-- License: BSD3 (see LICENSE) -- Author: Dino Morelli {- | Simple key/value style config file loading This module was motived by the desire to factor this repetitive configuration file parsing code out of several of my projects. These functions offer very simple behavior which may be fine for many tasks. For those needing something that does more, including building and saving config data and .ini-style [section]s, may I suggest Data.ConfigFile . Example: > import Data.Map ( lookup ) > import Prelude hiding ( lookup ) > import TCE.Data.KVConf ( parseToMap ) > > main = do > -- Parse a String into a KVConf datatype > conf <- parseToMap <$> readFile "kv-example.conf" > > -- It's just a map, so use Data.Map functions to access > print $ lookup "foo" conf > print $ lookup "baz-blorp" conf An example config file is given below. -} module TCE.Data.KVConf ( KVConf , parseToMap , parseToArgs ) where import Data.Char ( isSpace ) import Data.Map hiding ( map ) import Data.Maybe ( catMaybes ) -- | Convenience type synonym. Config data is just a simple Map type KVConf = Map String String {- | Parse config file data into a simple (Map String String). For example, this: > --- file start --- > foo=one > # a comment > > bar > baz-blorp=2 > > # spaces are permitted around the = > qux = false > --- file end --- becomes: > fromList [("foo","one"),("bar",""),("baz-blorp","2"),("qux","false")] Comments (prefixed with #) and blank lines in the config file are discarded. -} parseToMap :: String -> KVConf parseToMap = fromList . catMaybes . map parseKV . lines parseKV :: String -> Maybe (String, String) parseKV ('#' : _) = Nothing parseKV "" = Nothing parseKV l = Just ( trim . takeWhile p $ l , trim . tailSafe . dropWhile p $ l ) where p = (/= '=') tailSafe :: [a] -> [a] tailSafe [] = [] tailSafe l = tail l dropFromTailWhile :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a] dropFromTailWhile _ [] = [] dropFromTailWhile p s | p (last s) = dropFromTailWhile p $ init s | otherwise = s trim :: String -> String trim = dropFromTailWhile isSpace . dropWhile isSpace {- | Parse config file data into what looks like long args on a command line. Sometimes it's convenient to be able to supply commonly used long args in a config file. The idea here is you can prepend this [String] to your other command line args and send the whole mess to your System.Console.GetOpt-based code. For example, this: > --- file start --- > foo=one > # a comment > > bar > baz-blorp=2 > > # spaces are permitted around the = > qux = false > --- file end --- becomes: > [ "--foo=one", "--bar", "--baz-blorp=2", "--qux=false" ] As above, comments (prefixed with #) and blank lines in the config file are discarded. -} parseToArgs :: String -> [String] parseToArgs = map prependHyphens . map joinPair . catMaybes . map parseKV . lines where prependHyphens s = '-' : '-' : s joinPair (k, "") = k joinPair (k, v ) = k ++ "=" ++ v