Javascript ConfigFile

Configuration File handling object.

Constructor

new ConfigFile(); new ConfigFile(path); new ConfigFile(path,warn);

Where:

• path - Relative or absolute path to the Configuration file like "/path/to/file.conf"
• warn - True to warn if the file does not exist

Methods

• name()

Returns the path of the Configuration file.

• name(path)

Sets a new file path

• load(warn)

Loads the file content, optionally warns if it doesn't exist.

Returns true on success or false if the file does not exist.

• save()

Saves the file overwriting any existing content.

Returns true on success or false if the file could not be written.

• count()

Returns the number of sections in the file.

• sections()

Returns an associative Array containing ConfigSection objects representing each file section.

• getSection(name)

Returns a ConfigSection object for the section name.

Returns null if the section does not exist.

• getSection(name,create)

Returns a ConfigSection object for the section name, creates it if create is true.

Returns null if the section could not be created.

• getValue(section,key)

Retrieves the value of key in section. Returns undefined if the key or section does not exist.

• getValue(section,key,defValue)

Retrieves the value of key in section. Returns defValur if the key or section does not exist.

• setValue(section,key,value)

Sets the value for key in specified file section.

• clearKey(section,key)

Deletes the key from specified file section.

• keys(section)

Returns a numbered (non-associative) Array containing all the key names in section.