/*
 * Rick Ratzel
 * 3/11/2004
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2004 Richard L. Ratzel
 * see file "COPYRIGHT" for more details...
 */
#include <string>

using namespace std;

//
// Exception thrown by all CF objs
//
class CFException {

  public :

  CFException( const char* val );
  const char* getVal() const;
  
  private :

  const char* d_val;
  
};

ostream& operator<<( ostream& ostr, const CFException& cfe );


//
// CFObj is a C++-usable version of a Python type
//
class CFObj {

  public :

  enum CFObjType {CFUNKNOWN, CFINT, CFSTRING, CFFLOAT,
		  CFDOUBLE, CFLIST, CFMAP};

  CFObj( int id );
  CFObj( const CFObj& cfo );
  ~CFObj();

  int id() const;
  CFObjType type() const;
  
  int getInt() const;
  char* getString() const;
  float getFloat() const;
  double getDouble() const;
  
  int length() const;
  CFObj keys() const;
  
  CFObj operator[]( const CFObj& k ) const;
  CFObj operator[]( int k ) const;
  CFObj operator[]( float k ) const;
  CFObj operator[]( double k ) const;
  CFObj operator[]( char* k ) const;
  

  private :

  int d_id;
  CFObjType d_type;
  
};


ostream& operator<<( ostream& ostr, const CFObj& cfo );


//
// configfile is a C++-usable version of the configfile class in Python
// ...actual calls to Python are made possible with Elmer-generated calls
//
class configfile {

  public :

  configfile( char* fileName );
  configfile( const configfile& cf );
  ~configfile();
  
  const char* getFileName();
  CFObj getVars();
  CFObj getValue( char* val );
  CFObj getValue( const CFObj& val );

  private :

  int d_id;
  void assertInitialized();
  
};