Method updateInstance

src/core/configManager.cpp:2789–2813

int cConfigManager::updateInstance(ConfigInstance *_inst)
{
  if (_inst == NULL) return -1;
  int update = 0;
  int idx = findInstance(_inst->getName());
  if (idx == -1) {
    // new instance, check for default instance in *defaults
    SMILE_DBG(6,"updateInstance: adding new instance '%s'",_inst->getName());
    const ConfigType *tmpType = _inst->getType();
    int tidx = findType(tmpType->getName());
    if (tidx == -1) {
      // error: unknown type! (can not be...)
      CONF_MANAGER_ERR("updateInstance: trying to add instance (%s) of unknown type (%s) to configManager",_inst->getName(),tmpType->getName());
    } else {
      // copy and "update" default:
      _inst->missingFrom(defaults[tidx]);
      addInstance(_inst);
    }
  } else {
    //update only
    inst[idx]->updateWith(_inst);
    update = 1;
  }
  return update;
}

/* register an instance specifying the type and the default values */
/* the instance MUST contain a type, the instance must be created with freeType=0