array of integers. **/
+#define CF_UNS(n,p) CF_STATIC(n,p,INT,uns,1) /** Single `uns` (`unsigned`) value. **/
+#define CF_UNS_ARY(n,p,c) CF_STATIC(n,p,INT,uns,c) /** Static array of unsigned integers. **/
+#define CF_UNS_DYN(n,p,c) CF_DYNAMIC(n,p,INT,uns,c) /** Dynamic array of unsigned integers. **/
+#define CF_U64(n,p) CF_STATIC(n,p,U64,u64,1) /** Single unsigned 64bit integer (`u64`). **/
+#define CF_U64_ARY(n,p,c) CF_STATIC(n,p,U64,u64,c) /** Static array of u64s. **/
+#define CF_U64_DYN(n,p,c) CF_DYNAMIC(n,p,U64,u64,c) /** Dynamic array of u64s. **/
+#define CF_DOUBLE(n,p) CF_STATIC(n,p,DOUBLE,double,1) /** Single instance of `double`. **/
+#define CF_DOUBLE_ARY(n,p,c) CF_STATIC(n,p,DOUBLE,double,c) /** Static array of doubles. **/
+#define CF_DOUBLE_DYN(n,p,c) CF_DYNAMIC(n,p,DOUBLE,double,c) /** Dynamic array of doubles. **/
+#define CF_IP(n,p) CF_STATIC(n,p,IP,u32,1) /** Single IPv4 address. **/
+#define CF_IP_ARY(n,p,c) CF_STATIC(n,p,IP,u32,c) /** Static array of IP addresses. **/.
+#define CF_IP_DYN(n,p,c) CF_DYNAMIC(n,p,IP,u32,c) /** Dynamic array of IP addresses. **/
+/**
+ * A string.
+ * You provide a pointer to a `char *` variable and it will fill it with
+ * dynamically allocated string. For example:
+ *
+ * static char *string = "Default string";
+ *
+ * static struct cf_section section = {
+ * CF_ITEMS {
+ * CF_STRING("string", &string),
+ * CF_END
+ * }
+ * };
+ **/
#define CF_STRING(n,p) CF_STATIC(n,p,STRING,char*,1)
-#define CF_STRING_ARY(n,p,c) CF_STATIC(n,p,STRING,char*,c)
-#define CF_STRING_DYN(n,p,c) CF_DYNAMIC(n,p,STRING,char*,c)
+#define CF_STRING_ARY(n,p,c) CF_STATIC(n,p,STRING,char*,c) /** Static array of strings. **/
+#define CF_STRING_DYN(n,p,c) CF_DYNAMIC(n,p,STRING,char*,c) /** Dynamic array of strings. **/
+/**
+ * One string out of a predefined set.
+ * You provide the set as an array of strings terminated by NULL (similar to @argv argument
+ * of main()) as the @t parameter.
+ *
+ * The configured variable (pointer to `int`) is set to index of the string.
+ * So, it works this way:
+ *
+ * static *strings[] = { "First", "Second", "Third", NULL };
+ *
+ * static int variable;
+ *
+ * static struct cf_section section = {
+ * CF_ITEMS {
+ * CF_LOOKUP("choice", &variable, strings),
+ * CF_END
+ * }
+ * };
+ *
+ * Now, if the configuration contains `choice "Second"`, `variable` will be set to 1.
+ **/
#define CF_LOOKUP(n,p,t) { .cls = CC_STATIC, .type = CT_LOOKUP, .name = n, .number = 1, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(p,int*), .u.lookup = t }
+/**
+ * Static array of strings out of predefined set.
+ **/
#define CF_LOOKUP_ARY(n,p,t,c) { .cls = CC_STATIC, .type = CT_LOOKUP, .name = n, .number = c, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(p,int*), .u.lookup = t }
+/**
+ * Dynamic array of strings out of predefined set.
+ **/
#define CF_LOOKUP_DYN(n,p,t,c) { .cls = CC_DYNAMIC, .type = CT_LOOKUP, .name = n, .number = c, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(p,int**), .u.lookup = t }
+/**
+ * A user-defined type.
+ * See <<custom_parser,creating custom parsers>> section if you want to know more.
+ **/
#define CF_USER(n,p,t) { .cls = CC_STATIC, .type = CT_USER, .name = n, .number = 1, .ptr = p, .u.utype = t }
+/**
+ * Static array of user-defined types (all of the same type).
+ * See <<custom_parser,creating custom parsers>> section.
+ **/
#define CF_USER_ARY(n,p,t,c) { .cls = CC_STATIC, .type = CT_USER, .name = n, .number = c, .ptr = p, .u.utype = t }
+/**
+ * Dynamic array of user-defined types.
+ * See <<custom_parser,creating custom parsers>> section.
