parse.h

//-*-C++-*-
/***************************************************************************
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 2005 by Willem van Straten
 *   Licensed under the Academic Free License version 2.1
 *
 ***************************************************************************/
 
// psrchive/More/MEAL/MEAL/parse.h
 
#ifndef __MEAL_FileParse_H
#define __MEAL_FileParse_H
 
#include "stringtok.h"
#include <fstream>
 
namespace MEAL {
 
  template< class T >
  void parse (const std::string& filename, T* instance)
  {
    std::ifstream input (filename.c_str());
    if (!input)
      throw Error (FailedSys, "MEAL::parse", "ifstream (" + filename + ")");
 
    std::string line;
 
    while (!input.eof()) {
 
      std::getline (input, line);
      line = stringtok (line, "#\n", false);  // get rid of comments
 
      if (!line.length())
        continue;
 
      instance->parse (line);
 
    }
 
  }
 
}
 
#endif