Re: [REQ] generic config struct for parameter value lists

Hi,

I don't really see how it should work. Each config option have different
needs and handling. Could you please try to provide some pseudo code that
shows how it should/would work?

Stipe Tolj wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> I have some good input on extending Kannel's config handling abilities:
> 
> Currently we have several needs for a config value list, some examples:
> 
>    group = smsc
>    ...
>    accepted-smsc-id = "A;B;C"
> 
>    group = sms-service
>    ...
>    aliases = "key2;key3;key4"
> 
>    group = smsbox-route
>    ...
>    shortcode = "1111;2222;3333"
> 
> so, all of these are either of type word-list or id-list, semantically
> it's a semicolon seperated list. For some parts we have defined
> foobar-regex config directives to handle PCRE/regex for a more simple
> definition.
> 
> The idea now is to create a more generic construct for this, which handles
> 3 (maybe more?) different ways for any "list-type":
> 
>    foobar = "A;B;C"
>    foobar-url = "http://somewhere/foobar-list"
>    foobar-regex = "<the regex expression>"
> 
> so users can *CHOOSE* which way they prefer. And we handle the processing
> of the list "transparently" to the logic that requires the list from the
> config sections.
> 
> I like this concept of abstraction here. Since we would encapsulate the
> plain, -url and -regex handling to the scope of gwlib/cfg.{ch] and the
> other calling modules simply pull for the list.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
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Thanks,
Alex