+ **/
#define CF_USER_DYN(n,p,t,c) { .cls = CC_DYNAMIC, .type = CT_USER, .name = n, .number = c, .ptr = p, .u.utype = t }
-/* If you aren't picky about the number of parameters */
+/**
+ * Any number of dynamic array elements
+ **/
#define CF_ANY_NUM -0x7fffffff
-#define DARY_LEN(a) ((uns*)a)[-1]
- // length of a dynamic array
+#define DARY_LEN(a) ((uns*)a)[-1] /** Length of an dynamic array. **/
#define DARY_ALLOC(type,len,val...) ((struct { uns l; type a[len]; }) { .l = len, .a = { val } }).a
// creates a static instance of a dynamic array
-/* Memory allocation: conf-alloc.c */
+/***
+ * [[alloc]]
+ * Memory allocation
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ * Uses <<mempool:,memory pools>> for efficiency and journal recovery.
+ * You should use these routines when implementing custom parsers.
+ ***/
struct mempool;
+/**
+ * A <<mempool:type_mempool,memory pool>> for configuration parser needs.
+ * Memory allocated from here is valid as long as the current config is loaded
+ * (if you allocate some memory and rollback the transaction or you load some
+ * other configuration, it gets lost).
+ **/
extern struct mempool *cf_pool;
-void *cf_malloc(uns size);
-void *cf_malloc_zero(uns size);
-char *cf_strdup(const char *s);
-char *cf_printf(const char *fmt, ...) FORMAT_CHECK(printf,1,2);
+void *cf_malloc(uns size); /** Returns @size bytes of memory. Allocates from <<var_cf_pool,`cf_pool`>>. **/
+void *cf_malloc_zero(uns size); /** Like @cf_malloc(), but zeroes the memory. **/
+char *cf_strdup(const char *s); /** Copy a string into @cf_malloc()ed memory. **/
+char *cf_printf(const char *fmt, ...) FORMAT_CHECK(printf,1,2); /** printf() into @cf_malloc()ed memory. **/
-/* Undo journal for error recovery: conf-journal.c */
-extern uns cf_need_journal;
+/***
+ * [[journal]]
+ * Undo journal
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ * For error recovery when <<reload,reloading configuration>>.
+ ***/
+extern uns cf_need_journal; /** Is the journal needed? If you do not reload configuration, you set this to 0 and gain a little more performance and free memory. **/
+/**
+ * When a block of memory is about to be changed, put the old value
+ * into journal with this function. You need to call it from a <<hooks,commit hook>>
+ * if you change anything. It is used internally by low-level parsers.
+ * <<custom_parser,Custom parsers>> do not need to call it, it is called
+ * before them.
+ **/
void cf_journal_block(void *ptr, uns len);
-#define CF_JOURNAL_VAR(var) cf_journal_block(&(var), sizeof(var))
+#define CF_JOURNAL_VAR(var) cf_journal_block(&(var), sizeof(var)) // Store single value into journal.
-/* Declaration: conf-section.c */
+/***
+ * [[declare]]
+ * Section declaration
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ **/
+
+/**
+ * Plug another top-level section into the configuration system.
+ * @name is the name in the configuration file,
+ * @sec is pointer to the section description.
+ * If @allow_unknown is set to 0 and a variable not described in @sec
+ * is found in the configuration file, it produces an error.
+ * If you set it to 1, all such variables are ignored.
+ **/
void cf_declare_section(const char *name, struct cf_section *sec, uns allow_unknown);
+/**
+ * If you have a section in a structure and you want to initialize it
+ * (eg. if you want a copy of default values outside the configuration),
+ * you can use this. It initializes it recursively.
+ *
+ * This is used mostly internally. You probably do not need it.
+ **/
void cf_init_section(const char *name, struct cf_section *sec, void *ptr, uns do_bzero);
-/* Parsers for basic types: conf-parse.c */
-char *cf_parse_int(const char *str, int *ptr);
-char *cf_parse_u64(const char *str, u64 *ptr);
-char *cf_parse_double(const char *str, double *ptr);
-char *cf_parse_ip(const char *p, u32 *varp);
+/***
+ * [[bparser]]
+ * Parsers for basic types
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ * Each of them gets a string to parse and pointer to store the value.
+ * It returns either NULL or error message.
+ *
+ * The parsers support units. See <<config:units,their list>>.
+ ***/
+char *cf_parse_int(const char *str, int *ptr); /** Parser for integers. **/
+char *cf_parse_u64(const char *str, u64 *ptr); /** Parser for 64 unsigned integers. **/
+char *cf_parse_double(const char *str, double *ptr); /** Parser for doubles. **/
+char *cf_parse_ip(const char *p, u32 *varp); /** Parser for IP addresses. **/
#endif