module configfile
#
# tell Elmer to "guess" on how to convert an SCObj into
# the equivalent Tcl object...obviously for Tcl only
#
type SCObj g
 
class configfile {
        configfile __init__( string fileName ) -> create
        string getFileName()
        list getVars()
        SCObj getValue( string varName )
}
#
# these helper functions would not be used in a Tcl interface, since
# Tcl supports native lists and associative arrays (dictionaries)
#
# return vals for getType():
# 0=UNKNOWN, 1=INT, 2=STRING, 3=FLOAT, 4=DOUBLE, 5=LIST, 6=DICT
int getType( SCObj obj )
 
int extractInt( SCObj obj )
string extractString( SCObj obj )
float extractFloat( SCObj obj )
double extractDouble( SCObj obj )
 
int getListLength( SCObj obj )
SCObj getNthItemInList( SCObj obj, int n )
 
SCObj getKeys( SCObj obj )
SCObj getItemInMapIntKey( SCObj obj, int key )
SCObj getItemInMapStringKey( SCObj obj, string key )
SCObj getItemInMapFloatKey( SCObj obj, float key )
SCObj getItemInMapDoubleKey( SCObj obj, double key )