Method getAsString

Extension/src/LanguageServer/settings.ts:610–632

(settingName: string, allowNull: boolean = false)

    private getAsString(settingName: string): string;
    private getAsString(settingName: string, allowNull: boolean): string | null;
    private getAsString(settingName: string, allowNull: boolean = false): string | null {
        const value: any = super.Section.get<any>(settingName);
        const setting = getRawSetting("C_Cpp." + settingName, true);
        if (!this.isValidDefault(isString, setting.default, allowNull)) {
            console.error(`Default value for ${settingName} is expected to be string${allowNull ? ' or null' : ''}.`);
        }

        if (allowNull && value === null) {
            return null;
        }

        if (setting.enum !== undefined) {
            if (settingName === "loggingLevel" && isString(value) && isNumber(Number(value)) && Number(value) >= 0) {
                return value;
            }
            if (this.isValidEnum(setting.enum, value)) {
                return value;
            }
        } else if (isString(value)) {
            return value;
        }
        return setting.default as string;
    }

    // Returns the value of a setting as a number with proper type validation and checks if value falls within the specified range.
    private getAsNumber(settingName: string): number;