Inherits object.

Public Member Functions
	parameterstring ()

	~parameterstring ()

void	setDelimiter (char delim)

bool	parse (const char *string)

const char *	getValue (const char *name)

bool	clear ()

dictionary< char , char > *	getDictionary ()

Public Member Functions inherited from object
virtual	~object ()

Detailed Description

The parameterstring class provides methods for parsing and accessing name/value pairs in so-called "parameter strings" formatted like this:

char *string="name1=value1;name2='value2';name3=value3";

Parameter strings are often used to define connections to servers, databases or for other similar things.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

parameterstring::parameterstring ( )

Creates an instance of the parameterstring class.

parameterstring::~parameterstring ( )

Deletes this instance of the parameterstring class.

bool parameterstring::clear ( )

Clears the stored set of names and values. After a call to clear(), getValue() will return NULL until parse() is called again.

Always returns true.

dictionary< char *, char * > * parameterstring::getDictionary ( )

Returns the dictionary used internally by this instance of the parameterstring class.

const char * parameterstring::getValue ( const char * name )

Returns the corresponding value for "name". parse() must have been called already or this method will return NULL.

bool parameterstring::parse ( const char * string )

Parses "string" and extracts the names and values.

void parameterstring::setDelimiter ( char delim )

Defines the delimiter separating the parameters. The default is a semicolon.