Added a SkipString() method to the parser helper; began work in implementing a configuration file parser

git-svn-id: file:///srv/devel/repo-conversion/nusu@296 d2e56fa2-650e-0410-a79f-9358c0239efd

Source/Configuration/ConfigurationFile.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Nuclex.Support.Configuration {
+	
+	/// <summary>Represents an ini- or cfg-like configuration file</summary>
+	/// <remarks>
+	///   This class tries its best to preserve the formatting of configuration files.
+	///   Changing a value will keep the line it appears in intact.
+	/// </remarks>
+	public class ConfigurationFile {
+
+		/// <summary>Initializes a new, empty configuration file</summary>
+		public ConfigurationFile() {
+			this.lines = new List<string>();
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>Parses a configuration file from the specified text reader</summary>
+		/// <param name="reader">Reader the configuration file will be parsed from</param>
+		/// <returns>The configuration file parsed from the specified reader</returns>
+		public static ConfigurationFile Parse(TextReader reader) {
+			throw new NotImplementedException();
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>Saves the configuration file into the specified writer</summary>
+		/// <param name="writer">Writer the configuration file will be saved into</param>
+		public void Save(TextWriter writer) {
+			
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>Lines contained in the configuration file</summary>
+		private IList<string> lines;
+
+	}
+
+} // namespace Nuclex.Support.Configuration

Source/Configuration/ISettings.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Nuclex.Support.Configuration {
+
+	/// <summary>Interface by which settings stored in a file can be accessed</summary>
+	public interface ISettings {
+
+    /// <summary>Enumerates the categories defined in the configuration</summary>
+    /// <returns>An enumerable list of all used categories</returns>
+		IEnumerable<string> EnumerateCategories();
+
+    /// <summary>Enumerates the options stored under the specified category</summary>
+    /// <param name="category">Category whose options will be enumerated</param>
+    /// <returns>An enumerable list of all options in the category</returns>
+    IEnumerable<OptionInfo> EnumerateOptions(string category = null);
+
+    TValue Get<TValue>(string category, string optionName);
+
+    TValue Get<TValue>(string optionName);
+
+	}
+
+} // namespace Nuclex.Support.Configuration

Source/Configuration/OptionInfo.cs

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+using System;
+
+namespace Nuclex.Support.Configuration {
+
+	/// <summary>Informations about an option stored in a settings container</summary>
+	public struct OptionInfo {
+
+		/// <summary>Name of the option</summary>
+		public string Name;
+		/// <summary>Data type of the option</summary>
+		public Type OptionType;
+
+	}
+
+} // namespace Nuclex.Support.Configuration