Changed the Common::IniFile class to work with 7-bit character INI files only.

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

diff --git a/src/libs/Common/inifile.h b/src/libs/Common/inifile.h
index 705bd9bc20795315745fef623bed1fada65005cf..2ebe1c1c863c4ec340443e9d271900cb9f844453 100644 (file)
--- a/src/libs/Common/inifile.h
+++ b/src/libs/Common/inifile.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Internal {
  * INI files can contain comment lines that start with ';' or '#'. Comments are
  * preserved when new values are written to the INI file.
  *
- * This is a sample INI file:
+ * This is a sample INI %file:
  * @code
  * [main]
  * # The full name of this parameter is 'main/name'
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ 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' or '\0xNN';
+ * @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;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public:
      * @return The value from the INI file or an invalid QVariant if failed
      *
      * The getValue() method reads a parameter value from the INI file. Parameters are identified by a section and key name pair
-     * in the format '<section>/<key&gt'. For example, if the section is called 'general' and the key is called 'log_level',
+     * in the format '\<section\>/\<key\>'. For example, if the section is called 'general' and the key is called 'log_level',
      * then the name of the parameter should be given as 'general/log_level'. Parameter names are case insensitive.
      *
      * If the parameter cannot be read because it is not found in the INI file or the INI file object is invalid, returns the
@@ -116,8 +116,10 @@ public:
      * @li If the value in the INI file is 'abc' and the default value an integer value, then validation
      * fails and the method returns the default value;
      * @li If the default value is a boolean value, then the method accepts '1', 'true', 'on' and 'yes' as valid values.
+     *
+     * @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.
@@ -126,13 +128,13 @@ public:
      * @return True if succeeded and false if not
      *
      * The setValue() method writes a parameter value to the INI file. Parameters are identified by a section and key name pair
-     * in the format '&lt;section&gt;/&lt;key&gt;'. For example, if the section is called 'general' and the key is called 'log_level',
+     * in the format '\<section\>/\<key\>'. For example, if the section is called 'general' and the key is called 'log_level',
      * the the name of the parameter should be given as 'general/log_level'. Parameter names are case insensitive.
      *
      * 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: