Config - interface to configuration files.
# examples here use Dispatcher::Config;
my $config = new Dispatcher::Config();
# parse fasta configuration, expand tags my ($res, $msg) = $config->parse('fasta', 1); unless ($res) { # handle error, message is in $msg ... }
# get value from configuration my $infile = $config->get('toolinput');
# set value to configuration $config->set('tmpinput', "$infile.tmp");
# get all values in a hash my $defaults = $config->getValues();
# initialize second configuration by giving default values my $qconfig = new Dispatcher::Config(); ($res, $msg) = $qconfig->parse('lsf42', 1, $defaults); unless ($res) { # handle error, message is in $msg ... }
$Id: Config.pm.html,v 1.1.1.1 2005/08/18 13:18:25 hunter Exp $
Copyright (c) European Bioinformatics Institute 2002
Ville Silventoinen <vsi@ebi.ac.uk>
Description: Constructor allocates an anonymous hash, which is tied to the class. Arguments: $name Configuration name, e.g., 'fasta'. $expand 1: expand tags. 0: do not expand tags (default). $defaults Default values, hash reference (optional). Returns: $self object
Description: Parses configuration file and loads it to memory. Arguments: $name Configuration name, e.g., 'fasta'. $expand 1: expand tags. 0: do not expand tags (default). $defaults Default values, hash reference (optional). $checkuf 1: check unique files (uniquefiles tag). 0: do not check unique files (default). This can be used only with expand = 1. Use it when the job is submitted to guarantee unique file names containing timestamps and random numbers. $file Configuration file (optional). Default is $ENV{IPRSCAN_HOME}/conf/$name.conf Returns: 1, '' on success 0, msg on failure
Description: Returns configuration name. Arguments: - Returns: name as string
Description: Get value from configuration. Arguments: $key Configuration key. Returns: value as string
Description: Returns configuration values in a hash. Arguments: - Returns: Hash reference, empty if there is no configuration.
Description: Sets value to configuration. Arguments: $key Configuration key. $value Configuration value. Returns: -
Description: Removes key-value pair from configuration. Arguments: $key Configuration key. Returns: -
Description: Set default values to configuration. Arguments: $defaults Default values, hash reference. Returns: -
Description: Expands tags in configuration. Arguments: $defaults Default values, hash reference (optional). Returns: -
Description: Expands tags in a configuration value. Arguments: $key Configuration key. $value Configuration value. $defaults Default values, hash reference (optional). Returns: -
Description: Trims leading and trailing whitespace. Arguments: $s String. Returns: trimmed string