Method loadFile

avida-core/source/tools/cInitFile.cc:102–137

bool cInitFile::loadFile(const cString& filename, Apto::Array<sLine*, Apto::Smart>& lines, const cString& working_dir,
                         const Apto::Set<Apto::String>* custom_directives, Feedback& feedback)
{
  cString path = cString(Apto::FileSystem::GetAbsolutePath(Apto::String(filename), Apto::String(working_dir))); 
  cFile file(path);
  if (!file.IsOpen()) {
    feedback.Error("unable to open file '%s'.", (const char*)filename);
    return false;   // The file must be opened!
  }
  
  m_found = true;
  
  cStringList line_list;   // Create a list to load all of the lines into.

  int linenum = 0;
  cString buf;
  while (!file.Eof() && file.ReadLine(buf)) {
    linenum++;
    
    // Perform variable substitution
    for (Apto::Map<Apto::String, Apto::String>::Iterator it = m_mappings.Begin(); it.Next() != NULL;) {
      Apto::String varname = Apto::FormatStr("$%s", (const char*)it.Get()->Value1());
      buf.Replace((const char*)varname, (const char*)*it.Get()->Value2());
    } 
    
    // Process the line
    if (buf.GetSize() && buf[0] == '#') {
      if (!processCommand(buf, lines, filename, linenum, working_dir, custom_directives, feedback)) return false;
    } else {
      lines.Push(new sLine(buf, filename, linenum));
    }
  }
  file.Close();
  
  return true;
}


bool cInitFile::processCommand(cString cmdstr, Apto::Array<sLine*, Apto::Smart>& lines, const cString& filename, int linenum,