The goal of the API
This API is intended to be simple and easy to use. It should be easy to use and easy to extend. The API should hide where the configuration data is physically stored. Also it should be easy to add new "drivers" for other storage locations.
Currently the configuration data can be stored on plain text files or on the windows registry.
Some definitions
| Section or Subsection | A logical division and grouping of Keys |
| Key | A key belongs to a section and can have a value |
| Value | The Configuration value |
Implementation on Windows
On Windows the naming scheme is different and may have an other meaning on my Ada-API. This is somewhat confusing.
| Naming on the Ada-API | Windows naming scheme |
| Section or Subsection | Key |
| Key | The name part of a value |
| Value | The data part of a value |
Implementation for files
A section starts with [ on the first position of a line and ends with ]. Subsections are like normal sections, but it contains the full path, separated with \
All other lines are treated as Key/Value pairs, where between the Key and the Value stands a =.
The Api Documentation.
- registry(includes a small sample)
- registry.factory