piconfig.h File Reference

Configuration file. More...

Classes
class	PIConfig
	Configuration file. More...
class	PIConfig::Branch
	Branch is a list of entries of configuration file More...
class	PIConfig::Entry
	Entry of configuration file More...

Functions
template<typename T >
T	readDeviceSetting (const PIString &name, const T &def, const PIConfig::Entry *em, const PIConfig::Entry *ep)
	Service function. useful for configuring devices. More...

Detailed Description

Configuration file.

Function Documentation

template<typename T >

T readDeviceSetting	(	const PIString &	name,
		const T &	def,
		const PIConfig::Entry *	em,
		const PIConfig::Entry *	ep
	)

Service function. useful for configuring devices.

Function takes entry name "name", default value "def" and two PIConfig::Entry sections: "em" and their parent "ep". If there is no parent ep = 0. If "ep" is not null and entry "name" exists in "ep" function returns this value. Else returns value of entry "name" in section "em" or "def" if entry doesn`t exists.
This function useful to read settings from configuration file in implementation PIIODevice::configureDevice() function