/*
 *  
 *     The contents of this file are subject to the Initial 
 *     Developer's Public License Version 1.0 (the "License"); 
 *     you may not use this file except in compliance with the 
 *     License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 
 *     http://www.ibphoenix.com/idpl.html. 
 *
 *     Software distributed under the License is distributed on 
 *     an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either 
 *     express or implied.  See the License for the specific 
 *     language governing rights and limitations under the License.
 *
 *     The contents of this file or any work derived from this file
 *     may not be distributed under any other license whatsoever 
 *     without the express prior written permission of the original 
 *     author.
 *
 *
 *  The Original Code was created by James A. Starkey for IBPhoenix.
 *
 *  Copyright (c) 1997 - 2000, 2001, 2003 James A. Starkey
 *  Copyright (c) 1997 - 2000, 2001, 2003 Netfrastructure, Inc.
 *  All Rights Reserved.
 */

#ifndef _CONFOBJECT_H_
#define _CONFOBJECT_H_

#include "JString.h"
#include "RefObject.h"

const static int MAX_STRINGS = 32;

START_NAMESPACE

class Element;
class ConfigFile;


class ConfObject : public RefObject
{
public:
	ConfObject(ConfigFile *confFile);
	virtual const char*	getValue(const char* option, const char *defaultValue);
	virtual int			getValue(const char* option, int defaultValue);
	virtual bool		getValue(const char* option, bool defaultValue);
	virtual const char*	getValue(int instanceNumber, const char* attributeName);
	virtual bool		matches(Element *element, const char* type, const char* string);
	virtual void		setChain(ConfObject* object);
	virtual const char* getName(void);
	virtual const char*	getConcatenatedValues(const char* attributeName);
	virtual JString		expand(const char* rawValue);
	virtual ConfObject*	findObject(const char* objectType, const char* objectName);
	virtual ConfObject* getChain(void);

protected:
	virtual void		putString(int position, const char* string, int stringLength);
	virtual bool		match(int position, const char* p1, const char* p2);
	virtual JString		getValue(const char* attributeName);
	virtual Element*	findAttribute(const char* attributeName);
	virtual const char* getValue(Element* attribute);

protected:
	virtual ~ConfObject(void);

public:
	ConfObject	*chain;
	Element		*object;
	ConfigFile	*configFile;
	JString		source;
	JString		tempValue;
	int			numberStrings;
	const char	*strings [MAX_STRINGS];
	char		buffer [1024];
	char		*next;
	char		*end;
};

END_NAMESPACE

#endif