Inifile-cpp is a simple and easy to use header-only ini file en- and decoder for C++.
Install the headers using the CMake build system:
cd <path-to-repo>
git submodule update --init --recursive
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make installor simply copy the header file into your project and include it directly.
Inifile-cpp allows loading data from any std::istream and requires a
single function call or use the overloaded constructor.
#include <inicpp.h>
int main()
{
// create istream object "is" ...
// use function
ini::IniFile myIni;
myIni.decode(is);
// or use constructor
// ini::IniFile myIni(is);
}For convenience there is also a load() function that expects a file name
and parses the content of that file.
Sections and fields parsed from the stream can be accessed using the index
operator [] and then be converted to various native types.
bool myBool = myIni["Foo"]["myBool"].as<bool>();
std::string myStr = myIni["Foo"]["myStr"].as<std::string>();
int myInt = myIni["Foo"]["myInt"].as<int>();
unsigned int myUInt = myIni["Foo"]["myUInt"].as<unsigned int>();
float myFloat = myIni["Foo"]["myFloat"].as<float>();
double myDouble = myIni["Foo"]["myDouble"].as<double>();Natively supported types are:
const char *std::stringintunsigned intboolfloatdouble
Custom type conversions can be added by implementing a explicit cast operator
for IniField.
Values can be assigned to ini fileds just by using the assignment operator.
The content of the inifile can then be written to any std::ostream object.
#include <inicpp.h>
int main()
{
// create ostream object "os" ...
ini::IniFile myIni;
myIni["Foo"]["myInt"] = 1;
myIni["Foo"]["myStr"] = "Hello world";
myIni["Foo"]["myBool"] = true;
myIni["Bar"]["myDouble"] = 1.2;
myIni.encode(os);
}For convenience there is also a save() function that expects a file name
and writes the ini file to that file.