* @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'
* 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
{
*
* @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.
* 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: