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    C# 2010 Managed INI Class

    BenJones created a class to read and write INI files. I pointed out to him that there are probably better ways to write the class and to not rely on VB6 functions and routines. He sent me a PM asking me to do so, so here's the result.

    This is a class written entirely without API's to read and write INI files. I honestly have no idea how successful it is in real world applications, but I tried to make it as generic/easy as possible.

    It supports three types [with a fourth hidden away as private] of data:
    1. String
    2. Decimal
    3. Boolean


    All numbers will be cast as a Decimal when read anyways, so that's why I chose to write them as Decimals.

    The converted VB.net version is here.

    Code:
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    
    namespace INI
    {
    
        /// <summary>
        /// This exception is thrown whenever the specified section does not exist.
        /// </summary>
        public class SectionDoesNotExistException : Exception
        {
    
            private string _msg = string.Empty;
            private string _section = string.Empty;
    
            public override string Message
            {
                get { return string.Format("The section \"{0}\" does not exist!", _section); }
            }
    
            public SectionDoesNotExistException(string section)
            {
                _section = section;
            }
    
        }
    
        /// <summary>
        /// This exception is thrown whenever the specified field inside a section does not exist.
        /// </summary>
        public class FieldDoesNotExistException : Exception
        {
    
            private string _msg = string.Empty;
            private string _section = string.Empty;
            private string _field = string.Empty;
    
            public override string Message
            {
                    get { return string.Format("The field \"{0}\" does not exist in the section \"{1}\"!", _field, _section); }
            }
    
            public FieldDoesNotExistException(string section, string field)
            {
                _section = section;
                _field = field;
            }
    
        }
    
    
        /// <summary>
        /// This structure contains the INI data read from the file.
        /// </summary>
        public struct Item
        {
    
            /// <summary>
            /// The field name of this item.
            /// </summary>
            public string Field { get; set; }
    
            /// <summary>
            /// The value of the object.
            /// 
            /// The type of value will either be:
            /// 1) String
            /// 2) Boolean
            /// 3) Decimal
            /// </summary>
            public object Value { get; set; }
    
        }
    
        /// <summary>
        /// An easy to use, managed class to create, read, write, and modify INI files.
        /// </summary>
        public class Ini
        {
    
            #region Properties
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Internal use, used for making sure sections and their respective items are kept organized.
            /// </summary>
            private Dictionary<string, List<Item>> Items { get; set; }
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Get the different sections in the INI file.
            /// </summary>
            public IEnumerable<string> Sections { get { return Items.Keys.ToList(); } }
    
            #endregion
    
            #region Initialization and Getter
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Creates a new INI class.
            /// </summary>
            public Ini()
            {
                Items = new Dictionary<string, List<Item>>();
            }
    
            /// <summary>
            /// A public accessor to retrieve items based on their section
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="name"></param>
            /// <returns></returns>
            public List<Item> this[string name]
            {
                get
                {
                    if(!SectionExists(name))
                        Add(name);
                    return Items[name];
                }
                set
                {
                    if (!SectionExists(name))
                        Add(name);
                    Items[name] = value;
                }
            }
    
            #endregion
    
            #region Add & Remove
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Adds a new section to the INI file.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="section">The name of the section to add.</param>
            public void Add(string section)
            {
                if(!SectionExists(section))
                    Items.Add(section, new List<Item>());
            }
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Adds a new field to the INI file.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="section">The section to add the field under.</param>
            /// <param name="field">The name of the field.</param>
            /// <param name="value">The value to add. The value must be either a number, a boolean, or a string.</param>
            public void Add(string section, string field, object value)
            {
                if (!SectionExists(section) || (FieldExists(section, field))) return;
                this[section].Add(new Item {Field = field, Value = value});
            }
    
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Removes a section from the INI file.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="section">The name of the section to remove.</param>
            public void Remove(string section)
            {
                if (!SectionExists(section)) return;
                Items.Remove(section);
            }
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Removes a field from a specified section in the INI file.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="section">The name of the section to look under.</param>
            /// <param name="field">The name of the field to remove.</param>
            public void Remove(string section, string field)
            {
                if (!SectionExists(section) || !FieldExists(section, field)) return;
                var itemList = this[section];
                for (var i = 0; i < itemList.Count; i++)
                {
                    if(itemList[i].Field.Equals(field))
                    {
                        itemList.RemoveAt(i);
                    }
                }
                this[section] = itemList;
            }
    
            #endregion
    
            #region Existance Checking
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Checks to see if a section exists.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="section">The name of the section to check.</param>
            /// <returns>Boolean</returns>
            private bool SectionExists(string section)
            {
                return Sections.Where(sectionName => sectionName.Equals(section)).Count().Equals(1);
            }
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Checks to see if a field inside of a section exists.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="section">The name of the section to check under.</param>
            /// <param name="field">The name of the field to look for.</param>
            /// <returns>Boolean</returns>
            private bool FieldExists(string section, string field)
            {
                return SectionExists(section) && this[section].Where(fieldName => fieldName.Field.Equals(field)).Count().Equals(1);
            }
    
            #endregion
    
            #region Get
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Returns the value of a field in the specified section.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="section">The specified section to look under.</param>
            /// <param name="field">The field to look for.</param>
            /// <returns>Object</returns>
            private object GetField(string section, string field)
            {
    
