From d56b48437ece38e85714e61405908a42f1a6d761 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anna Wellmann <a.wellmann@tu-bs.de>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:23:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add helper function for loading the config
---
src/basics/config/ConfigurationFile.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/basics/config/ConfigurationFile.h b/src/basics/config/ConfigurationFile.h
index 3bf9e8072..c0cd06ca8 100644
--- a/src/basics/config/ConfigurationFile.h
+++ b/src/basics/config/ConfigurationFile.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
#ifndef BASICS_CONFIGURATIONFILE_H
#define BASICS_CONFIGURATIONFILE_H
+#include "Logger.h"
+#include <filesystem>
#include <map>
#include <vector>
#include <sstream>
@@ -68,6 +70,26 @@ public:
template<class T>
T getValue(const std::string& key, T defaultValue) const;
+ static ConfigurationFile loadConfig(int argc, char *argv[], std::filesystem::path configPath, std::string defaultConfigName = "config.txt")
+ {
+ // the config file's default name can be replaced by passing a command line argument
+
+ std::string configName = defaultConfigName;
+
+ if (argc > 1)
+ {
+ configName = argv[1];
+ VF_LOG_INFO("Using configFile command line argument: {}", configName);
+ } else {
+ VF_LOG_INFO("Using default config name: {}", configName);
+ }
+
+ configPath.replace_filename(configName);
+ vf::basics::ConfigurationFile config;
+ config.load(configPath.string());
+ return config;
+ }
+
private:
//! the container
std::map<std::string, std::string> data;
--
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