split any passed key into section and variable parts

configmodel.c

@@ -90,13 +90,38 @@ CONFIGFILEPTR ConfigFileRead(CONST_STRPTR filename)
 	return result;
 }
 
-VOID SectionDump(SECTIONPTR abstractSection)
+StringArray ConfigFileSplitKey(CONST_STRPTR key)
 {
-	struct Section* section = (struct Section*)abstractSection;
-	if( section != NULL && section->lines != NULL )
-	{
-		ArrayForEach(LINEPTR, aLine, section->lines, LineDump(aLine););
+	// a key is "foo.bar.baz.blah" where "foo" is the primary section name
+	// "bar.baz" is the secondary section name and "blah" is the variable name.
+	// In this case we'll just break it down into the canonical section name, 
+	// foo.bar.baz and the variable name blah.
+	
+	StringArray result = StringArrayNew();
+	StringArray parts = StringArrayNew();
+	STRPTR sectionPart = NULL;
+	STRPTR varPart = NULL;
+	
+	STRPTR token = NULL;
+	// we need to make a copy of the key because strtok modifies it.
+ 	STRPTR keyCopy = AllocVec(strlen(key)+1, MEMF_CLEAR);
+ 	CopyMem(key, keyCopy, strlen(key));
+	
+	token = strtok(keyCopy, ".");
+  	while (token != NULL)
+ 	{
+ 		StringArrayAppendAndRetain(parts, token);
+  		token = strtok(NULL, ".");
 	}
+	FreeVec(keyCopy);
+	
+	// now we join all but the last part
+ 	sectionPart = StringArrayJoinedParts(parts, '.', SizeOfArray(parts)-1);
+ 	StringArrayAppend(result, sectionPart); // its been alloced so dont copy
+ 	varPart = (STRPTR)ArrayBackValue(STRPTR, parts);
+ 	StringArrayAppendAndRetain(result, varPart); // its a reference so copy
+ 	StringArrayFree(parts);
+	return result;
 }
 
 VOID ConfigFileDump(CONFIGFILEPTR abstractConfigFile)
@@ -357,6 +382,15 @@ VOID SectionAddLine(SECTIONPTR abstractSection, LINEPTR abstractLine)
 	}
 }
 
+VOID SectionDump(SECTIONPTR abstractSection)
+{
+	struct Section* section = (struct Section*)abstractSection;
+	if( section != NULL && section->lines != NULL )
+	{
+		ArrayForEach(LINEPTR, aLine, section->lines, LineDump(aLine););
+	}
+}
+
 VOID SectionFree(SECTIONPTR abstractSection)
 {
 	struct Section* section = (struct Section*)abstractSection;

configmodel.h

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 CONFIGFILEPTR ConfigFileRead(CONST_STRPTR filename);
 VOID ConfigFileFree(CONFIGFILEPTR configFile);
 VOID ConfigFileDump(CONFIGFILEPTR configFile);
+StringArray ConfigFileSplitKey(CONST_STRPTR key);
 
 
 LINEPTR LineNew(CONST_STRPTR buffer, ULONG size);

containers/stringarray.c

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <proto/exec.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+
+#define MIN(x,y)  (x<y?x:y)
 StringArray StringArrayNew(VOID) 
 {
 	#define SIZE_STRPTR 2
@@ -31,6 +33,47 @@ VOID StringArrayFree(StringArray array)
 	}
 }
 
+STRPTR StringArrayJoined(StringArray array, BYTE linkCharacter)
+{
+	return StringArrayJoinedParts(array, linkCharacter, SizeOfArray(array));
+}
+
+STRPTR StringArrayJoinedParts(StringArray array, BYTE linkCharacter, ULONG maxParts)
+{
+	ULONG requiredSize = 0;
+	ULONG index = 0;
+	ULONG cursor = 0;
+	STRPTR result = NULL;
+	ULONG howManyParts = MIN(maxParts, SizeOfArray(array));
+	
+	if( howManyParts <= 0 )
+	{
+		return (STRPTR)AllocVec(1, MEMF_CLEAR); //return an empty string
+	}
+	for( index = 0; index < howManyParts; index++ )
+	{
+		requiredSize += strlen(StringArrayValues(array)[index]);
+	}
+	requiredSize += (howManyParts - 1);  // add the joins
+
+	requiredSize += 1; // trailing NULL
+	
+	result = AllocVec(requiredSize, MEMF_CLEAR);
+	for( index = 0; index < howManyParts; index++ )
+	{
+		CONST_STRPTR entry = StringArrayValues(array)[index];
+		CopyMem((STRPTR)entry, result+cursor, strlen(entry));
+		cursor += strlen(entry);
+		result[cursor] = linkCharacter;
+		cursor += 1;
+	}
+	result[requiredSize-1] = '\0';
+	
+	return result;
+}
+
+
+
 CONST_STRPTR* StringArrayValues(StringArray array)
 {
 	return ArrayValues(CONST_STRPTR, array);

containers/stringarray.h

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ VOID StringArrayAppendAndRetain(StringArray array, CONST_STRPTR value);
 VOID StringArrayFree(StringArray array);
 CONST_STRPTR* StringArrayValues(StringArray array);
 
+STRPTR StringArrayJoined(StringArray array, BYTE linkCharacter);
+STRPTR StringArrayJoinedParts(StringArray array, BYTE linkCharacter, ULONG maxParts);
+
 #define StringArrayForEach(array, block) do {STRPTR *afe_123_p = (*(STRPTR **)array); STRPTR aString = *afe_123_p; int afe_123_c = (((ULONG *)array)[1]);\
   for (; afe_123_c--; aString = *(++afe_123_p)) block} while (0);
 

main.c

@@ -19,20 +19,29 @@ struct Library *ContainerkitBase;
 WORD DoTheWork(STRPTR filename)
 {
 	WORD result = RETURN_OK;
+	STRPTR joined = NULL;
 	if (ContainerkitBase)
 	{
-		CONFIGFILEPTR config = ConfigFileRead(filename);
-		if( config != NULL )
-		{
-			Printf("XXXXXXX\n");
-			ConfigFileDump(config);
-			Printf("XXXXXXX\n");
-			ConfigFileFree(config);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			result = RETURN_ERROR;
-		}
+		StringArray parts = ConfigFileSplitKey("foo.bar.baz.blah");
+		StringArrayForEach(parts, Printf("[%s]\n",aString););
+		
+// 		joined = StringArrayJoined(parts, '>');
+// 		Printf("{%s}", joined);
+// 		FreeVec(joined);
+		
+		StringArrayFree(parts);
+// 		CONFIGFILEPTR config = ConfigFileRead(filename);
+// 		if( config != NULL )
+// 		{
+// 			Printf("XXXXXXX\n");
+// 			ConfigFileDump(config);
+// 			Printf("XXXXXXX\n");
+// 			ConfigFileFree(config);
+// 		}
+// 		else
+// 		{
+// 			result = RETURN_ERROR;
+// 		}
 	}
 	return result;
 }