ConfiguratorRefClass-class: A class for configuration elements

In btupper/rscripting: Simple tools for scripting with Rscript

A class for configuration elements

Description

A class for configuration elements

Fields

filename

the fully qualified name of the configuration file

container

a list of configuration elements - one element per named [section]

comments

a list of configuration comments by [section] plus a [.header]

sep

the default key-value pair separator ("=") for writing

comm

the default comment character ("#") flagging comment lines

Methods

get(section, name, default = NULL)

Retrieve the specified item in the sectioned named or NULL of not found

parse_section(s)

Given one or more raw text lines, parse the key=value pairs into the expected named character vector

read_file(filename = .self$filename)

read the specified configuration file

set(section, name, value)

Set the value of the specified item in the sectioned named

write_file(filename = .self$filename, append = FALSE)

write the specified configuration file

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