Interface IConfigProvider

An interface for configuration providers.

Namespace: IPA.Config
Assembly: IPA.Loader.dll
Syntax
public interface IConfigProvider
Remarks

Implementers must provide a default constructor. Do not assume that System.IO.File will ever be set for a given object.

Implementers are expected to preserve the typing of values passed to Store(Value, FileInfo) when returned from Load(FileInfo). The only exceptions to this are the numeric types, Integer and FloatingPoint, since they can be coerced to each other with AsFloat() and AsInteger() respectively. The provider should however store and recover Integer with as much precision as is possible. For example, a JSON provider may decide to decode all numbers that have an integral value, even if they were originally FloatingPoint, as Integer. This is reasonable, as Integer is more precise, particularly with larger values, than FloatingPoint.

Properties

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Extension

Gets the extension without a dot to use for files handled by this provider.

Declaration
string Extension { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String
Remarks

This must work immediately, and is used to generate the System.IO.FileInfo used to set System.IO.File.

Methods

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Load(FileInfo)

Loads a Value from disk in whatever format this provider provides and returns it.

Declaration
Value Load(FileInfo file)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.IO.FileInfo file

the file to read from
Returns
Type Description
Value

the Value loaded
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Store(Value, FileInfo)

Stores the Value given to disk in the format specified.

Declaration
void Store(Value value, FileInfo file)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Value value

the Value to store
System.IO.FileInfo file

the file to write to

Extension Methods