Numeric character and character entity references are now also supported when convert...

[evaf] / src / libs / Common / inifile.h

diff --git a/src/libs/Common/inifile.h b/src/libs/Common/inifile.h
index 21a1bc4346ac293b8d96b03992242210efce013a..ecf873768a37ff0b51413fcb5596ca347d334217 100644 (file)
--- a/src/libs/Common/inifile.h
+++ b/src/libs/Common/inifile.h
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ namespace Internal {
  * @code
  * [main]
  * # The full name of this parameter is 'main/name'
- * name = MyApplication
+ * name = "My Application"
+ *
+ * # 4-byte binary version number 1.0.7.10 with the name 'main/version'
+ * version = �

  *
  * [extensions/about]
  * # The full name of this parameter is 'extensions/about/module'
@@ -59,14 +62,21 @@ namespace Internal {
  * of different data types:
  *
  * @li Bool - '0', 'false', 'off', 'no' are equal to false and '1', 'true', 'on', 'yes' are equal to true;
- * @li Char - a single character or an ASCII code as '\0NNN' (oct) or '\0xNN' (hex);
+ * @li Char - a single character or an UTF-16 code as '\0NNNNNN' (oct) or '\0xNNNN' (hex);
  * @li Date - date string in the ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DD;
  * @li DateTime - date and time string in the ISO 8601 format YYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSTZD;
  * @li Double - the decimal point is always '.' regardless of the locale;
  * @li Int - only base 10 (decimal) is allowed;
  * @li Time - 24h time string in the format HH:MM:SS
  * @li UInt - base 16 (hex) if the string is prefixed with '0x'; base 8 if the string starts with '0'; otherwise
- * the value is expected to be base 10 (decimal).
+ * the value is expected to be base 10 (decimal);
+ * @li ByteArray - non-printable bytes and special characters are encoded as numeric character or character entity references;
+ * @li String - non-printable and special characters are encoded as numeric character or character entity references.
+ *
+ * Strings and Byte array values can be enclosed in single or double quotes. The IniFile class does this automatically when
+ * saving String or Byte array values with leading or trailing spaces. Quotes are removed from the parameter value prior
+ * returning the value to the application. Use character entity references """ and "'" if quotes should be part of
+ * the parameter value.
  */
 class COMMON_EXPORT IniFile
 {
@@ -119,7 +129,7 @@ public:
      *
      * @sa eVaf::Common::toVariant()
      */
-    QVariant getValue(QString const & paramName, QVariant const & defaultValue = QVariant::Invalid);
+    QVariant getValue(QByteArray const & paramName, QVariant const & defaultValue = QVariant::Invalid);
 
     /**
      * Writes a value to the INI file.
@@ -134,7 +144,7 @@ public:
      * The method returns true if the parameter value was written into the INI file and false if not. Use the errorString() method
      * to get a human-readable error string if writing to the INI file fails.
      */
-    bool setValue(QString const & paramName, QVariant const & value);
+    bool setValue(QByteArray const & paramName, QVariant const & value);
 
 
 private: