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XConfig for GO v1

Package xconfig loads a configuration file similar to a .ini file, but with some important improvements:

• The xconfig recognize bool, int, float and Strings, and also collections of values and hierarchical nested sub-config sets.
• The xconfig is compatible with XDataset to inject and use in templates, database records, etc.
• You can load more than one file in merge mode or replacing mode in the same config object.
• You can set and get parameters at any time.
• You can load the config object based on a file, but also on a string and another object; this way you can serialize, unserialize, transfer by any strem, save or load on database the object, etc.
• You can also save back the config string with all its comments.

Manuals are available on godoc.org

TO DO:

• Make it thread safe ? (so maybe with a flag to activate it ?)
• Add Time ? Other types of int32, int64, float32, runes etc ?
• Merge vs load to load more than 1 file (pending)
• implement + and :
• Add a flag when it's a multiple load to warn a "save"
• Add error control con Get* for type conversions (if the type is different as expected)
• Log errors into official log

Version Changes Control

v0.4.3 - 2021-11-16

• Documentation revised and added with Marshal and SaveFile Functions
• Bug corrected in Marshal, sometimes an empty line was ignored by the reconstruction of the string

v0.4.2 - 2020-03-30

• Pointers to self structure changed (c.Parameters instead of (*c).Parameters)
• Del/Set/Add function now work correctly and do not duplicate entries if not merged (Add)

v0.4.1 - 2020-03-29

• Marshal and SaveFile implemented to generate original string of XConfig file and save it to a file.
• example directory removed. The examples are implicitly into documentation and tests.

v0.4.0 - 2020-03-29

• Modulatization (go mod init) and use of xcore/v2
• Documentation finished
• Comments into code, corrections to meet golint standards
• String modified to order printed lines and get a uniform result if the XConfig contains the same data
• Tests implemented to verify official defined specs

v0.3.0 - 2020-02-11

• Documentation enhanced, Configuration Syntax Reference added
• Licence and Tests Added

v0.2.1 - 2020-02-10

• Documentation enhanced
• Bug corrected on String and GoString()

v0.2.0 - 2020-02-10

• Modification to XConfig to meet xcore v1.0.0 (.String and .GoString functions added, .Stringify function removed)

v0.1.0 - 2019-12-06

• Code formated before sending to github (gofmt -s)

v0.0.9 - 2019-07-12

• Incode println removed

v0.0.8 - 2019-06-25

• Added Clone functions to meet xcore.XDatasetDef definition

v0.0.7 - 2019-03-06

• Added functions of Time to get time data.

v0.0.6 - 2019-02-05

• Added conversion between types con Get* functions

v0.0.5 - 2019-01-06

• XConfig object aligned with XDataset with missing set of functions
• XConfig csn now be injected into an XTemplate

V0.0.4 - 2018-12-21

• Added GetString, GetInt, GetBool and GetFloat to directly get the known value type (and do not have to convert types)
• Error corrected on Set (type float added)

V0.0.3 - 2018-12-05

Branch "late-night" added to github

• Added support for sub-XConfig with entry1.entry2.entry3=xxx

V0.0.2 - 2018-11-27

• Added support for strings starting with "
• Added support for array of booleans
• Added support for float parameters
• Work for a full normal load of a file, suporting also repeated parameters (array of parameters)
• VERSION constant added
• XConfig.Get function implemented for basic parameters (without + or :)

V0.0.1 - 2018-11-14

• First commit, only work to load basic parameters