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qTools Config File Processor

Opens a .ini file and places it’s contents into a Javascript object after converting values as best it can. It also adds information about the .ini file.

That is, true become a boolean, not a string. 1 becomes a number, not a string.

All numbered sections and subsections are converted to arrays.

Eg,

someListItem.0=zero
someListItem.1=one

will be presented as

[‘zero’, one’]

Instead of the default,

{‘0’:’zero’, ‘1’:’one’}

A special .ini section, _substitutions, can be added, substitutions, whose elements are substituted as strings into a JSON version of the config using .qtTemplateReplace() tags, eg, <!substitutionTag!>. The _substitutions section is left in the config. Only use values that convert to strings in ways that work for your application. (File path segments are really good.)

Eg,

[testSection]
<!prefix!>_Name=<!someValue!>

[_substitutions]
prefix=HELLO
someValue=This is a test!

will be presented as

console.log(testSection.HELLO_Name); //=> 'This is a test'

A section named _meta is injected into the config that identifies the source file and change date (see below).

For example…

const configFileProcessorGen=require('qtools-config-file-processor');
const configFileProcessor=new configFileProcessorGen();

const config=configFileProcessor.getConfig('/Path/to/test.ini')


console.dir({"config [test.js.]":config});

Produces…

{
    _meta: {
        configurationSourceFilePath: '/Path/to/test.ini',
        configurationModificationDate: '6/15/2020, 5:38:55 PM'
    },
    system: { hello: 'goodbye' },
    sectionOne: { animal: 'fish', someList: [Array] },
    arrayItems: { placeholderKey1: 'sectionOne.someList' }
}