                // LINQ magic.
                if (SectionExists(section) && FieldExists(section, field))
                {
    
                    // Grab the field and return it.
                    return this[section].Where(fieldName => fieldName.Field.Equals(field)).ToList()[0].Value;
    
                }
    
                throw new SectionDoesNotExistException(section);
    
            }
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Returns the value of a field in the specified section as a boolean
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="section">The specified section to look under.</param>
            /// <param name="field">The field to look for.</param>
            /// <returns>Boolean</returns>
            public bool GetBooleanField(string section, string field)
            {
                return Convert.ToBoolean(GetField(section, field));
            }
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Returns the value of a field in the specified section as a decimal.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="section">The specified section to look under.</param>
            /// <param name="field">The field to look for.</param>
            /// <returns>Decimal</returns>
            public decimal GetNumberField(string section, string field)
            {
                return Convert.ToDecimal(GetField(section, field));
            }
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Returns the value of a field in the specified section as a string.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="section">The specified section to look under.</param>
            /// <param name="field">The field to look for.</param>
            /// <returns>String</returns>
            public string GetStringField(string section, string field)
            {
                return GetField(section, field).ToString();
            }
    
            #endregion
    
            #region Set
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Sets the value of the specified field.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="section">The section to look under.</param>
            /// <param name="field">The field to look for.</param>
            /// <param name="value">The value to set.</param>
            private void SetField(string section, string field, object value)
            {
    
                // Check to see that the field and section exists
                if (!SectionExists(section)) throw new SectionDoesNotExistException(section);
                if (!FieldExists(section, field)) throw new FieldDoesNotExistException(section, field);
    
                // Grab the field list
                var fieldList = this[section];
    
                // Loop
                for (var i = 0; i < fieldList.Count; i++)
                {
                    
                    //Is this it? If not, continue.
                    if (!fieldList[i].Field.Equals(field)) continue;
    
                    // Grab the field
                    var fieldData = fieldList[i];
                    fieldData.Value = value;
                    fieldList[i] = fieldData;
    
                }
    
                // Set it back
                this[section] = fieldList;
    
            }
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Sets the value of the specified field to a boolean value.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="section">The section to look under.</param>
            /// <param name="field">The field to look for.</param>
            /// <param name="value">The value to set.</param>
            public void SetBooleanField(string section, string field, bool value)
            {
                SetField(section, field, value);
            }
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Sets the value of the specified field to a numerical value.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="section">The section to look under.</param>
            /// <param name="field">The field to look for.</param>
            /// <param name="value">The value to set.</param>
            public void SetNumberField(string section, string field, decimal value)
            {
                SetField(section, field, value);
            }
    
            /// <summary>
            /// Sets the value of the specified field to a string value.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="section">The section to look under.</param>
            /// <param name="field">The field to look for.</param>
            /// <param name="value">The value to set.</param>
            public void SetStringField(string section, string field, string value)
            {
                SetField(section, field, value);
            }
    
            #endregion
    
            #region Save and Load
    
            public void Load(string iniFile)
            {
    
                // Read all the lines in, remove all the blank space.
                var rawFileData =
                    System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(iniFile).Where(line => !line.Equals(string.Empty) && !line.StartsWith(";"));
    
                // Define a variable for use later.
                var currentSection = string.Empty;
    
                // Begin looping data!
                foreach (var line in rawFileData)
                {
                    
                    // Check
                    if (line.StartsWith("["))
                    {
                        currentSection = line.TrimStart('[').TrimEnd(']');
                        if (!SectionExists(currentSection)) Add(currentSection);
                    }
                    else
                    {
    
                        // Take the item and split it.
                        var lineData = line.Split('=');
                        for (var i = 0; i < lineData.Count(); i++)
                            lineData[i] = lineData[i].Trim();
    
                        // Try some conversions to store the item as their natural format.
                        bool boolTest;
                        decimal numTest;
    
                        // Boolean test
                        if(Boolean.TryParse(lineData[1], out boolTest))
                        {
                            this[currentSection].Add(new Item { Field = lineData[0], Value = boolTest });
    
                            // Move along
                            continue;
    
                        }
    
                        // Number test
                        if (Decimal.TryParse(lineData[1], out numTest))
                        {
    
                            this[currentSection].Add(new Item { Field = lineData[0], Value = numTest });
    
                            // Move along
                            continue;
    
                        }
    
                        // It's a string, add it and keep going.
                        this[currentSection].Add(new Item { Field = lineData[0], Value = lineData[1] });
    
                    }
    
                }
                
            }
            public void Save(string iniFile)
            {
                
                // Okay, create the file stream
                var sw = new System.IO.StreamWriter(iniFile);
    
                // Loop
                foreach (var section in Sections)
                {
                    
                    // Start off each section with [sectionName]
                    sw.WriteLine(string.Format("[{0}]", section));
    
                    // Now get items.
                    var items = this[section];
    
                    // Loop and write data out.
                    foreach (var item in items)
                        sw.WriteLine("{0}={1}", item.Field, item.Value);
    
                    // Blank gap
                    sw.WriteLine();
    
                }
    
                // All done
                sw.Close();
    
            }
    
            #endregion
    
        }
    
    }
    Last edited by formlesstree4; Jan 23rd, 2012 at 01:31 AM. Reason: Screwed up the getter (this[]) routine.

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