Method GetString

config.go:39–62

GetString returns the decoded string addressed by keys using c's parsing options. SYS-REQ-115

(data []byte, keys ...string)

// options.
// SYS-REQ-115
func (c Config) GetString(data []byte, keys ...string) (string, error) {
	value, dataType, _, err := c.Get(data, keys...)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	if dataType != String {
		if dataType == Null {
			return "", NullValueError
		}
		return "", fmt.Errorf("Value is not a string: %s", string(value))
	}

	if bytes.IndexByte(value, '\\') == -1 {
		return string(value), nil
	}

	var stackbuf [unescapeStackBufSize]byte
	unescaped, err := unescapeConfig(c, value, stackbuf[:])
	if err != nil {
		return "", MalformedValueError
	}
	return string(unescaped), nil
}

// Set replaces the value addressed by keys using c's parsing options.
// SYS-REQ-115