def _load_configuration(self):
if self._config_exists:
# If read ok
read_result = self._config.read(self._filepath)
if len(read_result) > 0 and os.path.basename(read_result[0]) == self._filename:
# Populate the classes with the appropriate values
for section in self._config.sections():
#print "Reading Config Section: " + section
for option in self._config.options(section):
value_type = "str"
# If the section has been defined in the default settings
if Settings.has_section(section):
value_type = Settings.get(section, option).__class__.__name__
# Else use a manual technique to figure this out.
else:
value = self._config.get(section, option)
value_type = self._check_type( value )
if value_type == "str":
Settings.set(section, option, self._config.get(section, option) )
elif value_type == "int":
Settings.set(section, option, self._config.getint(section, option) )
elif value_type == "float":
Settings.set(section, option, self._config.getfloat(section, option) )
elif value_type == "bool":
Settings.set(section, option, self._config.getboolean(section, option) )
elif value_type == "list":
# If the item is a list get it as a string and process it as appropriate
# only lists containing homogeneous values are supported
list_value = self._config.get(section, option)
# If the section has already been defined in the default settings
if Settings.has_section(section):
#assuming that the list has more than one value...
list_type = Settings.get(section, option)[0].__class__.__name__
# Otherwise extract the type
else:
#Extract the first list element
# Default to a single element list
list_element = list_value[1:-1]
#Check for more and adjust as necessary
if list_value.find(',') > 0:
list_element = list_value[1:list_value.find(',')]
# Get the element_type
list_type = self._check_type( list_element )
# In place of python's lack of a switch statement, defaulting to str if None
cast_func = { 'int' : int, 'float' : float, 'bool' : bool, 'str' : str, 'NoneType' : str }[list_type]
# Generate a list from the string
Settings.set(section, option, [cast_func(value) for value in list_value[1:-1].split(',')] )
value = self._config.get(section, option)
# print "Reading property class: %s name: %s value: %s" % ( section, option, str(value) )
# print "Class value class: %s name: %s value: %s valuetype: %s" % ( section, option, str(Settings.get(section, option)), Settings.get(section, option).__class__ )
else:
print "Can't find configuration file: %s " % self._filename
