#ifndef INIFILELOADERBASE
#define INIFILELOADERBASE
#pragma warning(disable:4800)
//------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//  Name: IniFileLoaderBase.h
//  
//  Desc: Inherit from this to create a class capable of reading
//        parameters from an ascii file
//
//        instantiate this class with the name of the parameter file. Then
//        call the helper functions to retrieve the data. 
//
//  Author: Mat Buckland (fup@ai-junkie.com)
//
//------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <cassert>


class iniFileLoaderBase
{

private:

  //the file the parameters are stored in
  std::ifstream file;

  std::string   CurrentLine;

  void        GetParameterValueAsString(std::string& line);

  std::string GetNextParameter();

  //this ignores any comments and finds the next delimited string 
  std::string GetNextToken();

  //this is set to true if the file specified by the user is valid
  bool        m_bGoodFile;

public:

  //helper methods. They convert the next parameter value found into the 
  //relevant type
  double      GetNextParameterDouble(){if (m_bGoodFile) return atof(GetNextParameter().c_str());throw std::runtime_error("bad file");}
  float       GetNextParameterFloat(){if (m_bGoodFile) return (float)atof(GetNextParameter().c_str());throw std::runtime_error("bad file");}
  int         GetNextParameterInt(){if (m_bGoodFile) return atoi(GetNextParameter().c_str());throw std::runtime_error("bad file");}
  bool        GetNextParameterBool(){return (bool)(atoi(GetNextParameter().c_str()));throw std::runtime_error("bad file");}

  double      GetNextTokenAsDouble(){if (m_bGoodFile) return atof(GetNextToken().c_str()); throw std::runtime_error("bad file");}
  float       GetNextTokenAsFloat(){if (m_bGoodFile) return (float)atof(GetNextToken().c_str()); throw std::runtime_error("bad file");}
  int         GetNextTokenAsInt(){if (m_bGoodFile) return atoi(GetNextToken().c_str()); throw std::runtime_error("bad file");}
  std::string GetNextTokenAsString(){if (m_bGoodFile) return GetNextToken(); throw std::runtime_error("bad file");}

  bool        eof()const{if (m_bGoodFile) return file.eof(); throw std::runtime_error("bad file");}
  bool        FileIsGood()const{return m_bGoodFile;}

  iniFileLoaderBase(char* filename):CurrentLine(""), m_bGoodFile(true)
  {
    file.open(filename);

    if (!file){m_bGoodFile = false;}
  }

};




  

#endif